Clearaudio Phono Cartridges

For more than 30 years, Cleraudio has been manufacturing Cartridges, Turntables, and more. Most all of their products are built in house in their factory in at Erlangen Germany. Clearaudio has their own engineers, art workers and production methods which enable them to produce a range of products from cartridges to vinyl-cleaning machines. All this is done with the innovative design and visionary energy needed to continually listen to, test and measure results both acoustically and technically so that Clearaudio turns out the highest quality products available. We are especially fond of their Wood Bodied Moving Magnet (MM) cartridges for their great musical tone and accuracy which work extremely well on Rega Research Turntables..

Clearaudio Maestro v2 Ebony Cartridge

Clearuadio Maestro v2 Ebony MM Phono Cartridge – $1,200 US Retail. The new (released Fall 2012) Maestro Ebony v2 is the top of the line in Clearuadio’s Ebony v2 MM series of phono cartridges. It uses a boron cantilever (as opposed to aluminum in the cheaper Ebony series cartridges), Micro HD stylus plus very (and […]

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Clearaudio Performer & Artist Ebony v2 Series Cartridges

Clearaudio Performer v2 Ebony & Artist v2 Ebony Wood Body Phono Cartridges – $400 US Retail (Performer v2 Ebony), $600 US Retail (Artist v2 Ebony). These new (released fall 2012) Clearuadio Ebony v2 series cartridges replace the very well known and reviewed Aurum wood body series MM’s cartridges and contain several improvements that build upon […]

Analog, Phono Cartridges

Clearaudio Virtuoso v2 Ebony Cartridge

Clearuadio Virtuoso v2 Ebony MM Phono Cartridge – $900 US Retail. The new (released Fall 2012) Virtuoso Ebony v2 is the bigger brother of the Clearaudio Performer and Artist Moving Magnet phono cartridges. It uses a aluminum cantilever and uses very (and more precisely matched than on the Artist) strong magnets with the cantilever-stylus assembly […]

Analog, Phono Cartridges

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Coming soon! . . .A World Premiere:

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What does “SB” stand for?

Looks a lot like those killer amps Sonic Frontiers made.

ohhh myyy

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Our wonderful demo Rogue Cronus Magnum II integrated amplifier is up for sale! It is in excellent condition, with low hours (less than 250), comes with factory packaging, remote, manual, and 3 year Rogue Audio warranty. Retail new, this amplifier was $2,495 (it has been replaced by the new and $500 more expensive Cronus Magnum III).

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Our wonderful demo Rogue Cronus Magnum II integrated amplifier is up for sale! It is in excellent condition, with low hours (less than 250), comes with factory packaging, remote, manual, and 3 year Rogue Audio warranty. Retail new, this amplifier was $2,495 (it has been replaced by the new and $500 more expensive Cronus Magnum III).

PLEASE call, message, or e-mail us for our price.

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A look at the inner workings of the new Ars-Sonum Filarmonia SM integrated amp. All new circuit board design, new power transformer design, various circuit revisions, improved internal air flow, better quality parts (note the V-Cap and Mundorf parts) are among the improvements in evidence that result in significant sound improvements. ... See MoreSee Less

A look at the inner workings of the new Ars-Sonum Filarmonia SM integrated amp. All new circuit board design, new power transformer design, various circuit revisions, improved internal air flow, better quality parts (note the V-Cap and Mundorf parts) are among the improvements in evidence that result in significant sound improvements.

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Cool!!!

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I've had the NEW Ars Sonum Filarmonia SM for a several months now and was finally able after a long break-in period (often interrupted by other equipment that I have been working on/servicing/upgrading) and a brief respite in other work to give it a proper listen and direct comparison to the (now discontinued) Filarmonia SK.

While the new Fila SM may look just like the previous version, Riccardo Hernandez at Ars-Sonum has pulled out the stops here in the new Filarmonia SM as it is not just a little bit better than the Filarmonia (Fila for short) SK. Where the Fila SK could bite a little on hard sibilants/transients, the SM just gives you what is there with nothing added with a wonderfully smooth, clear, and nuanced presentation. The Fila SM is now more smooth and clear than before. It has a wider soundstage and the bottom end also has a more tactile feel/texture to it.

Trade-offs??? The Fila SM has a couple less watts power output now (not that I noticed that - it is more dynamic than the Fila SK), the wider sound-stage diminishes the apparent stage depth a smidgen and that is it. Price is more, but considering the number of changes made internally (new circuit board design, improved power supply circuit, and higher quality caps in the signal path from V-Cap and Mundorf) the $300 price increase for the Fila SM ($5,250) is a very good value.

Combined with the (pretty exceptional) EXOGAL Comet Plus DAC ($3,500 retail - which I am now a dealer for), the music coming out of the Black Magic TSMs in the listening room had them delivering a clarity, smoothness, and liquidity I've not heard from them before. Now if I can get Ricardo to offer a power amplifier version of the SM (see my other recent post), folks with good preamps could enjoy this amp as much as folks who want a great sounding, compact tube integrated amp. ... See MoreSee Less

Ive had the NEW Ars Sonum Filarmonia SM for a several months now and was finally able after a long break-in period (often interrupted by other equipment that I have been working on/servicing/upgrading) and a brief respite in other work to give it a proper listen and direct comparison to the (now discontinued) Filarmonia SK.

While the new Fila SM may look just like the previous version, Riccardo Hernandez at Ars-Sonum has pulled out the stops here in the new Filarmonia SM as it is not just a little bit better than the Filarmonia (Fila for short) SK. Where the Fila SK could bite a little on hard sibilants/transients, the SM just gives you what is there with nothing added with a wonderfully smooth, clear, and nuanced presentation. The Fila SM is now more smooth and clear than before. It has a wider soundstage and the bottom end also has a more tactile feel/texture to it.

Trade-offs??? The Fila SM has a couple less watts power output now (not that I noticed that - it is more dynamic than the Fila SK), the wider sound-stage diminishes the apparent stage depth a smidgen and that is it. Price is more, but considering the number of changes made internally (new circuit board design, improved power supply circuit, and higher quality caps in the signal path from V-Cap and Mundorf) the $300 price increase for the Fila SM ($5,250) is a very good value.

Combined with the (pretty exceptional) EXOGAL Comet Plus DAC ($3,500 retail - which I am now a dealer for), the music coming out of the Black Magic TSMs in the listening room had them delivering a clarity, smoothness, and liquidity Ive not heard from them before. Now if I can get Ricardo to offer a power amplifier version of the SM (see my other recent post), folks with good preamps could enjoy this amp as much as folks who want a great sounding, compact tube integrated amp.

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