HiFi Stereo Systems, Home Theaters & Home Automation
Adirondack Audio & Video is the premier hi-fi store and custom integrator in northern New York State. We specialize in the custom installation and integration of today’s most advanced residential and commercial electronic technology, including “smart home” automation systems, audio and video distribution, home theaters, and surveillance systems.
In addition, our two-story retail showroom features a wide selection of high-quality, high-performance audio equipment for the true music-lover, and our experienced staff is here to help you find the perfect stereo system at any budget. Come in to browse the finest speakers, sample the records we have on tap and experience surround sound in our cinema showroom.
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Many of you know how much I use Kat Edmonson’s music during audio demonstrations. If you live in the Capital region, now’s your chance to hear her sing in person, just across the border in Bennington. Go. Enjoy. You’ll thank me.Saturday, March 16 we will be at Masonic Hall, Bennington Vermont at 8:00PM.
(Hope you'll join us, Albany, New York!)
Click for tickets and information
vtartxchange.org/event/kat-edmondson/
SoundStage! names Tsakiridis Devices Theseus as Best of Florida Audio Expo 2019.
US distributor Antal Audio Group was showing a brand of tubed electronics I’d never heard of: Tsakiridis Devices, of Greece, which apparently has been in business since 1987. The several components displayed in Antal’s room was only a sampling -- I picked up Tsakiridis’s price list and was astonished to count 20 models currently available, all with prices so low that I blurted out: “Are these made in China?” No, I was told -- they’re all manufactured in Greece.
Of the Tsakiridis components I saw in Tampa, it was the beefy-looking Theseus integrated amplifier-DAC that grabbed my attention -- partly for its striking build and appearance, but also for its rock-bottom base price of $1995. For that price, it comes outfitted with two EL34 output tubes, with which it produces up to 9Wpc. However, the EL34s can be replaced with KT88/6550, KT120, or KT150 tubes, with power outputs depending on the tube type used, maxing out at 25Wpc with KT150s... That’s not all -- the Theseus has switches to toggle it between triode and pentode (ultralinear) modes, and to select the amount of negative feedback applied. It also has a tubed moving-magnet phono stage; a headphone output, with another switch for silencing the speakers when ’phones are plugged in; and even a USB DAC (though I was unable to learn much about that). But even if the Theseus were only an integrated amplifier with no DAC or other add-ons, I’d be thrilled -- the rest is icing on the cake. I’ve got to get a Theseus for one of our SoundStage! Access writers to review.
Milton (with Martin Kearton and Jeff Eyrich) performing last night in our Brooklyn showroom, a place we call the HiFi Loft. Our own Jared Samuel opened! Make sure to email to info@adkav.com if you want to be added to the mailing list for future events!
For all those who live in or near the city, this is a show you don’t want to miss. Kat’s music is well known to audiophiles, but nothing beats seeing and hearing her live.Next week I'll be back in Manhattan at City Winery NYC!
Sunday night, March 10th at 8pm w/ Walter Martin opening
Click for tickets and information: citywinery.com/newyork/kat-edmonson-3-10.html
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