Analog Lounge

Audio Research prides itself on manufacturing only those products which will provide genuine enjoyment for as long as the customer cares to own them. In company practice, this means that Audio Research technicians can still repair, refurbish and restore to original performance standards virtually any product ever manufactured during the company’s 40-year history.

Indeed, 40-year-old Audio Research designs continue to provide exceptional musical enjoyment daily in music systems around the world. These products are workhorses, not museum pieces.

Much more than a mere carriage-trade brand name, the Audio Research marque has come to represent stellar performance and lasting value for music lovers and audio enthusiasts everywhere.

Audio Research products are all made by hand in our Plymouth, Minnesota facility.   Connections are hand-soldered, not press-fit nor wave-soldered.  All metalwork, boards, transformers and major parts are American-made and sourced locally.  We take a great deal of pride in our workmanship, and so will you.  You'll certainly hear the difference.

• Phono stages starting with:Foundation PH-9-tube phono stage -https://audioresearch.com/product/ph9/
• REF PHONO 3-https://audioresearch.com/product/reference-phono-3/great upgrade, top of the line performance.
• REF PHONO 10- Top of the line model-https://audioresearch.com/product/reference-phono-10/

Audio Research Phono Stages.

Basis 2200 Signature with the Vector 4 tonearm with VTA adjustment. Suspended on 4 silicon damped springs with a platter that is a solid block of stress relieved acrylic. Separate outboard motor. Optional Calibration base completes the table with cable management for the tonearm cable sits on the base. Clamp optional but I feel it is mandatory.

The Vector 4 tonearm with the optional VTA shown.

Made in U.S.A

Basis Audio is a product I have offered for years. I love the precision and simplicity with great dynamics. Angie

Basis Audio 2200+Vector 4

Clearance on all in stock models.

At Bellari we take tube based equipment very seriously. No 48V plate voltages here. We have removed the high cost of point to point wiring and inefficient construction techniques and left the pure analog musical sound that class "A" tubes can offer. Bellari is available to everyone, not just the moneyed few.

Bellari is one of those rare values that comes from a perfect blend of function and design. In only seven years Bellari has become a major force in digital recording front ends and for performing musicians. We love our craft and hope music professionals world wide will find joy in using Bellari equipment.

Reference Level Electronics

Complete line of power amps, pre amps,  phono stages, integrated and digital gear.

Designed and Made in Boulder, Colorado.

We have a simple, straightforward design philosophy:

Boulders are made for the reproduction of music exactly as it was performed and recorded.  Boulder electronics are transparent, accurate, fast, rugged and reliable with minimal distortion and noise and absolutely no coloration or “sound” of their own.

Virtually every Boulder ever shipped is still in use; most remain in the hands of their original owners.

http://www.boulderamp.com/About.html

Boulder Amplifiers

BP-2 phono stage is available as MM only or MM/MC.

Power the BP-2 with either the MPS-2 DC power supply or the New PS-3 DC power supply.

1 pair RCA inputs with ground and 1 pair outputs.

See link below for more info.http://www.bryston.com/products/phono/BP-2.html

Bryston BP-2

Dynavector is highly regarded as a manufacturer of high performance moving coil cartridges and Super-Stereo based on advanced theory and unique production technology.

Innovative in design moving coil cartridges since 1975. The music lover can be guaranteed listening pleasure at any price point.

The result of fusing the best in design, technology, engineering, materials and manufacturing has resulted in the line of Esoteric products.

As an early innovator in magnetic tape recording and data storage, the TEAC Corporation was founded in Japan in 1953. As a 25 year old member of the TEAC family, ESOTERIC Company's design, engineering and manufacturing improves upon the "state of the art," providing our customers a higher level of audio excellence!

Our goal is simple, to provide new technology and innovation in categories where we know our engineering can improve our end-users listening experience.

Grado is famous for their remarkable headphones and phono cartridges designs that hold over 48 patents.

Their cartridges, which have been in production since the early fifties, burst upon the high-end audio scene in the late seventies with the release of Joseph Grado's ground breaking Signature.

Company founder, Joseph Grado is credited as the inventor of the stereo moving coil phono cartridge. He is responsible for more innovations in phono cartridge design than any other person in our lifetime and was inducted into the Audio Hall of Fame in 1982.

Headphones by Grado rank very well in the industry that has grown tremendously in the past few years.

Offering entry level, wooden,metal and wireless with more that 65 years of experience. Prestige, Reference, Statement and Wireless and Inner Ear models available.

https://gradolabs.com/headphones

When you’ve heard it done right, you’ll know immediately.

Correct presentation in time is the key element to transparency. We experience this every day in our listening to the un-amplified world around us.

Transparency is so much more than just low distortion. It is that rare and special ability of an exceptional piece of audio equipment to get out of the way of the performance and allow the listener to really hear the expression, emotion, and subtlety of each individual performer.

The touch and feel of each instrument becomes profoundly clear - the foundation and the soul of the performance. There should be no equipment bias as to the type of music be it contemporary, jazz, rock, classical, and other forms of musical expression. Herron correctly presents to the listener music as performed and recorded!

Herron offers Line stage tube pre amplifier model VTSP 360, tube phono stage VTPH 2A and mono power M2 solid state amplifiers. See link for more product info.

http://www.herronaudio.com

KISEKI

Ultra-pure iron square plate formers were sourced for their most predictable magnetic characteristics and lowest oxidation. Pre-aged to the perfect consistency, rubber suspension parts are sourced under license with a rubber damper manufacturer. Special magnetic materials, including Alnico have been featured. Today, samarium-coblalt is used with platinum magnets reserved for the flagship models. Japanese craftsmen carve the rosewood bodies, lacquer coat the Urushi bodies, or cut stone for the onyx Platinum. Styli are specially designed and precision ground for Koetsu.

Koetsu

LYRA products are characterized by advanced design engineering allied with Japanese artisanal craftsmanship,  build and quality.  All our products are developed and crafted to be among the very finest available in their category.

Every detail of each LYRA product is thought through and executed with extreme care. LYRA is one of the few audio companies with truly original design development capability.

Each new product is designed from the ground and up and introduces meaningful industry-leading advances.

"New Etna Cartridge is now available and it is just as awesome as everyone says it is."  Angie

Full line available

Ugrade your cartridge to the New Lyra or Lyra SL Phono Cartridges. The media

is going mad on it's performance as I have. We invite you to listen  and

go mad for yourself on one of our tables. Currently installed on our

Oracle Delphi V1 and soon on our Bergmann Magne table. With the purchase of

any cartridge we will install and set up , in store, free of charge.

Retail on the Etna SL: $ 12,995..

Delos and in stock, Kleos Mono  also available.

Call for prices 905-773-7810

Lyra Etna Cartridge-New

NAGAOKA is a world leader in phono and audio products and accessories. NAGAOKA also makes phonograph cartridges that are used by many renowned companies as original installed equipment and under private label. It is one of the last innovative manufacturers to offer a full line of phono cartridge products that meet the needs of many budget segments, turntable tonearm requirements, and performance levels.

Each NAGAOKA phono cartridge is manufactured with precision craftsmanship, stringent quality control in material selection and machining, bonding expertise, careful assembly and thorough inspection, perfected through NAGAOKA's long experience in stylus manufacturing technologies.

Music.
The universal language.
The voice of the soul.
It moves, inspires, exhilarates.
It is best shared.
An Oracle Audio system
Takes you out of your listening room
And into the concert hall.
It brings the recordings to life
Each nuance, each subtle detail
It gives you music the way it was written,
The way it was meant to be heard.
When you listen to an Oracle, You are there!

Made in Canada

Ortofon is a leading specialist and developer of professional audio products;  acclaimed phono cartridges, headshells, tonearms, high-end audio cables, step-up transformers and accessories for installation of cartridges and tonearms.

Our company has always worked with sound reproduction. It was founded in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1918 and initially made soundtracks for movies. In 1948 Ortofon developed its first moving coil cartridge.  Since then, over 300 different cartridges have been developed and manufactured.

We benefit from being established in Denmark, a country recognized for its strong tradition in acoustics and its wealth of other high-end manufacturers.  Manufacturers who make hearing aids and acoustic measurement equipment in addition to all aspects of high-end audio.

Improve your analog with a New phono stage.

• Great options available and on SALE

Let us help you upgrade with the best in analog options available.
Some offering adjustable gain and loading and we can help you understand how simple it can be.

• The Hi End analog customer will be excited to see brands like Audio Research, VAC and Sutherland and more.

Phono Stage Special Ad

Heinz Lichtenegger, one of Austria's leading distributors of high-end audio brands, founded PRO-JECT AUDIO SYSTEMS in early 1990. As an audiophile and music lover, Heinz 's interest in turntables and analog playback turned into a passion to create turntables, tonearms and analog accessories that were reasonably priced yet that were uncompromised both mechanically and sonically. This passion is what led him and his like-minded colleagues to launch a new business venture named PRO-JECT AUDIO SYSTEMS.

We are happy to announce Pure Fidelity added to our turntable line up. Made in Canada.

https://purefidelity.ca/product/the-harmony-turntable/

Full line available. Models available. Harmony/ Horizon, Encore/Eclipse

       Stratos MC cartridge by Pure Fidelity will be set up on the Harmony. Audition soon.                    

https://www.stereophile.com/content/pure-fidelity-harmony-record-player

Pure Fidelity

Now in stock. The new Special Walnut Edition of the Rega Planar 1 turntable. Includes Carbon cartridge.

Retail Price- $ 775.    SALE $750.

Rega Planar 1 Walnut

Rega’s philosophy is to make high quality products at sensible prices, as a means of reproducing music as faithfully as possible.

We are committed to the design and development of new and existing products, both in hi-fi and other areas, that will perpetuate Rega’s values of quality and value for money.

By 1983 the time had come for Rega to design and build its own tonearm and so the world famous RB300 (Rega Britain) was born. The high pressure die-cast silicon alloy tube alone took two years to develop alongside the UK's largest die-cast company. The work and our casting subsequently won us an "international casting award" from America for what is still considered today to be a technically impossible casting.

Back in stock and available now. 

Best Value and Performance in the turntable marketplace. 

Some models include a cartridge.

PLANAR 1, 2, 3, 6 all on display. More models coming in soon.

Designed and made in England since 1973.

Rega is not just about turntables.

Check their website.

https://www.rega.co.uk/products/turntables

Rega Tables back in Stock

Please feel free to call for Prices. Thx.

Please check in store for choosing the right model that fits your needs. Prices start at $499. up to the higher fidelity specialty models. Check out the various cartridges and phono stages you will need to maximise the performance. Experience and Set Up on tables matters so let us set up your table.
In store specials are always available.

http://www.rega.co.uk

REGA Turntables and more..

Latest News- ARGENTUM the new top of the line phono stage offering RCA and XLR in now available. Look for the New KC Vibe replacing the PH3D coming soon, June, the new entry level for Sutherland.

Phono Blocks on Demo Now.

DUO 2 chassis phono stage from Sutherland. Familiar features known to this product, gain and load setting.

The ultimate in spatial listening involvement.

http://www.sutherlandengineering.com/duo

Sutherland Duo Now in Stock

Sutherland Phono stages offer superior quality and performance at any level.

The KC vibe intro product from Sutherland is a full feature phono stage with adjustable load and gain selection.

Insight, 20/20, Duo, Phono Block and ArgentumPlus each offering great built and sound performance.

"it remains one of the best value/performance options in phono stages." Angie

Made in U.S.A.https://sutherlandengineering.com/home/

New Gen 6 extends to Reference, XL, Opus and Magnum level cables both interconnects and speaker cables. A true evolution. Experience the New Gen 6 cables set up on our systems in the store. Upgrades from Gen 5 is available. Let's talk about it in the shop and have listen soon. It's important to have the right calibration for each component to maximize performance. Not your ordinary cables. https://www.transparentcable.com/pages/transparent-generation-6

Transparent Gen 6

No discussion of design philosophy will prepare you for the sound of our finely crafted instruments. One listen and you will appreciate that VAC indeed makes the world's finest audio components, an appreciation that will only grow over a lifetime of listening

Renaissance MK V  Tube phono stage.

Sharing many designs developed from the big brother, Statement phono stage.

A serious phono stage upgrade- Adjustable gain and loading-MM+MC- 6 twin triode tubes-separate power supply.

Visit VAC web link for more info http://www.vac-amps.com/productPages/RenaissancePhonoStage.html

VAC

A.J. van den Hul is a Dutch Company established in 1980. Its main objective is to improve the quality of both phono-transfer and the quality of signal transmission in the most broad sense. We do this by applying unique solutions and state-of-the-art technology based on our own inventions, findings and listening experience.

Sale on new in Stock models:

-MC model One $ 2,999.

- Crimson Stradivarius $ 8,500.

Sale limited to in stock models while available. Posted Aug.10,2019.

Van den Hull Cartridges

We are excited to announce  VPI Industries line of products.

Turntables, cleaning machines, tone arms and accessories

A family operated company dedicated for 40+ years based in the U.S.A. offering an array of afforable Hi End turntables. A wide range of tables to satify any analog enthusiates. Also available is the well know cleaning machines, which I still have today after many years of use. 

Made in U.S.A.

VPI