Category: Preamplifier

We now carry the new Rogue Audio RP-7 preamplifier, which is connected to the great Rogue Audio Stereo 100 all tube amp. The RP-7 adds balanced connections and other upgraded parts to their great RP-5 Preamplifier, sans the phono stage, but keeping a wonderful headphone amplifier. This combo really sounds amazing. We also carry the Rogue Audio Ares Magnum all tube phono preamplifier to our collection of great phono stages. If you want to hear just how great all tube modern gear can sound at very realistic prices, you owe it to yourself to check out our line up of Rogue Audio products! Here’s a review of the RP-7 and a review of the Ares Magnum.

We have the brand new update to the well regarded Mytek Brooklyn DAC. The “Plus” is here now and it’s ready to demo, along with their brand new compact and affordable Mytek Liberty DAC. The new Liberty packs a lot into it’s tiny package, we’re looking forward to putting this DAC through it’s paces! The new Brooklyn Plus DAC does DSD256 and 32/384k, as well as MQA streaming. And… has a phono stage and headphone amp. The Liberty is a DAC/Headphone amp combo, with a lot packed into it’s compact package. We look forward to giving you an audition of these great new products!

Sound & Vision magazine has a great review of the Naim Audio Mu-so Qb wireless music system. A truly gorgeous looking and sounding cube speaker that has a built-in DAC, music streamer, and integrated amplifier. Naim has packed a lot of amazing technology into this compact and beautiful package. It’s also a S&V Top Pick of the Year. Sound & Vision’s verdict:  “The Mu-so Qb is pricey, but it’s impeccably built, offers a number of wired and wireless playback options, and is one of the best-sounding compact wireless speaker systems I’ve heard.” You can also change the color of the speaker grills to fit your tastes. And that wonderful volume knob…. read the full review here.

Stereophile Magazine has done a review in the latest issue of the Naim Uniti Nova, calling it “The Everything an Audiophile Needs In One Box.” Here’s one of the quotes: “The Uniti Nova is basically an amplifier plus a turbocharged computer that offers, in a single oblong metal box, almost everything audio that one could desire. And oh, what a beautiful box it is. The Uniti Nova’s case of brushed and CNC-machined aluminum… …a sleek-to-the-touch, illuminated volume dial on top panel that practically spins off rays of light; …”   Read more of the review here or pick up the latest copy of Stereophile at a retailer near you. Then come visit us at our Portland, Oregon store for an audition.

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A quick update: Moon by Simaudio well regarded Neo ACE all-in-one Music Player is here. This is a great value with their best in class 10 year warranty. The all-in-one market has gotten very competitive and this unit is a great value. Check out the specs on the ACE here. Reviews here (a perfect 5 stars from What HiFi?), here and here. We also just got in the battery pack add ons for the BlueSound Mini Flex speaker, making them truly wireless/portable with this add on battery. Come and get them!

The heavily anticipated Naim Audio Uniti Nova is here!!! And it is GORGEOUS! And it sounds AMAZING!!! This is a welcome edition in to our Naim Audio Unit Atom that is already garnering oohs and aaahhhhs from everyone that sees it and hears it in our bamboo room. This flagship Naim Audio Uniti is truly a remarkable all-in-one product. You have to see it and hear it to believe it!

The brand new Naim Audio Uniti Atom is now in stock and ready to demo! This is highly anticipated compact high-end all-in-one Uniti line product, that is both gorgeous in sight and sound. Its a 40-watt integrated amplifier and full featured high-resolution music streamer that will fill your home with stunning high-fidelity sound. Just add speakers, and download the latest Naim app for iOS or Android, and you’re ready to bring all of your music/music sources into one location. More information to come soon!

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We have several Mytek Brooklyn DACs in stock and on demo in both black and silver. This is a great DAC that also does MQA natively, and comes with a well regarded built-in phono stage. It also has a quality headphone amp, and allows for up to DSD 256 and 32/384K playback. On the back it’s inputs/outputs allow for balanced stereo out, unbalanced stereo RCA out and in, 2 SPDIF in, USB, Optical/Toslink, and a built-in attenuator. You can read the reviews here, here, here and here (pdf).

We also have new Shunyata Product on it’s way! More info soon.

Featured Product: Moon by Simaudio Neo ACE

Technology has made an entirely ‘Brave New World’ in HiFi audio these days… and mostly for the better. But with it comes the potential for a lot of complications and learning curve… At least… that’s how many perceive this brave new world. DACs, downloads, streaming, WiFi, Bluetooth, ethernet, hard drives, etc. Not to mention AIFF, WAV, MP3, DSD, 16/44, 24/96, 24/88, 24/192, 32/384, DSD, double DSD, Quad DSD… oh my!!!!! How can you get the best sound and modern advances, but without all of the potential headache and complications? And what about price? Well… Moon by SImaudio has been thinking about you.

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We have the new Focal Elear headphones on our floor and ready to demo! (and we can order the Utopia headphones  for you as well). We also have the IsoAcoustics Gaia I speaker isolation. Their stand mount products have already done amazing things for our stand mount speakers, these will be great for floor standers!

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We now have Naim Audio’s best selling separates in stock and ready to demo! The new Naim Audio NAC-N 272 Preamplifier/DAC, and the Naim Audio NAP 250 DR Amplifier, combined with the Naim Audio XP5 XS Power Supply. This is quite an amazing combo! The NAC-N 272 combines a high quality Preamplifier, along with a high quality UPnP-enabled streaming DAC, allowing you to stream up to 24/192 resolution from Naim servers, a NAS, or a home computer. There is both an iOS and Android Naim Audio app to control music selection, with built in Spotify and native support for TIDAL. The NAP 250 DR amplifier, is another modern Naim classic. Conservatively rated at 80W per channel into 8 ohms. We have added the XP5 XS power supply to further the performance of this winning combo! This is Naim Audio’s best selling separates combo! Read the reviews of the NAC-N 272 here, the NAP 250 DR here, and the XP5 XS here (pdf).

We have the new Rogue RP1 tube Preamplifier ready to demo in our bamboo listening room, and wow… is this sounding gorgeous! It’s quite an amazing value! We’ve been listening to it with the Harbeth P3ESRs and it’s a wonderful combination! It comes with a top notch phono stage built in. Also, if you’ve already checked out the Focal Sopra No.2 floor standers we have, we now have a pair in red! It’s like having a Ferrari parked in our main listening room. Truly stunning. Visually and musically.

Some quick news… We got the new Moon by Simaudio ACE that everyone has been waiting for in stock now, and it’s sounding great right now! We also just got a bunch of brand new Rega Planar 3 turntables in. They have returned to the original Planar moniker.

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We have the Rogue Audio Pharaoh Tubed Hybrid Integrated Amplifier in now, and are demoing it in our bamboo room. This is one heckuva integrated amp! It utilizes a pair of long plate 12AU7 tubes for it’s preamplifier section (which includes the headphone jack), combined with a great and powerful solid state amplifier, providing 185 watts per channel into 8 ohms. It has a massive linear power supply, home theater bypass, three pairs of line level inputs, one pair of balanced XLR inputs, a phono stage for mm/mc, and is entirely hand built in the USA with a 3 year limited warranty. You can read a review of this here and here. Come audition this great piece today!