Furutech
Pure Transmission Technology
www.furutech.com

Luxuriously made, elegantly engineered, cost-effective cables, power distribution and filtering components, accessories and OEM parts. Furutech's Pure Transmission Technology ensure that each and every element of power and signal transfer is scrutinized and improved using cutting-edge materials and processes such as Alpha-OCC Ohno Continuous Cast Single-Crystal Oxygen-Free copper and Furutech's 2-Stage Super Cryogenic and Demagnetizing Alpha Process. Furutech produce their impeccably-crafted products at very reasonable cost given the price/performance ratio.

"Also stunning were Furutech's impeccably machined, silver over rhodium AC plugs, which incorporate solid brass ground jumpers. What does that do? "You have to hear it to believe it," said Furutech's PR guy, Jonathan Scull. Okay, we're willing to go that far."
— Wes Phillips, Stereophile

"Once it's Furutech from beginning to end, the spatial and size benefits are unmistakable. This only reiterates the underlying leitmotif of this review. Shielding from and against noise pollution in cables has become more important than ever - and Furutech has developed a very powerful yet elegant antidote it seems. Bravo."
— Srajan Ebaen, 6moons

DEQX - Say it like DEX!
Master the Art of Timing - Speaker and Room Correction
www.deqx.com

DEQX technology is unique in correcting frequency-related amplitude and timing errors by adjusting thousands of frequency groups to different degrees as required allowing all frequency groups to arrive at precisely the right time. Audio and surround systems open up in a dramatic way when timing, phase and amplitude accuracy are restored and faithful to the original signal with room compensation added. The beauty of DEQX is that it makes even modestly-priced speakers sound amazingly like top audiophile brands; an exciting and dramatic upgrade for every system. DEQX works with whatever you’re listening to and results in breathtaking improvements. Modestly-priced stand-mounted speakers to top-tier audiophile brands all sound better with DEQX.

"Prior to the DEQX, I really couldn't have imagined this set up sounding any better in my room than it already did. And while the difference wasn't night and day with the DEQX, it was quite substantial and more than worthwhile. Most noticeable was the improvement in soundstage focus. Images, without correction, were exceptionally holographic and weighty on the YGAs; diffuse is not a word I would have ever used to describe them.

But after listening to the system with the DEQX in place I found the uncorrected images a bit vague by comparison. The soundstage opened up with a greater sense of separation and air around each instrument, a greater sense of real musicians playing in real space. I can't emphasize enough that we were going from something that was already among the best I had ever heard to something quite superb. "
— Adam Goldfine, Positive Feedback Online

Past Clients...

Ciamara
Your Audio Engineering Solutions Company!
www.ciamara.com

Ciamara designs, manufactures, distributes and installs the very best of high-end audio components and systems, analog, digital and server-based. Ciamara is exceptionally qualified encompassing years of experience and innovative thinking working with architectural firms and builders as well as individual clients. Dedicated, personalized and comprehensive, Ciamara always keeps your particular interests in mind and accomplishes the installation with the utmost discretion.

Ciamara has long experience with the products and systems employed; total integration of every element in the playback chain ensures each component achieves its full potential creating a colorful, attractive and engaging musical experience. Ciamara takes the guesswork out of system matching and delivers superb results for casual listeners and demanding audiophiles alike.

"I've used the WideaLab Aurender S10 for four solid months. During this time it has become one of my favorite music servers for critical and daily listening. The hardware and software of the Aurender S10 were designed for the audiophile subculture, yet should appeal to anyone. Features such as solid state disk caching, impeccable internal and external design, Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillators, upgradable software and firmware, and a stellar iPad remote control application are the tip of the audiophile iceberg. In fact the Aurender S10 meets or exceeds so many audiophile and music aficionado requirements that it's the Computer Audiophile Product of the Year 2011."
-- Chris Conaker, Computer Audiophile

Loiminchay Audio, manufacturers of hand-crafted luxurious, extreme performance, limited-edition loudspeakers for connoisseurs, features the stand-mounted Degas, the floorstanding Chagall, and the horn/hybrid Kandinsky. These speaker systems are artist inspired and artisan crafted for a unique and exceptional appearance and a totally remarkable musical experience. Loiminchay speakers reproduce the precise to the passionate: Glenn Gould caressing his master’s voice or Vladimir Horowitz in full expressive flight. Loiminchay effortlessly takes you to the very essence of the music.

"The name 'Loiminchay' comes from a line of high-end pens, I am told, and the prices of the superbly finished Loiminchay speakers are also high-end, the three-way Chagall pictured here coming in at $48,500/pair. But combining a 30mm diamond tweeter with ceramic-cone midrange and LF units in two multi-layer Birch-ply enclosures with a concrete plinth, the Chagall produced smooth, extended sound driven by a Bel Canto class-D power amp and a Nagra CD player. "
— John Atkinson, Stereophile

"The Chagalls ... just seemed to melt away and reveal the music ... Aside from being such beautiful works of art, the Chagalls were easy to lose days on end to ... the endless layers of detail kept me hypnotized ... A visual treat with glorious sound to match ... the price tag concurrent with the craftsmanship"
— Jeff Dorgay, Tone Audio

Usher Audio
Global Design Technolgy
www.usheraudiousa.com

Captivating, award-winning stand-mounted monitor speakers representing state-of-art design and cabinetwork plus leading-edge technology and engineering.

 

“The Usher Be-718 is simply a great loudspeaker that delivers a level of performance far above what its size and price would suggest.”

-- Robert Harley, The Absolute Sound

Winner 2007 Absolute Sound Product of the Year Awards

 

“The midrange and highs are ultra-clean ... I've never heard a speaker this small go so deep. I'd swear the Be-718s were moderately sized floorstanders.”

-- Doug Schneider, SoundStage.com

Winner SoundStage.com Reviewers’ Choice Award

Winner SoundStage.com 2007 Best Product Debut Award

Moscode
401HR 200wpc Hybrid Tube/MOSFET Power Amplifier
www.moscode.com

Introducing the Moscode 401HR (Harvey Rosenberg), a powerfully seductive 200wpc hybrid tube/MOSFET power amplifier available direct online. Tune your system's sound by swapping driver tubes just behind the sexy glass of the power-interlocked flip-down front panel. Audition one in your own system for 33 1/3rd days!

"Almost immediately after powering up the Moscode, I realized it is not a good amplifier. It is a superb one. . . . I almost suffered whiplash as I turned around, mouth agape, at the gale-force sheets of sound emanating from the speakers."
— Jacob Heilbrunn, The Absolute Sound

"What it is is robust, full-bodied, and perhaps a little opinionated. It is also delicate and, to my ears at least, true to the music. I can't tell you that it's true to the music's intent—for one thing, I have no clue that I'd know what that is—but what the 401HR does sounds right to me."
— Wes Phillips, Stereophile

"The amp's 'round' sound mimics the timbre of live acoustic instruments . . . but it is rock'n'roll that truly wows me. Fire up a little Jimi Hendrix or early Bruce Springsteen, and the 401 HR really struts its stuff. The raunchiest blues reach out to pull on my heartstrings. Even if I did not know that George Kaye plays bass, I might guess that after I hear the way that jazz icon Ron Carter's stand-up bass looms large over the Moscode. The instrument's life forces comes through, loud and clear.
— Steve Guttenberg, Home Entertainment

Harmonic Technology
CyberLight Cables
www.harmonictech.com

Harmonic Technology's CyberLight cables use telecomm-like analog laser technology to transfer signals. Electrical audio inputs are converted to light signals and transmitted across a fiber optic connection. The receiving end converts the light back to electrical signal. Harmonic's unique miniature circuit fits right inside the connector plugs, and the music is never digitized for "sound at the speed of light!"

"No matter how I try to deny it, after many months of listening to these cables with a wide range of associated gear, their superiority to anything else out there that I've heard is undeniable. This superiority comes at a fairly stiff price, but if you can afford it, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
— Michael Fremer, Stereophile

"Once again, 'Good job!' to the gang at Harmonic Technology. This time they've raised the bar to a level I didn't think was possible. So do not pass "GO!" gentle reader. Run right out to your nearest Harmonic Technology dealer and arrange for a serious audition with your favorite SACDs, CDs and LPs. Or see if he'll loan you a set to listen to in your home. Print out this review and take it with you. You won't be sorry."
— Charles Hollander, Positive Feedback Online

"Their see-through clarity, lack of identifiable coloration, full-bodied dynamics, and awesome definition and level of quiet are unsurpassed. I can't imagine what's next from Jim Wang at Harmonic Technologies. Meanwhile, the CyberLights are the stuff of audiophile dreams. They have become my new interconnect reference, and have forever changed the way I listen to recorded music."
— Robert H. Levi, Positive Feedback Online

Crystal Acoustics
Home Theater Speaker Systems
www.crystalaudiovideo.com

Wonderfully affordable surround speaker systems including the THX-3D12 featured in Sound & Vision's The List: The Best Gear To Buy Right Now. If you're feeling clever, try one of their elegant, small-footprint SmArt Systems with changeable side panels! And their Plasma line discretely spruces up audio for on-wall flat panel installations.

"All told, there's not much to fault in Crystal's $1,999 layout. Sure, we'd all like real wood veneers and furniture-grade cabinets. But to the true buff, sound quality is incalculably more important. And the Crystal Acoustics THX-3D12 home theater speaker system delivers that in spades, with balance, spaciousness, range, and impact, at a very attractive price."
— Daniel Kumin, Sound & Vision

"Punctuating the intense flashback sequences in The Jacket, with Adrien Brody, were split-second clusters of vicious slashing sounds that tore so rapidly through the soundfield that I barely registered their direction. With less up-front directionality in a vaguer set of speakers, these sounds would have blended better but shocked less. I felt unnerved, as the filmmaker intended."
— Mark Fleischmann, Home Theater

The Crystal Acoustics THX3D-12 speaker system is a great value proposition. For less than $2,000, the THX-3D12 gives you full-range tower speakers, a dedicated center channel, dipole surrounds, and a powered subwoofer that meet the specifications for THX-Select. Go ahead, pick up the THX3D-12 system, and slap that THX logo on your front door!
— Ross Jones, Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity online