Category: Speakers

We have the new highly anticipated Focal Sopra speakers in! The new Focal Sopra No.1s are on our show room floor in black, and are already playing beautifully. We will soon have the floorstander Focal Sopra No.2s in later in the month. (they are here now actually!) These have been highly touted for their Utopia III lineage, but more compact and affordable package. The Sopra line fits between the Electra and Utopia III Focal line of speakers. We had the chance to get an early preview of these earlier in the year, and we’re blown away. If you’ve loved the Utopia line of Focal’s, but wanted something that fit your smaller space or budget constraints, you owe it to yourself to check out these new amazing speakers. We will have them in black, but they also come in white, walnut veineer, imperial red, and that really cool electric orange

**(This is an outdated/archived post. Be sure to contact us for the latest Dali speakers that we carry)

In case you hadn’t heard, Stereotypes Audio of Portland, Oregon is proud to be the exclusive dealer for Dali Speakers. These Danish beauties are both a sight and sound to be experienced in person! We carry a line up of IKONs, ZENSORs, and the MENTOR Menuet. (We even had the RUBICON 6, but someone fell in love with them and brought them home). Right now, all IKONs are on sale. We have the IKON 2 MK2, the IKON 7 MK2 currently in stock. We also have the ZENSOR 3, the ZENSOR 5, and the ZENSOR 7. The Zensor speakers are ‘a lot of speaker’ for the money. Amazing sound and value. You can read some of the reviews here and here.

**(This is an outdated/archived post. Be sure to contact us for the latest Cambridge Audio, Parasound, JL Audio, Simaudio, and Focal products that we carry)

To say that ‘we’ve got a lot of new products in’ would be an understatement. Here’s a short list of some of what we’ve unboxed recently. We’ve got the new Parasound Halo Integrated amplifier. This one will be sure to please not only the reviewers, but the listeners. We also have the new Cambridge CX line of Integrated Amplifiers. Both the CX A60 and CX A80 Integrated Amplifiers. (btw, Cambridge dropped the ‘Audio’ part of their name). Update: We just got in the Cambridge CXN Network Music Player, and it’s sounding quite wonderful! We also have in the MyGroov phono stage from Micromega, to join our MyAmp and MyDAC. We’ve already mentioned this before, but we also have the wonderful new affordable JL Audio Dominion subwoofers in the 8″ and 10″. Our Home Theater/Multi-channel room is sporting the Marantz Preamplifier AV7702. (in addition to the Focal Aria center channel CC900). And in case you missed this before, we have the truly amazing and well reviewed Moon 430HA by Simaudio headphone amplifier with optional built-in DAC. Wow. This is as good as it gets for headphone amplifiers. We have it in place with our line of headphones, so that you can hear every ‘can at their absolute best. It’s so good, you could even use it as your system DAC.

**(This is an outdated/archived post. Be sure to contact us for the latest ProAc speakers that we carry)

One of our favorite speakers from early last year, the Pro-Ac D30R is now back in stock (in cherry). We also now have the new Pro-Ac D20R in stock. (in cherry). We’re probably one of the few Pro-Ac Speaker dealers in North America that has these in stock right now. Both Pro-Ac speakers are sounding wonderful, and have that amazingly natural mid-range that Pro-Ac is famous for, combined with their smooth Ribbon tweeter. Come check them out! Reviews here, here (pdf) and here.

**(This is an outdated/archived post. Be sure to contact us for the latest Focal Speakers–Arias included–that we carry)

You’ve probably heard about the amazing line of Focal Aria speakers with their flax drivers and wonderful natural sound. And now, we have many more of them to listen to. We have a ‘near’  (sorry, someone fell in love with our 948s) full line up of the Aria line for you to audition at every price range. Here’s a list of what we have in right now: Floorstander Focal Aria 936 and Focal Aria 926, the stand mounted Focal Aria 906 and Focal Aria 905, Focal Aria center CC900, and the Focal Aria surrounds SR900. Here’s a few reviews here, here, here, and here.

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Go check out our Facebook page for the latest on announcements from Munich, including a new gorgeous speaker from Focal.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stereotypes-Audio/120674821325230

**(This is an outdated/archived post. Be sure to contact us for the latest Moon by Simaudio and JL Audio products that we carry)

We’ve got some new products in for you this week at Stereotypes Audio of Portland! We’ve been breaking in the all new Moon Neo 280D DAC this week, and it’s sounding great! DSD256, 32/384, Neo case, bluetooth, full asynchronous USB, and optional MiND. It’s price/performance breakthrough for amazing sound. You’ve got to hear it to truly appreciate what they’ve done with this. In the same vein, JL Audio has created the new Dominion line of value home subwoofers in the 8″ and 10″ flavors in a more simple cabinet, but with still amazing sound. If you’ve been pining after a more affordable JL Audio sub, this one is it! (this is so new, they don’t even have it at their site yet!) And it’s great paired with smaller bookshelf speakers. We also have the Dali Menuet bookshelf speakers in, and they sound wonderful, all in a very compact size. If you check our Facebook page, you can see some additional images here, here and here.

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Stereotypes Audio of Portland, Oregon is pleased to announce that we are now the official dealers for Dali Loudspeakers. We currently have several loudspeaker options from Dali. More information and photos to come!

**(This is an outdated/archived post. Be sure to contact us for the latest Bluesound products that we carry)

Whole house audio and wireless music has become a hot category these days, with lots of players emerging everyday. But one newer player has a well established pedigree to back it up: BlueSound. They are made up of designers, engineers and individuals from the music industry, hailing from such great audio companies as NAD and PSB, with their focus solely on audio quality, they’ve unleashed a full onslaught of high end wireless audio products to give you a complete solution. While other whole house systems do a great job of streaming music easily throughout the home, BlueSound adds better than CD quality, with resolutions up to 24/192! (the other players can’t do that. And BlueSound now does Tidal!). (more…)

**(This is an outdated/archived post. Be sure to contact us for the latest Naim Audio Mu-so speakers that we carry)

The new Naim Mu-so. A glorified speaker sound bar? Hardly. It’s an all-in-one killer new product that’s hard to fully appreciate without seeing and hearing. Yes, sure it’s a sound bar speaker that is wireless, but it’s also all Naim electronics, built into this one sleek unit. It’s a top notch wireless music system, that is reminiscent of their flagship statement system, but as a more affordable simple package. Six custom speaker drivers controlled by probably one of the most gorgeous volume controls we’ve ever touched (And you’ll probably be enticed as well to touch it). This is a product that is equal in both sight and sound! We’ll have more information here soon about it, but for now… you can read more about it at Naim Audio’s page here, or read a couple reviews here and here. We’ve got one on the floor to hear and see, but this thing is already becoming such a hot ticket item that demand is constraining initial supplies. Come in today and give it an audition!

**(This is an outdated/archived post. Be sure to contact us for the latest Spendor speakers that we carry)

“The D7 is one of the finest loudspeakers I have had in my listening room.
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Here’s an excerpt from a recent review in Stereophile Magazine of the amazing Spendor D7 loudspeakers we’ve been enjoying here at Stereotypes Audio (Portland, Oregon):

The D7s gave me the kind of imaging and image specificity I associate with small stand-mounted monitors. I take back everything bad I’ve written about floorstanding speakers. (more…)

**(This is an outdated/archived post. Be sure to contact us for the latest products that we carry)

New Products in: Moon by Simaudio Neo 380D DSD Dac is in! New Micromega MyAmp, and Cambridge Audio Aero2 Speakers (review here). The new Micromega MyAmp is so tiny, you won’t even believe it until you see it in person yourself! And the new Neo 380D DSD Dac from Simaudio takes an amazing product and makes even better! The new Cambridge Audio Aero 2 speakers are sounding great as well. More info on these will be posted soon!

**(This is an outdated/archived post. Be sure to contact us for the latest Focal Aria speakers that we carry)

Our nice new pair of Focal Aria 926s are now nicely broken in and ready to audition. Many of you may remember the great larger Aria’s we had in earlier this year, and we’re pretty excited about these as well. All of the great sound you’d expect from Focal with that touch of Flax magic, in the perfect sized package. On top of that, they look gorgeous. Come in today to give them a listen. You can read a review here (pdf download).

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Ok, a bit of quick news to start out the weekend. More in detail later. We have the brand new Chord Hugo portable DAC and headphone amplifier in, you can read more about it here. We’ve been getting a lot of interest in the new Shunyata Research Alpha series we have in now. We also have the brand new ‘DC’ version of the Project Debut Carbon (DC) turntable in, as well as the new Spender D1 bookshelf speakers with that great new tweeter (from the floor stander model we have been enjoying, the Spendor D7). And have you hearts of PSB’s PS1 powered Alpha speakers? They make for a great desktop computer set up or compact system. We also have had in the Cambridge Audio DAC Magic XS portable USB DAC for awhile, but… forgot to mention it! And if that wasn’t enough, we’re also have Grado headphones and Focal Spirit One headphones! (come in to find out more). And wait…. there’s ‘one more thing’… The new Rega Elex-R Integrated Amplifier, a blend of the Brio-R with the Elicit-R.

**(This is an outdated/archived post. Be sure to contact us for the latest products from Focal and Marantz that we carry)

We have the Focal Dimension SoundBar in stock and available. You know that if Focal is going to do a sound bar, it’s going to be done right, and sound amazing! We also have the new Marantz NR-1605 AVR back in stock. It’s a slimline model with great WiFi connectivity. Come in today to check out the latest in great audio gear! Here’s a couple reviews of the Auralic Aries here and a product introduction video here.