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DIRECT SALES
Adelaide (Australian Manufacturer of Ascension high resolution speakers and kits. Sells direct.) Airtech (MG-1 Air bearing tonearm-similar to Air Tangent) Amcan Audio Footers Analog Magik (Highly Interesting Turntable Set-Up Devices) Apogee Acoustics (Apogee Ribbon Speakers reincarnated in Australia, with new and more sensitive models) Arthur Loesch Home Audio System (Manufacturer of "a completely integrated playback system") Artisan Audio (U.K. Importer and Dealer of "Alternative/High Value" Components) Artisan Fidelity ("Hand Crafted Plinths, Upgrades and Modifications" for Idler and Direct Drives) Audio Consulting (Speakers and amplification in Germany) Audio Cubes II (Japanese exporter of high quality cartridges-Denon, Dynavector, Koetsu etc.) Audio Origami (UK Specialist in Tonearm rewiring, plus parts) Audio Revelation (Origin and Shelter Dealer-Analog Specialist) Aural Thrills Audio (Unique Cables and Electronics) Avondale Audio (UK based transistor preamps, amps, power supplies and DIY modules, plus Naim service and upgrades)
BD-Design (DIY Horn Speakers and Electronics from Holland) Beer City Audio (Tritium Air Bearing Turntable & Tonearm, DIY, plus amplifier, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) Beveridge Audio (Legendary Electrostatic Speaker Manufactuer, reborn, which now sells direct)
Day Planet (Speakers designed specifically to reproduce Jazz) Denon Specifications (For a Variety of Phono Components) Denon Aluminum Body (Aluminum Body Cap for Denon DL-103/R) Doge 8 (Doge 8 Preamplifier) Durand Tonearms (The manufacturer of the Talea II and Telos tonearms, with "the ability to adjust the azimuth on the fly")
EC Designs ("PowerDACS" plus high-efficency speakers) EIFL-Koji (Shelter and Denon Cartridges-From Japan) Electronic Visionary Systems (Source of "Ultimate Attenuators", which can eliminate line stages) EMIA (Portal for Intact Audio & Experience Music) Emotiva (Electronics, Receivers, AC Filters, Processers, Speakers etc.) NEW 03/24 Erzetich Audio (Headphone Amplifiers) Euphoria Speakers (An Interesting Speaker Design from Ontario Canada) Expressimo Audio ("Super Precision Turntables" plus "Custom Turntable Builder" and More) Extreme Phono (Cetech-Improved subchassis for Linn Sondek LP-12)
Galen Carol Audio (Denon Cartridges/Origin Importer) Galibier Design (An "offshoot" of the Redpoint Turntable Designs) GedLee Acoustic Science (DIY and Assembled High-Efficiency Speakers Designed by Dr. Earl Geddes) GSP Audio (Phono stages and head amplifiers)
Hagerman Technology (Tube Phono Stages and Reverse RIAA Device) Herbies Audio Lab (Tube Dampers, Isolation Devices) HiFiDo (Japanese source for Denon cartridges) High Water Sound (NYC Retailer and Importer of TW-Acustic, Horning, Aspara, Tron, Thoress and SilverTone) The Horn Shoppe (High Efficiency, Single Driver Speakers, plus an unique hybrid line stage named "The Truth")
Idler Wheel Drive (Jean Nantais upgrades to the Lenco and other high-quality idler, rim and direct drive turntables) Inexpiable Audio (Amplifiers and cables, direct sales) Inspire Hi-Fi (Turntable upgrades, for both DD and ID, plus others, located in the UK) Intact Audio (Magnetics from Dave Slagle)
Mapleshade (Cables, isolation devices and stands, modified vintage tube equipment) The Missing Link (Custom Linn LP-12 & TD-150 Rebuilds, Upgrades & Kits, plus DIY and Cables, from the UK) Mockingbird Distribution (Jasmine Phono Stage and MC Cartridges plus other lines) Morrison Audio (Unique point-source, omni-directional speakers, plus line preamp) Mother of Tone (Minimalist, battery powered amplifier, DAC and ADC from Germany)
Odyssey Audio (Epiphony speaker is similar to Spica TC-50, preamps, amps, cables etc.) Origin Live (Denon Cartridges, Rega Tonearms-Modified, Phono Accessories)
Perfect Sound (Specialists in spare parts for the classic Garrard 301 and 401 turntables) PhonoPhono (A German source for the Denon DL103 cartridge and other phono components) Pi Speakers (High Efficiency Speakers, at reasonable prices, both DIY and manufactured) Promitheus Audio (Transformer passive preamp, plus phono stage, cables and amplifiers from Malaysia) PTP Audio (Manufacturer of the PTP for the Lenco, plus two turntables using the Lenco drive system)
R2R Audio (Single 15" driver, Full-Range, High-Efficency Speakers, with Built-In Amplifiers) Redgum Audio (Various electronics, CD players and Speakers from Australia) SAC Thailand (Custom made Tube electronics and transformers made in Thailand) Sadurni Acoustics ("State-Of-The-Art" Horn Speakers) NEW 06/24 SAS Audio (Tube Preamps and power amps) Sempersonus (An interesting new rim-drive turntable from Portugal) SORA Sound (ZYX Cartridges, phono stage and step-up plus Graham and Tri-Planar tonearms etc.) Sound Foundations (Turntable Platter Ring Clamp from India) Sound HiFi (Denon Cartridges) Soundsmith (Strain Gauge Cartridge plus Electronics and Speakers) Space Tech Laboratory (Custom Made Tube Electronics) Star Sound (Sonoran Cables and "Resonance Energy Transfer Products") Supersonido (A Spanish retailer who sells Denon 103 cartridges)
Teresonic (High-Efficiency & Single-Driver Speakers and SET Amplifiers) Tonian Labs (High Efficiency speakers, plus cables and isolation devices) Tortuga Audio (Light based passive line stages. Sells direct.) Trans-Fi Audio (Home of of the "Terminator" linear, air-bearing tonearm and "Salvation" Rim-Drive Turntable) Transcendent Sound (Proven OTL Amps, Preamps, Phono Stage, DIY Kits, Tube Analyzer and a Helpful Message Board)
Vacuum State (Interesting and Innovative Audio Electronics and modifications by Allen Wright) Audio by Van Alstine (Quality components and modifications, reasonable prices, decades of experience) ViRa High End (Aidas Phono Cartridges, ViRa Radiant Tangent Tonearms + Used Analogue Equipment.) Walker Audio (Turntable/tonearm, SST Contact Enhancer, Isolation Devices) Wave Kinetics (Turntables and Vibration Control Systems) Waynes Audio (Turntable Platter Ring Weight from California) Zu Audio (High Efficiency Speakers and Cables)
DIY INSTRUCTIONS, PARTS AND KITS
ALK Engineering ("Specializing in filter design software and Klipsch loudspeaker upgrades".) Aspen Amplifiers (DIY Minimalist Amplifier Kits) The Audio Circuit (Separate Files on Different Component Types, Manufactured and DIY)
Bastanis (SET Friendly speakers and kits from Germany) Bent Audio (Unique Passive Linestages and Transformers including Kits and DIY) Bottlehead (Kits and DIY)
Decware (Popular Kits) DIY Audio (DIY Forum "For Fanatics") DIY HiFi Supply (Kits, tubes, including TJ 300B "Mesh", and rare, very high-quality parts for DIY) Duelund Audio (Outstanding, and very expensive, passive parts) DIY Loudspeakers (Huge Selection of DIY Speakers Designed by Troels Gravesen. Located in Denmark.)
Lampizator by Fikus (DIY Tube and Digital Upgrades from Europe) Linkwitz Lab (DIY/Factory built "Orion", "Pluto" & other Speakers-highly admired by Peter Aczel of The Audio Critic) Michael Percy Audio (Good selection of high-quality DIY parts) Music and Design (DIY Speaker Instructions and Parts)
Shackman Electrostatics (Electrostatics and DIY Projects from Germany) Sonic Craft (DIY parts for kits and modifications, including their own Teflon Capacitors) Spica Speaker Enthusiast (Information, Projects and repairs of Spica Speakers) Supravox (A French company with a growing reputation for excellent DIY drivers and speakers)
Tempest Audio (DIY Speaker Parts and Kits from Holland) TRT-Wonder Caps (InfiniCaps and DynamiCaps, plus Wonder wire and solder)
VH Audio (Teflon and Oil Capacitors, Wire, Cords and Cables) Vinyl Savor (Informative Blog dedicated to tubes, plus Amplifiers and Kits for sale) Volti Audio ("Specializing in Klipsch Speaker Upgrades and Restoration") Wood Horn (DIY Horn Speakers)
Acoustic Solid (Interesting German Turntables) AcuHorn (SET friendly, point source, dipole horn speakers, with no crossover, from Europe) Analysis Audio (A "manufacturer of the highest quality, high performance planar-ribbon loudspeakers available") Angstrom Research (Italian manufacturer of tube electronics) Aries Cerat ("State-Of-The-Art" electronics, DAC, etc.) NEW 06/24 Ars Acoustica (No current website. E-mail address only) irving.isenberg@sympatico.ca Aspara Acoustics (U.K. Manufacturer of the HL1 high-efficency horn speaker) Atma-sphere Music Systems Audible Illusions Audion AUDIOPAX (Amplifiers, speakers and a preamp from a highly talented and innovative Brazilian designer) Avid Turntables (Acutus)
Graham Engineering (The New Phantom B-44 and their other famous pivoted tonearms) Grandprix Audio (A highly innovative turntable plus isolation stands) Jasmine Audio (Chinese manufacturer of tube electronics, speakers and cables) KR Audio (Tubes, amplifiers, preamplifiers) Kuzma Audio (Turntables, Tonearms & Ultra Sonic Record Cleaning)
Lansche Audio (Speaker with Ion Tweeter from Germany) Legend HiFi (North American Importers of Piega Speakers from Switzerland) Loricraft (Garrard 501, 301/401 upgrades and serious record cleaning machines)
Tone Imports (North American Importer and Distributor for Shindo Labs, Auditorium 23, Leben Hi-Fi, Euphya Audi and EMT) Tom Evans Audio Design (Innovative Phono Stages, Line Stages and Amplifiers-UK based) Townshend Audio (Unique Turntables, Isolation devices, speaker, super tweeter, etc) Transcriptors (U.K. Manufacturer of Turntables since 1960) Transmission Audio (Amazing Variety of Full Ribbon and Hybrid Speakers from Sweden) Tri-Cell Enterprises (A Canadian distributor of numerous interesting lines) Triplanar True Audiophile (North American Importer of Audion Tube Electronics, Elrog and Lindemann)
Anti-Cables (Possibly excellent value for the money) Audio Excellence (Home of the Audiodharma cable cooker) Brilliance Hi-Fi (Assorted Audio and Video Cables from the U.K.) Essential Sound ("A/C Power Cords and Accessories") My Audio Cables (Interconnect, Speaker and AC Cables at reasonable prices) Polk Cobra Cable Blog (A Blog Dedicated to Polk Speaker Cable) Revelation Audio Labs (Assorted Cables-Analog, digital, speaker and power) RU Connected (A Dutch based cable company) Supra Cables (Swedish manufacturer of inexpensive cables of possible high quality) Wireworld (Huge assortment of cables)
REPAIRS AND MODIFICATIONS
Austin Stereo (Sales and restoration of Vintage stereo equipment.) CIH Audio Repair (A repair center just north of Tampa, Florida, with "electronic technicians and engineers") Curcio Audio Engineering (DIY Tube Parts and Kits, plus repairs of Dynaco and Beveridge ESL)
Krell Service (Specialists for all vintage Krell products) Magnestand (Upgrades to Magnepan Speakers) Music Technology (Conrad Johnson repairs and upgrades, plus SACD upgrades) The Needle Clinic (Phono Cartridge Repair and Retipping)
Response Audio (Modification Services-Specialists in Jolida and ASL Hurricane) Service Department (Warranty service for Chord, Exposure, Vintage Krell, Parasound and GamuT) True Soundworks Audio (Apogee Speaker Restoration and Upgrades in North America)
Don Allen - Contact Information
doninphx@aol.com
Allen designs and builds custom made tube electronics. A growing number of audiophiles swear by his custom built tube amplifiers, plus his tube electronic repair skills. Also, Don's one phone number is also his private phone number, so I would think twice before calling him. This is the reason why I will not post it.
Scott Frankland - Contact Information
Scott Frankland Assoc.
706 Charcot Avenue
San Jose, CA 95131
408-432-1500 TEL
408-432-1501 FAX
audioeng@pacbell.net
MAGAZINES/ WEBSITES ETC.
Analog Lovers (A website dedicated to Analog sources and "lovers") The Audio Beatnik (Audio website of Jack Roberts, a reviewer I respect.) Audiophil-Online (A German website discussing audio components, accessories and "tuning") The Audio Perfectionist (The editor is very experienced and objective. Stopped publishing in 2009, but old issues are still available as PDF files.) Audio Reputation (For audio beginners and those who are headphone oriented.) Bound for Sound (No ads, and it shows, but very little content) Boston Audio Society (Includes some relevant technical articles)
6 Moons Webzine (Excellent for finding new, innovative manufacturers, and with outstanding photos, but it's NOT truly critical) Stereomojo (An audio webzine that has actual shootouts with unambiguous results) 10 Audio (An Interesting Audio Review Webzine) TNT-Audio (An improved version of Soundstage) Vacuum Tube Valley (Highly informative, but beware of their increasing commercial conflicts) WAJ on Audio (An Audio Webzine, without ads, that has some interesting articles and promises to be "honest and hard hitting")
Thirty Years of Digital... (An Interesting Essay Concerning Digital and Absolute Polarity)
Thorens Information (In German-but answers in English are possible)
Top Record Players (Basic Turntable Information and Advice designed for novices, despite the title)
All About Vacuum Tubes (Articles about Vacuum Tubes)
Vintages HiFi (European Vintage site for components built from 1970 to 1982)
Vinyl Engine (Articles and Manuals to download- "Forums" are sadly dominated by "Linnies")
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