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Come visit Teri and Anthony this Saturday at The Save the LP Record show in Beaverton.

Saturday November 16th, 2024

10am-4pm

12625 SW Crescent St, Beaverton, OR 97005

The new Rogue Audio Pharaoh II Integrated Amplifier is now on display, ready to audition and sounding amazing! It features a tube hybrid design, providing 250 watts per channel into 8ohms and 400 WPC into 4ohms, with a pure tube mu-follower preamplifier. Also features a phono stage, a pair of balanced XLR inputs and a tube driven 1/4″ headphone jack. Hand built in the USA.

This is no ordinary ‘power strip’ as you can imagine from Shunyata Research. They’ve built in a full Venom NR power cord into this 8 outlet unit with plenty of Shunyata goodness to elevate any system to the next level, and they’ve done it at a great value. We have one for demo, a few in stock, with many more on the way! Come check it out!!! You can read up more on the Shunyata Venom PS10 Power Strip here.

A quick update for your weekend. The new Dali Oberon 9 loudspeakers are up and running and ready to audition in our downstairs room two. We also just got in Rega PL1 turntables in white and black matte finish. We’re in the process of breaking in some Revel F226Be loudspeakers. We have a couple of demo Quadraspire racks we’re ready to deal, contact us for a price. Also a few more Bluesound Node 2i close outs left, and we now have the new Bluesound Node in stock. Also some used trade in JMLabs Focal Chorus 714s on sale. The Cambridge Audio CXA81 is now in stock. Some clearance Grado headphones, call us for price. Come in this weekend and check out some of these great items!

We’re proud to have the latest Cambridge Audio AX series of components, featuring the AXC35 CD Player, the AXR35 35-watt Integrated Amplifier, the AXR85 85-watt Integrated Amplifier, and the AXR100 100-watt Integrated Amplifier. We also just got in the sweet sounding Cambridge Audio CX A81 Integrated Amplifier, a new unit that has been redesigned from the ground up. New better components, DAC, etc., providing a warmer and richer sound, with all of the greatest features like new Bluetooth, Roon, etc. We still can’t believe just how great this sounds at this price point. We also have the matching CXC CD Transport. Read the latest review here.

We’ve recently picked up the Revel Loudspeakers line, and are really excited to present their amazing Performa Be series of loudspeakers. We have the floor standing Revel Performa F228Be speakers (their mid-sized floor-stander), as well as the stand mount Revel Performa M126Be speakers. Like the Focal loudspeaker line up we carry, Revel has a complete line up of options for every price range, as well as playing well with in a dedicated two channel stereo environment or 5.1 and beyond Home Theater environment. Revel has always been known for their highly technical R&D development and being able to draw from a vast pool of resources from being apart of the Harman International family, but through other recent acquisitions has even deeper pockets for development. From this great development process comes their mid-priced Performa Be series with integrated Beryllium tweeters, bringing trickle down of their reference-top-dollar Ultima line to their more reasonably priced Performa series.

Design
Whether you’re considering the M126Be’s for smaller spaces, or the larger floor-standing F328Be, F226Be or F206 loudspeakers, they all have the magic of the ‘Be’ Beryllium tweeters. Revel has executed this with the most natural of sound, flowing effortlessly with the rest of the speakers. Fit and finish are outstanding, as you would expect. And the white cones that are revealed when you remove the grills are truly stunning. The model of these speakers that you choose will obviously depend on your room size and budget, but overall these are reasonably sized speakers for the size of their 8” woofers in our F228Be speakers. And the M126Be would be at home in nearly any space. Our floor models have the wood grain finish, and are a great fit for the asking price.

Sound
Our first impressions of these speakers: “Wow, there’s an amazing amount of detail there!” It’s not the kind of goosed up detail that says “Hey, look at me!” Instead choosing to naturally be part of the overall sound as a whole. While some might quibble over wanting more authoritative bottom end, bass was always extremely accurate and controlled, while sounding musical and natural. While the mids may lean towards being slightly more analytical than some of our British monitor stalwarts, they still remained extremely musical and a seamless part of the whole. The F228Be’s have a way of presenting an expansive soundstage with pinpoint center imaging that will leave you wanting more. While Revels tend to be slightly more forward leaning in their presentation, this Be line up never goes too far in any direction. When it comes to beryllium tweeters, you always get crisp detail on the top end capturing the strike of a cymbal or front end strike of a piano note. This was all there, but never felt harsh or too in your face. The other sound quality that stood out, was their ability to capture the natural room and instrument decay that is often buried by other speakers in the presentation. This can be heard much more full and present than with many other speakers, adding to the overall experience of a musical performance. This Performa Be line is extremely accurate and transparent, natural, and engaging. What about speed? Shifting to modern electronic music, the Revels were amazingly fast and effortless without being overly sterile. With the M126Be stand mount speakers, much of what was found with the F228Be’s can be found within this smaller package, sans the full authority in the bottom end. Some may want to bring one of our JL Audio eSub or Fathoms to the mix to fully flesh out this experience, while gaining a much smaller footprint for your listening space. The Revels are extremely efficient, so whether you choose to pair them with solid state or tube, they will play well with either.

Wrap Up
This is an amazing addition to our already stellar line up of speakers. Whether you’re in the market for a dedicated stereo set up, or want to build the ultimate home theater set up, the Revel Performa Be speakers will deliver hours of amazingly natural sounding music, bringing along oodles of resolution/detail, with a wonderful soundstage. But don’t take our word for it… come in soon to have your own personal audition of these wonderful loudspeakers. This line of Performa Be speakers are truly in the sweet spot of value and performance.

Specs/Features

Revel F228Be:

–1-inch Beryllium Dome Tweeter
-Mid driver: 5.25″ DCC aluminum cone with cast frame
-Dual 8″ Deep Ceramic Composite (DCC) Aluminum Cones with cast frames
-High-order Crossovers with Film Capacitors and Air Core Inductors
-5th-generation Acoustic Lens Waveguide
-Magnetically Attached Grilles
-DCC Cone Midrange and Woofers
-4 Premium High-gloss Finishes Available
-8 Ohms
-Sensitivity: 90dB (2.83V @1M)
-Dimensions: 46.6″ x 13.5″ x 14.8″
-Weight: 82 lbs

Revel M126Be:

–1-inch Beryllium Dome Tweeter
-6.5” Deep Ceramic Composite (DCC) Aluminum Cones with cast frame
-High-order Crossovers with Film Capacitors and Air Core Inductors
-5th-generation Acoustic Lens Waveguide
-Magnetically Attached Grilles
-DCC Cone Midrange and Woofers
-4 Premium High-gloss Finishes Available
-8 Ohms
-Sensitivity: 86dB (2.83V @1M)
-Dimensions: 15.2″x 8.3″ x 10.3″
-Weight: 22 lbs

You can read the glowing reviews for the Revel Performa F228Be here, and here

You can read the glowing reviews for the Revel Performa M126Be here, here, and here.

Check out our newest Featured Product, the Naim Audio Uniti Nova all-in-one here.

A truly amazing audio product.

Are you exited about the new movie Bohemian Rhapsody?  We have some of the last limited edition Queen turntables in stock!  Get them while you can.

Please call for details.

If you have a Moon by Simaudio MiND, you can update it to a MiND 2. Contact us to find out how.

We’ve got the brand new Marantz SR 6013 AV receiver in stock. We also got a fresh shipment in of Okki Nokki record cleaners! (probably one of the best record cleaners in in this price range. It’s an amazing value!) The latest Spendor A4 speakers are winning over listeners in our bamboo room, and Moon by Simaudio has internal MiND2 upgrades available for order. We have the Moon by Simaudio 390 DAC/Network Streamer ready to demo. It really sounds amazing!

We have a full line up of all new Shunyata Research products in stock! Venom, Delta, Alpha and Sigma product lines are on the floor and breaking in. We even have the new Alpha and Sigma speaker cable in our main upstairs room, along with the Delta speaker cable in our bamboo room. Be sure to come in to find out all about this exciting new line up of products from Shunyata Research! These are products so new, that they aren’t even listed on Shunyata’s own website yet! There is a new pdf guide that lists all of the new cables here. Get in now to audition these truly ground breaking products.

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The latest line of Naim Audio Uniti models are starting to come in, and we have the brand new Naim Audio Uniti Core. An Industry-Reference hard-disk server with the ability to rip CDs. We have a full line up of Shunyata Power Cables (Alpha/Sigma). And if you haven’t gotten a chance to check out the Bluesound Pulse Soundbar yet, you really need to. Use it for Home Theater, use it as an MQA capable wireless powered speaker for music… this speaker is really getting a lot of attention from the press!

Be sure to check out our Featured Product of the quarter: The Moon by Simaudio Neo ACE! Read about it here. Then come hear it!

A staff favorite, Tony Levin recently visited one of his favorite HiFi audio companies, Simaudio at their Canadian headquarters in Montreal. Stick Men (Official) were in Montreal and took time off from their hectic “Prog Noir” tour to visit Simaudio earlier today. Last evening’s performance was spectacular …stay tuned for more photos. You can see photos from their recent show at our Facebook link here.
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Don’t forget to check us out for some of your last minute audio holiday gifts. We have the all in one Yamaha mini system in right now, and Naim has put their amazing and well reviewed all in one Naim Mu-so on sale for $ off until January 4th! If you been thinking about the Mu-so, the time is now! We also have TONS of TURNTABLES at every price range! Clear Audio, Rega, Pro-Ject, etc. and one with USB for those wanting to digitize their collection. And from Focal Loudspeakers, we have their Chorus 705, 714, and 716 all on sale!

Be sure to check out our holiday hours for open/closed times this week.