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We're glad to announce another award for the ViV Lab Rigid Float tonearm - the 5 Star Award of The Ear magazine.

Jason Kennedy concluded:
"...the Rigid Float is a rather unconventional arm and one that ignores traditional approaches to cartridge alignment, but like another idiosyncratic design, the Well Tempered, it produces superb results. It’s one of those analogue audio products that makes you realise that the conventions followed by the majority are not necessarily the only options. There is clearly room for thinking outside the box and the Viv Labs engineers are to be applauded for their inventiveness..."  

CLICK HERE to read the entire review.

BRAND NEW - Marigo Audio Clear Transformation CD-MAT
New resonance control, static dissipation and shielding technologies work synergistically together to create a significantly higher level of digital performance. You will be amazed by the dramatic improvement in dimensionality, resolution, bass definition, high frequency purity and ambient information retrieval.

This brand new CD mat can lift your system to a completely new level - indispensable!

CLICK HERE check it out or place and order.

Shun Mook's experience with ebony material led to the development of a phono cartridge whose body and internal parts were all made from a specially treated black ebony. In order to make the tiny parts, no cost is spared to obtain micro machines to fabricate the Shun Mook parts.

Shun Mook works closely with ZYX Corp of Japan and use their best R-1000 engine as the cord of the cartridge. Each unit is then painstakingly tuned by actual listening in Shun Mook's preference Hi Fi system. This process usually takes about 20 hours. For analog fanatics this is a cartridge to behold. The production is limited, so call us and reserve yours now. CLICK HERE to check it out.

Just in time for their first public appearance in North America in Denver at the Rock Mountain Audio Fest in two weeks, the Voxativ 845 tube mono-blocks and the Voxativ PA-01 tube preamp arrived.

The amps are currently breaking-in but already sounding phenomenal right out of the box. These tube amps are hand made in Germany and really something special.

Check it out at Rock Mountain Audio Fest in Denver, Visit us in room 9022.  

Just in time before the Rocky Mountain Show comes up in three weeks, Peter Breuninger of AV Showrooms published a video about the Voxativ room at the Newport Beach Show in June this year.

Check out the video and watch "Mr. Voxativ" explaining the new 9.87 System and listen to some good music from Mighty Sam McClain. CLICK HERE to watch.  

If you're attending this year's RMAF make sure to visit the Voxativ room 9022. We will showcase the 9.87 System once again, but this time with Voxativ's exclusive tube electronics for the first time in North America.  

For the headphone market Synergistic Research just developed some exceptional headphone cables with custom connections for the Sennheiser HD 800 and Audeze LCD-3 headphones. Transform your listening experience with the new Atmosphere Headphone cables.

Available in 2.5 meter length with 1/4" stereo plug, 4-pin XLR plug or Balanced Drive (2x 3-pin XLR plugs).

CLICK HERE to check it out or place your order.

Dato' Danon Han of Mono&Stereo wrote:

"... I tried it against the other liquids on hand, The Disc Doctor and MintLP, I prefer the Chisto. The Chisto does not leave a shine on the LP as the Disc Doctor will. The MintLP tends to make the cleaned LP to sound a bit veiled (to my taste). The Chisto is able to bring out more clarity and detail than the above mentioned liquids. I can hear inner detail being brought out to light. The dynamic slam is more taut and faster. Of course, I realized the Chisto Liquids do not bring out what is not there in the grooves but they made me realized how much I have missed without them...enjoy!"

 
CLICK HERE to check it out or take advantage of our Chisto Summer Sale: BUY 1 GET ANOTHER 1 FREE

Synergistic Research released new PHTs (Phono Transducer).

Two brand new PHT crops are now available: Green Dream (Type I) and Black Widow (Type S). Just like the first two crops, the production is limited.

We still have a few of the first two crops in stock - Blue Velvet and Purple Haze.  Both PHTs were very well received and reviewed by Michael Fremer. 

CLICK HERE to check it out.

The new and improved Synergistic Research HT Carbon (Headphone Transducer) dramatically reduces the noise floor of your headphones compared to the previous HOT. The new Carbon fiber enclosure and a second generation headphone UEF filter has truly elevated the performance of the HT Carbon. Other improvements like modifying the plug on the HT Carbon, now allows for easy use on Headphone amps with recessed headphone-out connections. Simply Amazing.

We already have stock. CLICK HERE to check it out and place your order.