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Balanced
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B.A.T. debuted its
revolutionary VK-5 line stage
preamplifier in 1995 and has been
making revolutionary products ever
since. Some of these include the
Unistage circuit design, the tube
auto-bias, the 6H30 triode, massive
power supplies, and no feedback
topologies. The all-balanced B.A.T.
electronics give the most accurate
representation of the music
possible, demonstrating the
advantages of supporting a direct
signal path with an unshakeable
foundation. This unique approach to
audio allows the listener to be
completely immersed and forget where
they are. |
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bel canto design |
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bel
canto design is a small, specialty
manufacturer from Minneapolis, MN
that has developed an incredible
line of compact, efficient (think
"green") amplifiers, CD players, FM
tuners, and digital-to-analog
converters that are as beautifully
made as they are wonderful to listen
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Cambridge
Audio |
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Cambridge Audio started
in Cambridge, England in 1968. Their
products are designed to stand the
test of time, offer supreme ease of
use and represent extraordinary
value for money. Cambridge regularly
releases new products that keep up
with the changes in technology while
maintaining the same value and
quality. |
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Esoteric |
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Esoteric has been
delivering the finest audio
components to the most discerning
listeners for nearly 40 years.
Esoteric technologies are the
summation of fresh ideas and
uncompromisable goals. The design
teams use a principle of
technological fusion. The absolute
best in mechanical, electronic,
acoustic and visual design elements
fused into superior audio products. |
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Fanfare |
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Fanfare Electronics,
Ltd. is a New York-based company
that excels in the field of
designing and building high quality
tuners. Fanfare products are used in
broadcast studios, and can bring the
same quality to your home. The
analog receivers are the purist of
receiver designs and yield the best
quality possible. |
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Jeff Rowland |
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Jeff Rowland Design
Group's unique stature in the world
of audio is due, in part, to its
unique approach to the business of
audio. No Jeff Rowland Product is
the result of "design by committee."
Each bears the unmistakable insight
of a single man, a designer who
brings to his wholly-owned company
an extensive background in product
development that has bred an
unrivaled level of success. |
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Magnum
Dynalab |
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Magnum
Dynalab is one of the leading
reference tuner companies,
specializing in all-analog tuners.
The reference tuner, the MD-108, is
regarded as one of the best in the
industry. |
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Marantz
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For more than
half a century, the name Marantz has
identified the best in home
entertainment. And today, even in
the midst of burgeoning and often
confusing technology, these
components still emulate the vision
that originally drove Saul Marantz
to expand the sensory horizons of
even the most demanding aficionados. |
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Marsh Sound
Design |
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Marsh has won
many awards for their wonderful
products, including the Golden Ear
Award. The products range from
dedicated two channel separates to a
sophisticated 7.1 channel preamp
processor. Richard Marsh combines
the elegant controls on the outside
of the equipment and the
sophisticated advanced circuitry
inside. |
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McIntosh Labs |
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McIntosh Labs
was founded in 1949 - the same year
as Glenn Poor's. The Binghamton, NY
company is justifiably one of most
storied, important manufacturers in
hi-end audio. Responsible for
numerous patents in audio
amplification, McIntosh continues to
innovate, and build immaculate
components. Mac builds world-class
sources (D/A converters, CD/SACD
players, and turntables),
pre-amplifiers, amplifiers, home
theater components, and loudspeaker
systems - virtually, the full gamut
of audio and video products. Glenn
Poor's Audio Video started selling
McIntosh products over thirty years
ago, and we're proud to offer this
legendary company's products to our
customers. |
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NAD |
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NAD started in
1972 with great two channel products
that were known for good
performance, industrial design, and
value. NAD has kept the same values,
and the same look, but made a strong
step into the home theater and
multi-channel audio segment as well.
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Rega |
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Rega
started as a turntable company in
1973, and made the now famous Planet
and (later) Planar 2. Rega continued
with innovation making new tonearms,
and eventually cartridges. In the
newer electronics, Rega has kept the
"analog sound" in their products.
The Planet 2000 and Jupiter CD
players are a prime example of the
great analog sounding products.
These CD players have no hint of
digital harshness yet still recreate
the most minute details.
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Smyth Research |
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The
Smyth Research Realiser recreates,
in headphones, the complete
experience of listening to any real
loudspeaker system in a real room -
in up to eight channel surround
sound. The emulation includes the
precise localization of all the
speakers in the room, the room
acoustics, and the response of the
speakers and the electronics in the
emulated system. In immediate A/B
comparison between the actual
room/speakers and the
Realiser/headphones, listeners say
the two are indistinguishable. Head
tracking keeps the sound image
stationary as the listener's head
turns. The Smyth Realiser is a
revolutionary product that will
change the way we listen to
headphones. |
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Aerial Acoustics |
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Aerial Acoustics is one of the best
loudspeaker companies in America,
specializing in beautifully crafted,
dynamic, natural sounding speakers
that are faithful to the music.
Aerial products are built to last a
lifetime, with craftsmanship that is
truly extraordinary. |
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Avantgarde Audio |
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Avantgarde is one of the most
revolutionary speaker companies in
audio history. These horn-loaded
speakers sound nothing like the
typical "closed-in" sounding horns.
There are some of the most open,
quickest, and live sounding speakers
available. The Basshorns are another
astounding advance made in the horn
speaker area. Reproducing the
fastest bass possible, the Trio and
Basshorn combination give a
performance that will convince the
listener they are in the room with
the artist. |
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Dynaudio |
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Built in Denmark, Dynaudio is one of
the few companies that makes all of
its own speaker parts. All the
drivers, cabinets, crossovers, etc.
are all made in their factory.
Dynaudio is known for it's beautiful
real-wood cabinets and incredible
build quality. The drivers are built
to handle huge powers and be able to
have huge excursions which make for
an incredibly dynamic experience and
openness. |
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Focal.JMlab |
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Focal, like Dynaudio, manufactures
all their own components for their
speakers. Focal has a wide price
range for their speakers with
technologies that have trickled down
from the top of the line speakers at
$85,000/pr to the entry-level book
shelf speakers at $395/pr. The
beryllium tweeters in the Utopia Be
and Electra 1000 series are unique
to Focal and create and extremely
accurate and delicate top end. |
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Genesis Advanced
Technologies |
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Genesis was founded by legendary
Arnie Nudell in 1991 to bring his
unique ribbon tweeter and
servo-controlled bass technology to
popular price points. We introduced
his first efforts in our stores, and
those systems are still in service
today satisfying dozens of music
lovers. In 2002, computer scientist
Gary Koh, himself a big fan and
owner of Genesis' massive flagship
Genesis 1 system, bought control of
the company. Their unique circular,
ribbon tweeter has continued to
evolve, and is recognized as one of
the world's finest high frequency
transducers, while the
servo-controlled bass systems have
benefitted from Gary's advanced
knowledge of digital amplification.
Beginning in 2005, Gary took over
design duties at the company, and
his first "head-to-toe" effort was
the 7.1f - a beautiful
floor-standing three-way tower (with
self-powered, servo-controlled
woofer system). The 7.1f is an
incredible achievement - a true full
range dynamic loudspeaker system
that is equally at home in modest,
as well as larger dimensioned rooms.
It is simply one of the finest
loudspeakers we have ever heard in
it's price range. In March, 2011
Genesis began shipping the new 7.2f
(an up-graded 7.1f) that features
the latest tweeter (with flat
response out to 40Khz!), and
improved mid-bass drivers. |
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Harbeth Audio |
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This
UK company started in 1977, and has
been supplying monitor speakers for
the BBC in addition to making
speakers for the audiophile's home
system. Harbeth monitors transcend
the typical "box" speaker sound,
offering a quick response and smooth
treble that surpass what many expect
from a box speaker.
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LSA (Living Sounds
Audio) |
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LSA
(Living Sounds Audio) is another
American company that specializes in
hi-end, yet affordable loudspeakers.
Their models range from $799/pair
(LSA .5) to $5999 (Model 2
Statement). Frankly, the $799 LSA.5
is one of the best bookshelf monitor
loudspeakers we have ever carried,
and the $2499 LSA2 Tower is our
best-selling speaker in its price
range. LSA speakers sound terrific,
and are finished in real rosewood
(!) or black ash wood so they look
as good as they sound.
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Magnepan |
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Magnepan has been manufacturing
innovative, world class stereo
speakers for over 35 years. Magnepan
also manufactures top quality
surround sound speakers and home
theater speaker systems. Magneplanar
speakers have many of the benefits
of a planar speaker without the
extra power supplies and difficult
load impedance for amplifiers. |
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Phase Technology |
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Phase
Technology is the second oldest
speaker company in the US, and one
of the few companies in the world
that makes all their own components.
Phase Technology has excellent
customer service and offers a 10
year warranty on all their speakers. |
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PHC Audio |
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PHC
was founded upon a simple principle:
to combine the preeminent
engineering technology from consumer
and professional audio fields to
produce the most accurate, robust
and aurally-exciting audio products
for installed residential systems
available. |
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REL |
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REL
subwoofers have become a growing
part of Glenn Poor's Audio Video's
product mix by contributing
significantly to our ability to
"tune" any music or home theater
system to real world environments.
REL woofers add more than just low
bass. Please ask for a demonstration
of what any REL model can add to any
system. |
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Scaena |
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Scaena Audio is one of the few to
make iso-linear speakers, which
are not only attractive in
appearance, but also sound. These
amazingly linear speakers are very
versatile and allow one to improve
their speakers with more sub units
or speakers with more mid or high
frequency drivers allowing for
louder, fuller and more beautiful
sound.
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Vienna Acoustics |
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Handcrafted
enclosures in beautiful wood
finishes define the Vienna Acoustics
aesthetic. Technological
innovations, inventions and patents
lie within to provide rich, full,
detailed sound. At Glenn Poor's -
our research found two unique
aspects of these speakers - their
crossover design and their approach
to bass reproduction using Spider
Cones. First, their crossovers
feature very expensive handpicked
capacitors, and metal-oxyd-film
resistors with less than 1%
tolerance. They employ either 6dB or
12dB shallow sloped,
Bessel-characteristic filters, of
their own creation. With so few
crossover components per driver,
there is minimal phase-shifting and
coloration of sound. Second, their
development of Spider Cone
technology achieves tremendous
driver cone stiffness by designing
axial and radial reinforcement ribs
that cover the cone like a spider
web. The precise size, number, and
location of these stiffening
elements was derived through
computerized Finite Element
Analysis. The result is movement as
a perfect piston - rarely before
have we heard drivers produce such
prodigious bass response and sheer
musicality, relative to their size. |
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Wilson Audio |
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David
Wilson started Wilson Audio's
success in 1981 when he showed the
WAMM at a store in Northern
California. He immediately sold a
pair, and began making more speakers
from his home. Wilson then started
to expand his offerings and made the
WATT. Since then, Wilson has become
one of the premier hi-fi companies
in the world. We have the Wilson
Duette's, Sophia 3's, Sasha's and
the Maxx 2's for your listening
enjoyment.
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Da-Lite |
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Based
in Warsaw, Indiana, Da-Lite has been
designing, manufacturing and
marketing the most comprehensive
line of projection screens in the
world for over 100 years. Today,
they offer the widest selection ever
of proprietary projection screen
fabrics and materials in their
company's history.
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LG Electronics |
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LG
is one of the largest manufacturers
of flat panel televisions, and has
been one of the best when
integrating the latest technologies
into their sets. LG makes all the
major components (plasma glass, LCD
panels, etc.) for their sets making
them a great value as well as a
great product. |
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Sharp
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Sharp
has been a pioneer in LED LCD flat
panel HD displays, and is now the
industry leader in affordable large
TVs. Featuring displays as large as
80" which have more than double the
screen area of 55" Class
TVs. Sharp's Quattron
technology (which adds a fourth
color of yellow to the typical red,
green and blue) means more colors,
more detail and a finer image. The
result is a brighter display with
more vivid yellows, golds and blues. |
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Sim2 Seleco |
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Sim2
specializes in DLP projectors, and
continuously maintains its place at
the front of the technology curve;
Sim2 has routinely been the first to
implement the newest DLP chips from
Texas Instruments. Sim2 projectors
are characterized by detail in black
level, color accuracy, and a superb
film-like quality. |
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Stewart Filmscreen |
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A
family-owned business since 1947,
Stewart maintains the highest
standards in screen design,
craftsmanship, and customer service.
Stewart Filmscreen continues to
design and manufacture innovative
screen products for the residential,
professional, and commercial
markets, bringing the same quality
and innovation to all viewing
environments. |
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Balanced Audio
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Balanced
Audio Technology is well known for
they're legendary line stage
preamplifiers and amplifiers, yet
BAT's Phono stages, the VK-P3,
VK-P5, VK-P10 and VK-P10SE are yet
an addition to they're line of
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Basis |
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Basis
turntables are a great, simple high
quality and price effictive way to
add a phono section to your
listening system. |
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Linn |
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Linn
turntables have a legendary and
unique sound and become a great
hobby to those who enjoy modifying
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Pro-Ject |
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Pro-Ject
turntables have certainly been a
help to the revitalization of vinyl
in the music industry. When starting
the company, the goal of Heinz
Lichtenegger was to make analog
products that were reasonably priced
but maintained a level of
performance that audiophiles would
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Rega |
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Rega
started as a turntable company in
1973, and made the now famous Planet
and (later) Planar 2. Rega continued
with innovation making new tonearms,
and eventually cartridges. In the
newer electronics, Rega has kept the
"analog sound" in their products.
The Planet 2000 and Jupiter CD
players are a prime example of the
great analog sounding products.
These CD players have no hint of
digital harshness yet still recreate
the most minute details. |
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Spiral Groove |
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As
a medium for capturing music, vinyl
remains unsurpassed. To convey its
rich and nuanced potential, a
turntable must, at the very least,
achieve a high degree of control
over the speed of its platter and
the transfer of energy among its
components. Noise is the nemesis, an
uncompromised signal emerging from a
silent background the goal.. |
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Bello |
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Bell'O's
contemporary furniture with Italian
and modern continental design is the
crowning touch for any premium
quality audio/video or home theater
component, and their modern
furniture complements virtually any
decor. |
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Critical Mass Systems |
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Critical
Mass Systems are patent protected
high performance isolation systems
and direct coupling systems
painstakingly designed to optimize
the performance of your electronic
components. They dissipate
vibration, adding nothing to the
sensory envelope and taking nothing
away from the sensory event. |
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pARTicular |
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pARTicular
creates objects, functional art and
environments for residential and
commercial use. Their industrial
design service includes
collaboration with architects and
other professionals, as well as all
stages of product research and
development. The assignment is only
completed when the client enjoys the
finished project. The Audio Design
Collection and the development of a
functional and modern residential
furniture line are the focus of
Volkmar Druebbisch, pARTicular's
designer and owner. This audio and
video furniture collection is
specifically designed and crafted to
merge audio performance with
contemporary design excellence,
while introducing innovative
concepts. |
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Sanus |
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Sanus
Systems manufactures a broad variety
of sleek, quality AV interior
furnishings, TV wall mounts and
accessories. Our high-test,
acoustically superior creations are
designed for style and engineered to
perform. |
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Salamander Designs |
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Salamander's
design philosophy encompasses a
systems approach that fuses visual
design, functional engineering, and
advanced manufacturing processes to
yield high quality results. Finished
cabinets are built to order in the
USA, and with their quick ship
program most will ship within three
days. Throughout Salamander's
history they have designed highly
flexible and customizable furniture
solutions intended to offer a huge
number of choices in materials,
finishes, colors, fabrics, and
performance options. By integrating
such a high level of customization
throughout Salamander's product
line, anyone can become an active
participant in creating their own
unique furniture designs. It's a
pretty different way of looking at
furniture design. Instead of
"one-size-fits-all" everyone gets
exactly what fits them. |
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Vantage Point |
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At
Vantage Point, they proudly
celebrate over 20 years of providing
media mounting solutions to the
consumer and commercial industries
around the world. Their strong
foothold in the marketplace is a
testament to their commitment and
dedication to manufacture the
highest quality products with a
mindful eye on design. |
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