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Audio-related Web Sites

Audio Manufacturers Audio Magazines Acoustic Treatments Furniture Pro

Audio Manufacturers
Aesthetix makes tube phono and line stage preamplifiers.
Arcam makes audio electronics for music and home theater systems.
Audio Research makes digital components, pre-amplifiers, and amplifiers.
Avalon Acoustics makes music speakers.
Basis makes turntables.
Benz Micro makes phono cartridges.
Billy Bags makes audio racks.
Boulder makes preamplifiers, amplifiers, and digital components.
Clearaudio makes cartridges, turntables, tonearms, and phono preamplifiers.
dCS makes digital components.
DeVORE Fidelity makes speakers.
Dynaudio makes speakers.
Equi=Tech makes power conditioners.
era makes speakers.
Escient makes CD and DVD changer with a video user interface.
Grado makes headphones and cartridges.
Graham Engineering makes tonearms.
Halcro makes preamplifers, amplifiers.
Kaleidescape makes hard movie and music servers.
Linn makes digital components, preamplifiers, amplifiers, surround sound processors, tuners, speakers, and custom installation equipment.
Magico makes speakers.
Magnum Dynalab makes tuners, tuner accessories, and a high-quality receiver.
Martin-Logan makes electrostatic and hybrid speakers.
MIT makes cables & AC line purification components.
Musical Fidelity distributes CD players, preamplifiers, amplifiers, and tuners.
Musical Surroundings distributes Graham Engineering, Basis, Benz-Micro, Koetsu, Transfiguration, etc.
Nagra makes electronics.
Nordost makes cables.
Nottingham makes turntables.
Parasound makes audio electronics and home-theater / surround-sound processors.
Pro-Ject makes turntables and phono accessories.
PS Audio makes power conditioners.
Quad makes digital components, pre-amplifiers, amplifiers, speakers, and tuners.
REL makes sub-woofers.
Request Multimedia makes the AudioReQuest hard disk music management system.
Richard Gray Power Company power conditioners are made by Audio Line Source.
Rockport makes speakers and turntables.
Sennheiser makes headphones and microphones.
Shelter makes phono cartridges.
Shunyata makes power conditioners, power cables, and audio cables.
Simaudio (Moon) makes the Moon line of electronics.
Spectral makes cartridges, digital components, pre-amplifiers, and amplifiers.
Stax makes great electrostatic headphones.
Tara Labs makes cables.
Theta makes CD & DVD digital source components and surround processors.
Totem makes speakers.
Verity makes speakers.
VPI makes turntables and record cleaning machines.
   
Audio Magazines
Enjoy the Music is a mainstream audiophile-oriented magazine.
The Absolute Sound is an audiophile-oriented magazine.
Stereophile is the most widely read audiophile magazine published in the United States.
   
Acoustic Room Treatment Manufacturers
CARS makes "stealth" type concealed room treatments using Owens Corning panels.
ASC makes room treatments, including the famous Tube-Traps.
RPG makes acoustic room treatments, including their famous diffusers.
   
Furniture Manufacturers
Billy Bags makes high-strength steel audio and video component stands.
CinemaTech makes high-quality leather theater and music room seating.
Finite Elemente makes performance-oriented audio stands
Harmonic Resolution Systems makes high performance audio stands
Lovan makes speaker and component stands.
Particular Contemporary Design makes high-quality contemporary-looking metal audio and video component stands.
Salamander Designs makes high-quality wood audio and video component stands.
Sanus makes high-quality wood audio and video component stands.
sona design makes audio/video furniture.
   
Power Conditioning
Equitech makes AC line treatment.
   
Professional and Recording Equipment Manufacturers
Genex makes makes hard disk recorders.
Gordon makes microphone preamps.
Pacific Microsonics (by Euphonix) makes A-to-D converters.
Schoeps makes microphones.
Sennheiser makes microphones.
Z-Systems makes digital equalizers and preamplifiers.


Music-related Web Sites

A word about choosing a particular website:  Acoustic Sounds is a great site for audiophile recordings.  For classical music ArkivMusic is our first choice--since as they specialize only in classical music their site is very easy to find a particular recording on and they seem to be able to fill orders more completely more often than other websites.  And Amazon many times has reviews that can be quite helpful if you'd like to learn more about a particular recording.

Music Retailers
Acoustic Sounds sells audiophile-quality CD's & LP's--recommended.
ArkivMusic specializes in classical music recordings only--recommended.
Amazon.com sells music (and DVDs and books) by mail-order.
Rykodisc is a music publisher (mostly CD's).
Second Spin sells used CD's.
Music Resources
Sibelius Academy offers extensive music & recording links. (in Finland)


Video-related Web Sites

Video Magazines
The Perfect Vision is a videophile magazine related to The Absolute Sound.
Stereophile Guide to Home Theater is a videophile magazine related to Stereophile.
Widescreen Review is a well-written video magazine.
Video Manufacturers
Da-Lite makes video screens.
Faroudja makes video line enhancers & DVD components.
Runco makes high performance video projection systems, processors, and plasma screens.
Stewart Filmscreen makes video screens.


Movie-related Web Sites

Movie Retailers
Amazon.com sells DVD films (and music and books) by mail-order.
BestBuy.com sells DVD films (and music) by mail-order.
Reel.com sells DVD films by mail-order.
Movie Reviews
The Internet  Movie Database is a comprehensive on-line source for all sorts of movie reviews.


Custom Installation Products

Manufacturer Products Website
ARS Stretched-fabric concealed acoustic room treatment with Owens Corning panels. ARS Website
Bay Audio Makes in-wall and in-room speakers. Bay Audio Website
Crestron High-quality LCD control systems Crestron Website
Elan Speakers and multi-room audio control systems Elan Website
Draper Motorized room-blackening shades Draper Website
Escient Music cataloging and retrieval (jukebox) systems Escient Website
Extron Video switchers and other video products Extron Website
Inca Lifts for projectors and other equipment Inca Website
ImageCrafters Lighting, seating, and custom cabinetry ImageCrafters Website
Linn High performance stereo, A/V, and custom installation products. Linn Website
Media Decor Mirrors and framed artwork to conceal video displays Media Decor Website
Middle Atlantic Professional-style equipment racks Mid Atlantic Website
Niles Multi-room control systems, Infrared Repeater Systems, Speakers (in-wall, outdoor) Niles Website
Parasound Near-high-end audio components which we often use in custom installations. Parasound Website
Request Hard disk based music management systems Request Website
RTI Remote control systems RTI Website
Séura LCD televisions hidden behind a mirror Séura Website
Silent Gliss Motorized draperies and window treatment tracks Silent Gliss Website
Sonance High-quality speakers (in-wall, outdoor), Multi-room control systems Sonance Website
Vantage Multi-room lighting control systems Vantage Website
VisionArt Plasma-concealing artwork VisionArt Website

   
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