Your favorite small, under the radar, boutique audio company?

FullRangeMan · « **Reply #20 on:** 22 May 2013, 05:51 am »

Quote from: Maritan on 21 May 2013, 10:14 pm

A vote here for Decware.

+1

Wind Chaser · « **Reply #21 on:** 22 May 2013, 06:14 am »

Quote from: Maritan on 21 May 2013, 10:14 pm

A vote here for Decware.

I had one of the early incarnations of the Decware Zen amp, without a doubt it is by far one of the most musical amps I have ever heard regardless price.

Elizabeth · « **Reply #22 on:** 22 May 2013, 07:00 am »

Magnepan, Audio Research, Bryston, Kimber, Rega..
They are all small companies most ordinary folks never heard of.

Rclark · « **Reply #23 on:** 22 May 2013, 07:26 am »

Coconut Audio

http://www.coconut-audio.com/index.html

neekomax · « **Reply #24 on:** 22 May 2013, 07:27 am »

Quote from: Elizabeth on 22 May 2013, 07:00 am

Magnepan, Audio Research, Bryston, Kimber, Rega..
They are all small companies most ordinary folks never heard of.

Very true.

neekomax · « **Reply #25 on:** 22 May 2013, 07:29 am »

Quote from: Rclark on 22 May 2013, 07:26 am

Coconut Audio

http://www.coconut-audio.com/index.html

This wins the Internet.

Guy 13 · « **Reply #26 on:** 22 May 2013, 01:09 pm »

Hi all Audio CVircle members.

Decware
Common Sense Audio
GR Research
I love doing business directly with the owner.

Guy 13

Brad · « **Reply #27 on:** 22 May 2013, 01:41 pm »

Not all under the radar, but:

Dr. Lloyd at Mapletree
Hugh at AspenAmps
Vlad at Audio Mirror
Louis at Omega
Dan at Modwright
Vinnie at RedWine
Wayne at Bolder
Dave at PI
Frank at AVA
John at Bent

There is a good reason we hang out here - being able to connect directly with these folks who make audio their living and who value us as customers and friends.

LOVED the Coconut Audio link

adamaley · « **Reply #28 on:** 22 May 2013, 01:46 pm »

Red Wine Audio. A pleasure to work with.

santacore · « **Reply #29 on:** 22 May 2013, 02:35 pm »

Alex from WyWires! Excellent cables and a real nice guy.

audiogoober · « **Reply #30 on:** 22 May 2013, 02:39 pm »

Lou at Daedalus Audio

Emmanuel at First Sound

David at Gill Audio

catastrofe · « **Reply #31 on:** 22 May 2013, 02:41 pm »

Daedalus (as mentioned above)
Atma-Sphere

StereoNut · « **Reply #32 on:** 22 May 2013, 02:42 pm »

Quote from: S Clark on 22 May 2013, 01:39 am

Not exactly under the radar, but he's a one man shop.... Dodd Audio. Gary's stuff is always great sound a affordable prices.

+1

I have his battery powered VGP Pre-amp and LOVE it!

SN

StereoNut · « **Reply #33 on:** 22 May 2013, 02:46 pm »

Can't forget Pete @ Triode Wire Labs...

http://triodewirelabs.com/

He's almost a "one man show" (his wife and daughters help with braiding the wire) but definitely boutique. Considering the reviews his products have gotten in such a short time, he may not be so far under the radar any more!

SN

JCarney · « **Reply #34 on:** 22 May 2013, 03:13 pm »

Galibier Design. One of the better turntables on the market IMHO and a one man show. Nice thread, and a good idea to give these guys a little pub.

http://galibierdesign.com/

JCarney

kenreau · « **Reply #35 on:** 22 May 2013, 03:24 pm »

Modwright Instruments
Coffman Labs preamp (through EchoAudio)
Tube Research Labs
Jena Labs
Bottlehead
Sonic Craft

Kenreau

JLM · « **Reply #36 on:** 22 May 2013, 03:39 pm »

Quote from: InfernoSTi on 22 May 2013, 04:41 am

Hawthorne Audio

+1

And (more one man shops) ...

Bob Brines (single driver speakers, great to deal with, good prices/workmanship) http://brinesacoustics.com/

Scott Endler (Behringer DEQ2496 mods, custom cabling) http://mysite.verizon.net/vze4c5pt/index.html

Scott Nixon (tubed DACs) http://www.scott-nixon.com/dac.htm

jhm731 · « **Reply #37 on:** 22 May 2013, 04:53 pm »

Wavestream Kinetics(no website)
http://mgaudiodesign.com/index.htm
http://www.dc10audio.com/

TF1216 · « **Reply #38 on:** 22 May 2013, 04:55 pm »

My heart is with Alclair; a manufacturer of custom in-ear monitors (www.alclair.com).

I almost forgot to add another Minnesota company by the names of Atma-Sphere

steve k · « **Reply #39 on:** 22 May 2013, 05:32 pm »

John Hillig of Musical Concepts/Musical Design. John not only has his own line of top quality gear out (Musical Design), but he can mod anything from a vacuum cleaner to a Wilson Audio speaker and make it sound better. John has an uncanny ear for knowing the sounds of different resistors or different caps and finding the best combination for the most neutral, quietest sound. That attention to detail and patience would drive me crazy but John thrives on it. A perfect example, I asked him what caps he would recommend in my Magnepan crossovers (I was curretnly using Jensens, Blackgates and Sonicaps.) He had recently fallen in love with a particular line of NOS Russian mylar caps and set me up with matched sets. Not only were they significantly cheaper than what I had been using but they sounded fantastic by comparison. Lot's of us who know him have stories like this. The man's a genius.

www.musicalconcepts.com

steve