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The Alpha T is associated as our entry-level tower only by its price. Expect to be amazed at its distinct performance ability, with brilliant highs and pronounced bass. Our engineers began by designing and building each speaker from scratch, so that we could deliver the same level of performance typically found on speakers twice the cost. Dual 5.25-inch woofer paired with a .75-inch ferrofluid-cooled tweeter form a D'Appolito array for increased on- and off-axis response while yielding unusually wide dispersion.

     
   

Our senior sales member Bill Putnam has risen TVMAN audio/video department to new heights.

Bill is an avid audiophile with work experiences in both music and electronics. While working for Radio Shack he took classes at UMA for Jazz and composition. In 1979 there was a rumor around town that a crazy man had bought a building downtown and was going to put a high end audio store in. By the end of that year he started a ride thru the second golden age of audio that still should be perpetuated today, its advances have benefited the surround world in many ways. During the last 10 yrs he's spent "preaching the gospel of good audio" to a variety of other AV businesses while focusing on the important aspects of video as well. In his" spare time " he also modifies equipment to fine tune their performance. He also travels to Gorham every week to play and record Casco Bay Concert Band. What drives him today is building good performing theaters and audio systems.

 

Computers can be a handy tool for the nuts and bolts of loudspeaker design, but voicing it so that it reproduces instruments believably is still best done by ear. That's where there are so many opinions. Paul Barton of PSB was becoming a world class violinist when he became interested in speaker design. He started building them in the 70's for his school chums when he became aware of a psychoacoustics program at the NRC in Ottawa and a gentleman by the name of Dr. Floyd Toole.  PSB became the first speaker company to utilize this facility. PSB gets it right!

 

 

 

Value. Dedication. Performance.

 

    PSB

 

 

         NAD      

NAD  DVD Players are renowned for superb performance and great value. Unlike the no name players sold as loss leaders by discount stores, NAD achieves picture quality that is impressive even on large format TVs and projectors where every minute imperfection is magnified. Whether your TV is analog or digital the T535 is equipped to make the most of your TVs performance offering both Component Video and HDMI outputs.

If the picture is impressive, the sound quality can easily embarrass machines costing 3 and 4 times the T535s highly affordable price. Sonic performance on all audio formats easily rivals established performance leaders. Whether you are listening to CD or DVD-A, or even MP3 and WMA files, bass is full and taught, mids and highs are detailed and smooth, and the stereo image shows depth and scale. Over 30 years of audio engineering excellence is both obvious and reassuring.

T535 DVD/CD Player Features

Plays DVD-Video, DVD+-R DVD+-RW, VCD 1.0, VCD 2.0, J-PEG, DivX  SACD

Plays CD DVD-Audio,SACD                                      

Dolby Digital/PCM/DTS digital out

MP-3 and WMA decoders integrated (song titles displayed on video output)

Coaxial and Optical digital outputs

Auto switch from PCM to Bit stream

Audiophile quality 24 bit 192kHz DACs

12 bit 216mhz analog video dac

Progressive scan with pixel-by-pixel processing for reduced processing artifacts

 

The NAD T747 is heir to many generations of award winning NAD designs. This exceptional pedigree is evident in both the look and the feel of the T747, and it is unmistakable the moment you listen. Based on the highly successful T744 the T747 boasts detail improvements in virtually every area of the receiver, for a cumulative effect that is fully deserving of the new model number. Starting with a revised internal layout and connectors, selected DACs and other key components further reduces noise and distortion. Finally, we have converted to lead-free solder and components for a cleaner environment.

T747 A/V Receiver Features:  7 x 60W Minimum Continuous Power into 4 / 8 ohms, all channels driven simultaneously                                            

Power Drive amplifier technology

Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital EX, DTS ES (Matrix and Discrete), DTS NEO:6 (Cinema and Music), Matrix 7.1, ProLogic IIx (Movies and Music), EARS and Stereo Enhanced Surround, DolbyTrueHD, DTS HDLossless decoding

5 A/V Custom Presets store unique speaker level and tone control settings

Direct speaker level adjustment for all channels

NAD POWER DRIVE

6 Audio Inputs,  4 analog video inputs, 4 HDMI

Audyssey set-up and calibration.

4 Digital Inputs, 2 Coaxial, 2 TOS Link freely assignable               

2 Digital Outputs, 1 Coaxial, 1 TOS Link

7.1 Analogue Input (for DVD Audio)

Speaker A + B switching (Speakers B stereo only)

Zone 2 audio pre-out with independent source and volume

ZR 5 second Zone remote included with discrete codes for independent zone

IR input

2 x IR outputs

2 x 12V output triggers, 1 x 12V input

Preamp Outputs for all 7.1 channels (2 Subwoofers)

RDS FM/AM Tuner with 30 direct access presets

AVR 3 Remote Control

 

WE HAVE ADDED ADDITIONAL LINES TO OUR STORE FOR MORE VALUE: BRYSTON,MUSIC HALL,CREEK,EPOS,WADIA,and much more!

There has seemingly been a movement away from the joyful and spiritual deep listening characteristics of the last century. The pressures of everyday life are becoming

more demanding I know and many are forced to do their listening in public places. Compounding this problem there's been a movement in the recording industry to pound

the reality out of music by sanitizing and compressing it to death. The irony is we've never had more dynamic range capability yet the industry seems to want to remove it. Presumably

to make it more listener friendly when it has to compete with other noise. LOUDER is not better!

There are good recordings out there still being made-if we don't support them-they will go away.

if MUSIC IS THE LANGUAGE THAT SPEAKS TO YOUR SOUL than how effective the hardware is in that interpretation should also be part of the discussion.

It's not about elitism or any ism it's about interpreting what is in that recording and doing it as "accurately" as possible keeping in mind the biases of the listener and the equipment designer.

And we all have them. Learning what they are and translating that into systems that satisfy the listener is a skill not easily found. It's more important to find someone with those skills

than just opening your wallet and playing equipment roulette year by year.

Every industry has it's high end, it's where the exploration is done, and it's been the proving ground for many of advances in affordable audio.

Treating this part of the industry as the black sheep where performance takes the place of revenue as the most important factor shows a high degree of ignorance

by the same people pumping out mediocrity.