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The Audio Store

2457 Berlin Turnpike, Newington, CT 06111

Hours: (by appt. only) Tues-Fri: 11am to 6pm, Sat: 11am to 4pm

Phone: 860.666.5006

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Jon Devin

Jon Devin

Wednesday, 28 February 2024 13:26

Introducing New Subwoofers from KEF!

KC92 AND KUBE MIE

KEF’s comprehensive range of subwoofers deliver depth and accuracy in equal measure. Room-friendly designs and innovative technology keep them ahead of the pack, so it’s just a case of selecting the one that best suits your needs. An upgraded version of KF92, The KC92 maintains its same elegant design with enhanced performance. Simultaneously, the performance of the Kube has been further optimized. With the addition of Kube 15 MIE, a choice of four sizes ensures optimum performance for your setup.

KC92

When it comes to bringing the bass, the KC92 subwoofer excels. Compact and robust, its optimised performance now propelled by the Music Integrity Engine®(MIE) for even cleaner, more detailed sound. Surpassing expectations for its size the KC92 achieves powerful, quick articulation through a dual driver in a force-cancelling configuration, cutting edge technologies from our award-winning loudspeakers. An immersive, ultra-dynamic listening experience for both music and movies, the KC92 sound goes beyond sensation.

Kube

With Kube the undeniable power of bass to transform the sonic experience emerges. Whether the immersive realms of music or the cinematic embrace of home theatre, this range of powerful subwoofers allows you to explore new depths of sound, transporting you to the heart of every performance. Enhanced by the Music Integrity Engine®(MIE) – KEF’s suite of proprietary DSP algorithms, Kube delivers optimised performance that transcends the ordinary, producing unprecedented dynamic depths.

For more details on these new subwoofers from KEF visit their website.

The Full Cinematic Experience

For many people, the movie theater is simply a place with a big screen and pricey snacks – but there is more, which is the part you don't often see: The surround-sound-system. With either the new M6x 250.5 or M6x 250.11 you can create a powerful 5.1 home cinema setup. Simply connect your preamplifier/AV processor with either RCA or fully-balanced XLR cables. The XLR connection enhances the sound quality and keeps the signal transmission clean. The sound of a movie carries a significant part to deliver emotions and tell stories. Silence is just as important as extreme loudness. Sound designers use sound effects, foleys and music to enhance your experience. The M6x 250.11 can achieve that and take your home theater to the next level.

Musical Fidelity M6x 250.5 / 5 channel class A/B power amplifier. $3799.00

Visit the Musical Fidelity website for more information on the M6x 250.5.

Musical Fidelity M6x 250.11 / 11 channel class A/B power amplifier. $4999.00

Visit the Musical Fidelity website for more information on the M6x 250.11.

Tuesday, 31 January 2023 17:20

The new Marantz AV 10 Pre-Amplifier is Here

The new Marantz AV Pre-amplifier/processor receiver features:

  • Reference 15.4 Channel Balanced Processor with Dolby Atmos
  • DTS:X Pro Auro 3D
  • IMAX Enhanced and 8K Ultra HD
  • HEOS® Built-in streaming

Technology Leader

The Marantz AV 10 is a reference-level AV processor. It comes packed with the latest immersive audio formats, 8K video, room optimization, streaming, and more technology to simplify and elevate your enjoyment. $7000

For more information on the Marantz AV 10 Pre-amplifier please visit the Marantz website.

A Master Class in Design and Engineering

The all-new XR subwoofers are a master class in design and engineering refinement that challenges what is possible from a compact, sealed subwoofer design. Our goal was to push the boundaries of performance while never losing sight of aesthetics by wrapping everything up into a suitable size that won't ever feel out of place.

  • XR embodies our “Art Embracing Science” philosophy. It’s the perfect complement to any system and blends perfectly with our award-winning Founder series of loudspeakers.
  • Faceted Cabinet Design: XR’s cabinet is not only purposefully beautiful but intentionally functional. The geometric profile elegantly distributes the massive load of housing the powerful woofer inside, providing greater strength and rigidity than traditional rectangular designs.
  • Cascade-Fusion Bracing: Further increases cabinet rigidity for maximum acoustic precision while also breaking up standing waves internally, which provides more accuracy and greater bass clarity.
  • Best-in-Class Premium-Grade Finishes: XR cabinets are offered in various beautiful premium-grade finishes: Walnut and Black Walnut have a smooth satin finish with distinctive wood grain. Our exclusive Midnight Cherry and Piano Black feature a luxurious hand-rubbed, high-gloss finish.

XR 11

11” (279 mm) Ultra-high Excursion Driver with Trilinear Suspension System and Active Ridge Technology (ART™), sealed enclosure with Cascade-Fusion™ Bracing and ADVANCED Shock-Mount™, built-in 1,100W RMS (2,200W Dynamic Peak) Class-D amplifier, App-controlled via smartphone and Anthem Room Correction (ARC®) included. $3,999.99 each.

XR 13

13” (330 mm) Ultra-high Excursion Driver with Trilinear Suspension System and Active Ridge Technology (ART™), sealed enclosure with Cascade-FusionTM Bracing and ADVANCED Shock-Mount™, built-in 2,200W RMS (4,400W Dynamic Peak) Class-D amplifier, App-controlled via smartphone and Anthem Room Correction (ARC®) included. $4,999.99 each.

For more information on the Paradigm XR 11 or the Paradigm XR 13 visit the Paradigm website.

Tuesday, 22 November 2022 00:35

New Marantz Cinema Receivers

Excellence Only Begins with Performance

Built upon decades of rich heritage, designed with timeless style, and engineered for utmost performance, Marantz home theater CINEMA Series are the foundation of the world's most demanding home theaters.

Marantz Cinema 50 A/V Home Theater Receiver

9.4 channel | 110 watts per channel home theater receiver

Premium 9.4 channel 110-watt-per-channel amplification, Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, IMAX Enhanced and Auro 3D, 8K Ultra HD, and HEOS® Built-in streaming. CINEMA 50 is a powerful home theater receiver for very high- performance home theaters. CINEMA 50 abounds with the latest immersive audio formats, 8K video, room optimization, streaming, and more technology to simplify and elevate your enjoyment. $2,500.00

For details and specs visit the Marantz website.

Marantz Cinema 60 A/V Home Theater Receiver

7.2 channel | 110 watts per channel home theater receiver

High-performance 7.2 channel home theater receiver with 100 watts per channel amplification, Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, 8K Ultra HD, and HEOS built-in streaming. A modern expression of timeless design principles, CINEMA 60 includes our iconic porthole, symmetry, and visual cues representing legendary Marantz quality. $1,700.00

For details and specs visit the Marantz website.

Thursday, 17 November 2022 15:59

Get to Know Coastal Source

Who is Coastal Source?

A solution that is defying the elements.

Coastal Source outdoor landscape lighting and Coastal Source outdoor landscape speakers are built with integrity. With more than 50 years of hands-on industry experience they lead the way in the outdoor lighting and outdoor speaker market. Through real world and laboratory testing they have gained a solid understanding of the challenges that need to be overcome in these outdoor systems. Coastal Source has designed and engineered their entire systems to be better… from the transformer to the last light bulb.

Patented Outdoor Lighting Systems

The popularity of outdoor living has brought a new focus to outdoor lighting. Creating areas outside your home to enjoy by yourself or with loved ones adds to the livable square footage of your property. Deciding to add landscape lighting to your home is an investment in pleasure, safety and curb appeal.

Lighting Products

Coastal Source FLEX Niche Lights — Micro-sized and easy to conceal, FLEX Niche fixtures cast high-powered, focused lighting without ever giving away their location.

Coastal Source Match Lights — Coastal Source Match Lights combine cutting-edge patented technology and a modern, minimalist aesthetic. The Gimbal LED provides complete control over the light while remaining watertight and sealed against inclement weather.

Coastal Source Bullet Lights — The Coastal Source Bullet Lights offer multiple solutions in simple, yet elegant fixtures. Available in both MR16 and MR11 sizes, these fixtures feature a proprietary, built-in adjustment giving you perfect control over the light. From a tight spot to a significantly wider spread the Coastal Source Bullet Lights are ideal fixtures that will grow with the ever changing natural palette of your landscape.

Coastal Source Path Lights — Coastal Source offers three unique and stylish path light styles. All provide subtle light and superior dependability that you can count on night after night.

Coastal Source Wash Lights — The Coastal Source Wash Light is unparalleled in light output and uniformity. It is available in both low power and high power models, allowing you to illuminate small shrubberies or the side of a large building with a single compact fixture.


Patented Outdoor Audio System

Quality sound is much different than just sound. Why should beautiful sound be confined to your home? Whether controlled from your smartphone or integrated into your existing home audio system, Coastal Source Outdoor Audio products can be tailored to fit your outdoor environment.

Audio Products

Coastal Source Line Source Bollards — Bring a symphony outside with the new standard for outdoor audio. Capable of unparalleled performance with a superior experience over massive listening areas. This patent pending ground plane Line Source speaker takes full advantage of line array technology for high SPL & fidelity over very long distances.

Coastal Source 3-Way Ellipse Bollards — The Coastal Source 3-Way Ellipse Bollard a 3-Way In/Above Ground Bi-Amplified Full Range Speaker with an 8” Subwoofer. It is designed for use in direct burial applications where directional sound is desired with simplistic contemporary style.

Coastal Source 2-Way Ellipse Bollards — All Bollard models offer very high-performance sound in a simple and clean style that blends well with all outdoor environments.

Coastal Source Mini Ellipse Bollards — The Coastal Source Mini Ellipse Bollard Looks and feels right at home on decks or in the landscape. All Bollard models offer very high-performance sound in a simple and clean style that blends well with all outdoor environments.

Coastal Source Bollard Subwoofers — Its sleek design that can be easily hidden within a landscape yet looks great when installed out in the open. It has a larger driver area compared to conventional outdoor speakers offering higher performance, higher efficiency, higher fidelity & less compromise.

For more information on Coastal Source landscape lighting or outdoor speakers visit their website.

Tuesday, 16 February 2021 21:10

New Focal Utopia Evo Speakers

High-fidelity speakers made in France

Scala Utopia Evo

Undisputed musicality

Unbelievable musicality, a beautiful design and easy to install, Focal's Scala Utopia Evo has retained all the qualities of the previous version which has been unanimously acclaimed by the most discerning audiophiles world wide. The Focal Scala takes you closer to the music with enhanced emotion and listening pleasure.

The three-way floor standing loudspeaker Scala Utopia Evo now offers bi‑amplification, just like Grande Utopia EM and Stella. Discerning music lovers will be able to fine-tune the type of sound, depending on the timbre and the power they’re looking to achieve.

For more information on the Focal Scala Utopia Evo visit the Focal website.

Diablo Utopia Colour Evo

Utopia III Evo in a bookshelf!

The bookshelf lousdspeaker Diablo Utopia Colour Evo, part of Focal's Utopia III Evo line, is compact, distinguished, and captivating. Diablo is the ultimate vision of the high-end reference bookshelf loudspeaker, in the purest Focal's tradition.

Largely inspired from the Grande Utopia EM Evo, it sets new milestones in the bass thanks to its new patented Power Flower. Fixed on a dedicated stand, Diablo Utopia Colour Evo enchants the midrange and the treble with its definition, demonizes the bass with a density and a power handling never reached so far.

For more information on the Focal Diablo Colour Evo visit the Focal website.

Thursday, 28 January 2021 21:06

Discover Celestee Headphones from Focal

High-End Closed-Back Headphones

The Focal Celestee combines modern design, luxurious finishes and impressive sound performance. Their exclusive Focal speaker drivers guarantee excellent dynamics and high precision sound. The earcups have undergone acoustic treatment to restrict resonance and achieve uncompromising audio quality: the sound is clean, precise and with good bass extension.

Another standout feature of the Focal Celestee is its unique Navy Blue and timeless Soft Copper colourway. The headphones are further enhanced with the use of high quality materials and crafted with the semi-aniline leather on the earpads, headband and earcups. Celestee’s design is a masterclass in Focal’s craftsmanship.

Navy is the new black.

Navy Blue is a modern, timeless and sophisticated choice for Celestee. It is the first time this blue has made an appearance in the Focal collection. It blends harmoniously with the Soft Copper finish found on the rings of the earcups, internal grilles, logo and cable connections.

Accessories Included.

The Focal Celestee comes with: 

  • A carrying case in colour-matched the headphones. Transport Celestee safely anywhere with its carrying case that is thermoformed in the shape of the headphones.
  • 1 x 3.94 ft (1.2m) asymmetric cable with 1/8” - 3.5mm jack
  • 1 x jack adapter, 1/8" (3.5mm) female – 1/4” (6.35mm) male

Focal Celestee - $990

For more information visit the Focal website.

The original and award-winning hi-res multi-room streaming favorites get new DAC designs, next generation quad-core processors and intuitive touch panel controls with presets.

Bluesound, makers of the award-winning hi-res wireless multi-room line of audio players, has announced a new generation of its best-selling NODE Wireless Hi-Res Multi-Room Music Streamer and POWERNODE Wireless Hi-Res Multi-Room Streaming Amplifier. The upgrades include new DAC designs, more powerful processors, and touch panel controls with presets and proximity sensors, while the POWERNODE also receives substantially more power. Both feature an easy-to-clean satin finish in either black or white. 

The Bluesound NODE Wireless Hi-Res Multi-Room Music Streamer 

Wifi Your Hifi

The BLUESOUND NODE unlocks the world of hi-res music streaming and multi-room audio to create a modern addition to existing hi-fi systems or your favorite set of powered speakers. Discover all the music ever recorded with access to hundreds of internet radio stations, dozens of streaming music services, or even your own digital music library, with a few taps of the BluOS Controller app for iOS, Android, Mac or PC computers. 

Bluesound NODE - $549

For more information on the Bluesound NODE visit the Bluesound website.

The Bluesound POWERNODE Wireless Music Streaming Amplifier 

Just Add Speakers

The Bluesound POWERNODE is the hi-fi amp reinvented for the streaming age, combining audiophile-grade componentry and multi-room music capabilities to create an intuitive “just add speakers” hi-res sound system for modern music lovers. Source, control, and amplification come packed into the compact and minimalist POWERNODE. 

Bluesound POWERNODE - $899

For more information on the Bluesound POWERNODE visit the Bluesound website.

Friday, 11 June 2021 19:50

NEW Marantz Home Theater Processor

The NEW Marantz Home Theater AV8805A processor / preamplifier sets the standard for audiophile home cinema with 13.2 channel processing and full 8K pass-through capabilities.

AV8805A

13.2CH 8K Ultra HD AV Surround Processor /  Preamplifier with HEOS Built-In. 

The Marantz AV8805A home theater processor sets the standard for audiophile home cinema with 13.2 channel processing and full 8K pass-through capabilities.

Masterfully Engineered

Its high-resolution preamplifier uses in total 15 single Marantz HDAM boards for reference-setting audio performance.

Breathtakingly Natural 3D Audio

Movie and TV sound moves around you in space, emulating the finest movie theaters and the real world.

Marantz AV8805A - $4,999

For more information visit the Marantz website.

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