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LS3/5A Loudspeaker

Originally designed for listening places where space was limited, the LS3/5A was the go-to speaker. Due to the closed type cabinet, the LS3/5A succeeds with its clear and fast playback. As the speaker was designed to be used for studio applications, the midrange is extremely detailed and realistic. The sound stage and imaging of vocals and instruments is extraordinary. The LS3/5A works best in a near/mid-field listening distance between 6 to 12 feet away from the listener.

A1 Integrated Class A Amplifier

When you think of design icons, what comes to mind are cars like the Porsche 911, the Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses or the Bialetti espresso pot. In hi-fi, the Musical Fidelity A1 has become one of the most classic designs. With an updated transformer, power supplies and modern low noise components, Musical Fidelity has revitalized the formula and are proud to reintroduce the fresh original – three decades later.

M3X DAC

The M3x DAC is new Musical Fidelity entry in affordable high-end DACs. With its technical prowess, superb technical performance, careful PCB design, meticulous power supply layout and excellent build quality, the new Musical Fidelity M3x DAC offers a truly outstanding offering modern high-end DAC design.

LS5/9 Loudspeaker

The Musical Fidelity LS5/9 is a two-way bass reflex speaker which was designed to reproduce sound at high levels to fulfil the complete range of music genres from classical to pop. As the speaker was originally designed for recording studio applications, a low level of coloration was the goal to keep the music untouched.

For more information on these items visit the Musical Fidelity website.

Nait 50

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Naim, they are paying homage to their iconic integrated amplifier: NAIT 1. Made in England, NAIT 50 is presented in a limited-edition of 1973 pieces.

Back to the future

NAIT 50 is the worthy successor of NAIT 1, Naim’s integrated amplifier released in 1983. 

Every part of the NAIT 50 has been redesigned. It is a ‘big box’ audiophile Naim integrated in a small box. Some of the new features on this anniversary edition include the new discrete transistor headphone amplifier found in the New Classic series, so you can enjoy all types of listening. NAIT 50 delivers top-notch sound quality behind its sleek design.

The ultimate listening experience

25W of power per channel with peaks of 225W, three analogue inputs, including a discrete transistor MM phono stage: NAIT 50 combines power, performance, and versatility. It reproduces the most exacting dynamics with all the confidence and authority you have come to expect from a Naim amplifier. NAIT 50 can be linked with all loudspeaker types, as well as a streamer, for the ultimate hi-fi system.

For more information on the NAIT 50, visit the Naim website. 

We are proud to be Connecticut's exclusive dealer for Musical Fidelity audio components

Musical Fidelity has become one of the best-known brands in the Hi-Fi industry. Designing and manufacturing Hi-Fi electronics for over thirty years with a passion for wonderful music and the challenge of world-class engineering. The Audio Store will carry an impressive line of integrated amplifiers, cd players, and phono preamps.

Integrated Amplifiers

M6si 

A destination product - The Musical Fidelity M6si offers such excellent performance, facilities and power that unless you are seeking the most exotic high-end sound quality you would never need another amplifier. Musical Fidelity believe it’s that good. Internally, the Musical Fidelity M6si is configured as 2 independent monobloc power amps with a separate pre amp. It is, in fact, a pre amp with 2 monobloc power amps that just happen to share the same casework. The Musical Fidelity M6si has 220wpc. It has very low distortion, outstanding noise ratio and extremely flat frequency response. Its inputs are phono (MM/MC), 4 line level, 1 balanced XLR and 1 USB ‘B’ up to 24bit 96kHz asynchronous. The Musical Fidelity M6si's combination of high power, high current and extraordinary stability means that it can drive any loudspeaker with ease.

Musical Fidelity M6si - $2,790

M5si

The Musical Fidelity M5si is a real high end amplifier. At 150wpc, with high current delivery, it will drive virtually any loudspeaker easily. Internally the Musical Fidelity M5si is configured as two independent monoblocs with a separate preamp, but all mounted on one pcb. Its technical performance is about equal to the M6si. The Musical Fidelity M5si has very low distortion, outstanding noise ratio and an extremely flat frequency response. Inputs; phono (mm), 4 line, and USB ’B’ up to 24bit 96kHz.

Musical Fidelity M5si - $1,999

M3si

The Musical Fidelity M3si integrated amplifier produces high quality sound, has an extensive range of useful inputs and offers high reliability, compact size and a fair price. With its strong 85 watts per channel, the M3si will drive a huge variety of appropriate loudspeakers. It has inputs for phono (MM), 4 line inputs and USB-B.

The M3si’s sound is effortless, clear and sweet. It projects wide and deep images and has plenty of power to deliver excellent dynamic range.

Musical Fidelity M3si - $1,490

M2si

The M2si integrated amplifier takes our peerless premium-amp experience and applies it to a more affordable price point. It boasts trickle-down technology from our mighty and legendary Titan flagship, plus other high-end touches such as solid metal controls. The M2si delivers 72 watts per channel into 8 ohms. This means the M2si will drive a wide range of speakers, even power-hungry models.

Further flexibility is provided by the M2si's excellent connectivity, which includes six line-level inputs and switchable home theater throughput. It features a Class A preamp stage with its own, independent power supply, coupled with a discrete pair of power amps. In effect, this means the M2si offers the performance benefits of a pre/power configuration with the compact convenience of a one-box design.

Its performance is rock-solid, it's sonically well-rounded and it's comfortable with a wide array of speakers. And it's all served up in an elegant, no-nonsense package.

Musical Fidelity M2si - $999

For more information please visit the Musical Fidelity website.

CD Players

M6scd

The Musical Fidelity M6scd is a superb performer. It uses a 32 bit DAC with 192 kHz up-sampling and delivers outstanding technical and musical performance. It also has a range of digital inputs: 2 x coax, 2 x optical and asynchronous USB. This makes it particularly useful for set top boxes and/or TV sound improvement.

The Musical Fidelity M6scd is a top notch CD player and digital hub in one beautifully engineered box.

Musical Fidelity M6scd - $2,690

M3scd

In addition to CD the Musical Fidelity M3scd has 3 digital inputs: coax, optical and asynchronous USB. This makes it particularly useful for set top boxes and/or TV sound improvement. The technical performance is excellent; it has very low distortion, extremely low jitter, excellent signal-to-noise ratio, extremely flat frequency response, exemplary linearity and excellent channel separation.

Musical Fidelity M3scd - $1,490

M2scd

Like the matching M2si integrated amplifier, the M2scd is designed as serious hi-fi available at a modest price. From the fine fit and finish of its metal casework to the unique technology sitting inside, the M2scd exceeds expectations. The M2scd builds on our years of engineering expertise, uniquely featuring both a mains choke filter and a high-tech digitalstream noise filter. Such innovations enable the player to deliver technical performance; it boasts low distortion and a virtually flat frequency response, plus minimal noise and jitter.

The M2scd's DAC design also draws from its high-end siblings, using cutting-edge technology to ensure excellent data recovery from your discs. Simply put, that means you'll hear more from your music.

Musical Fidelity M2scd - $990

For more information visit the Musical Fidelity website.

Headphone Amplifiers

Years of experience in making high quality headphone amps have been distilled into the design of the Musical Fidelity MX-HPA. As a result, this fully-balanced headphone amp offers an awe-inspiring listening experience. The Musical Fidelity LX2-HPA gives a sensual monitor level listening experience. Completely uncolored sound delivered with virtually limitless dynamic range from a black velvet background, and perfectly placed spatial imagery.

• Musical Fidelity MX-HPA - $699
• Musical Fidelity LX2-HPA - $349

For more information visit the Musical Fidelity website.

Phono Preamps

M6x Vinyl

The Musical Fidelity M6x Vinyl is a very high performance, highly accurate phono MM/MC cartridge amplifier in a beautifully designed and executed casework. Musical Fidelity set out to make a phono stage without any practical limits. It’s designed in such a way to ensure you cannot overload the input stage or encounter any practical limitations in the output driving capacity during regular use, whether running single-ended or balanced.

It has three inputs, and each can be individually set for either MM/ MC and loading. Each input also then remembers its own settings. It offers state-of-the art technical and sonic performance at a very competitive price and is the epitome of the true spirit of high-end audio.

Musical Fidelity M6x Vinyl - $1,990

For more information visit the Musical Fidelity website.

Flagship Classic Series integrated amplifier

Featuring Masters Series grade HybridDigital nCore amplification, ESS Sabre DAC and MDC2 Modular Design Construction Architecture

NAD Electronics, the highly regarded manufacturer of high-performance audio/video components, takes value and performance to a whole new level. The C 399 Hybrid Digital DAC Amplifier is the clearest expression yet of NAD’s commitment to sonic excellence and lasting value. Employing NAD’s HybridDigital nCore™ amplification, which until now has been available only on Masters Series amplifiers, the C 399 is the new flagship integrated amplifier in NAD’s Classic Series. The C 399’s digital section is built around a 32-bit/384kHz ESS Sabre DAC, the same chip used in NAD’s acclaimed M10 and M33 Masters Series amplifiers. Retail availability is expected in time for the holiday season.

The C 399 is also the first amplifier to incorporate the latest generation of NAD’s Modular Design Construction (MDC) technology: MDC2. MDC2 lets users add optional modules that provide functions such as BluOS Hi-Res multi-room music streaming, Dirac Live room correction, and more.

Key Features of the NAD C 399:

• Hybrid Digital nCore Amplifier
• Continuous Power: 180 Watts per channel into 8/4 ohms
• Instantaneous Power: 250 Watts per channel
• Vanishingly low harmonic and intermodulation distortion
• Dual MDC2 Slots for expanded functionality
• Optional MDC2 BluOS-D module adds BluOS multi-room streaming and Dirac Live room correction
• Jitter-free 32-bit/384kHz ESS Sabre DAC
• Ultra-low-noise MM phono stage with infrasonic filtering circuitry
• Two optical, two coaxial digital inputs

The NAD C 399 is now available for $1,999.

For more information on the NAD C 399 Hybrid Digital DAC Amplifier visit the NAD website.

NAD Electronics continues its expansion in the “just add speakers” category with the introduction of the C 700 BluOS Streaming Amplifier.

Housed in a compact and modern design, the NAD C 700 was designed with a listener in mind who seeks an uncompromised listening experience with a focus on value. Inside the solid aluminium housing is a powerful HybridDigital UcD amplifier and BluOS Enabled network streamer. Using the intuitive BluOS app, the ability to cue music from a digital library, or stream from internet radio and online services like Spotify, Amazon Music HD, Tidal, and Qobuz could not be easier. The NAD C 700 delivers an experience similar to the award-winning Masters Series M10 BluOS Music Streaming Amplifier.

Compact and Modern Design

Thanks to its elegant, minimalist design and premium materials, the NAD C 700 will engage the most demanding of listeners — audibly as well as visually. The NAD C 700 is housed in a solid aluminium case, with a smooth glass front panel and 5” high-definition color display that shows album artwork, track status, and system settings.  Via the NAD C 700’s colour display, adjusting amplifier settings is quick and convenient with the added benefit of having the ability to learn commands from any pre-existing remote control.

Key Features of the NAD C 700 BluOS Streaming Amplifier 

• HybridDigital UcD Amplifier
• Continuous Power: 80 Watts per channel into 8/4 ohms
• Instantaneous Power: 120 Watts per channel
• 5” high-definition colour information display shows album art, track progress, and system settings
• Solid aluminum body and glass front panel
• Works with intuitive BluOS Controller app for Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows
• BluOS multi-room streaming to 63 zones
• High-resolution audio to 24-bit/192Hz
• MQA decoding and rendering
• Lossless and high-resolution streaming from Amazon Music HD, Deezer, Idagio, Qobuz, and Tidal

NAD C 700 - $1,499

Integrated Stereo Amplifier from Bel Canto

125W continuous power with 5 inputs, (RCA,TOS, 24/96 USB2), Analog Input, Phono MM input, Line Level and Head phone output, Remote. White Display.

The refined integration of the Bel Canto C6i DAC Integrated Amplifier has features that enhance both operation and performance, designed with REF power filtration for a more musical and detailed sound.

HDR Core is the result of 20+ years of engineering to refine the digital to analog process, and is comprised of 3 major components: Low Noise and Ultra Low Noise Master Clocks, Advanced Asynchronous Interfaces, and Dual Mode Low-Noise High Efficiency Power Supplies. HDR Core technology is fundamental to every e.One DAC and Integrated product, creating the most realistic, open, and defined musical experience possible.

Built-in headphone output

The dedicated low-impedance, high-output headphone amp circuit has been designed to drive high quality headphones with pristine clarity. You'll be amazed at the musical depth they bring to your headset.

Simple, elegant interface

Designed to be functional and simple, the dual-functioning one knob interface is a joy to use. The programmable 8 character display works with it seamlessly to access all basic functions in a few clicks. The included 36 button infrared remote allows instant command functions and display editing.

Bel Canto C6i - $2,795

For more information on the Bel Canto C6i visit their website.