Masters of architectural audio · Jersey City
Hear it the way it was recorded.See film as if you were there.
High-end music systems, home theaters, lifestyle music systems and wired or wireless whole-home audio, designed and installed across the New York tri-state area.
Five listening rooms in a restored 1880s Victorian home, 50 brands to compare, and a welcome whether you are a seasoned audiophile or just starting out.
- Google rating
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- 55 Google reviews
- Television
- DIY Network
- Rev Run's home theater
- Press
- Stereophile
- Featured in print
- Rooms
- Five rooms
- 112 Sherman Place
Not an impersonal big box retailer. A home with real living rooms.
Most shops sell you the boxes. We design the system, install it, hide the wiring and tune it in your room. Architectural audio is our specialty: the music system in the living room, the theater downstairs, the speakers you cannot see. One team with the products, the passion and the expertise to make music and film feel real, from the first conversation to the final calibration.
Explore the four systems
01High-end music systemsTwo channels, done properly.From a first serious system to a reference rig, we match electronics, speakers and room so the music sounds like musicians in the room, not boxes on the floor. American and European brands, auditioned side by side in our rooms.First systems to reference systems
02Home theaterFrom media room to private cinema.Designed to the same science as the best screening rooms, then tuned by ear. Dave studied theater design under Russ Herschelman and built the home theater for Rev Run of RUN DMC on DIY Network.Media rooms to dedicated theaters
03Whole-home and lifestyleGreat sound in every room, no rack required.Streaming systems that are simple to live with and still sound serious: Naim Mu-so and Uniti, KEF, Bluesound, Dali, ELAC and NAD, designed to disappear into the decor.One room or the whole house
04Stealth and custom installationThe art of audio you never see.Seven-foot mirrors that hide televisions, floating cabinets, in-wall and in-ceiling speakers, custom acoustic paneling and adjustable mantel mounts. Custom fabrication, invisible wiring and a tidy finish, with paper down and shoes off.Fabrication, wiring and finish
Masters of architectural audio
Thirty seconds through four homes we have worked in: televisions that hang like pictures, pictures that are loudspeakers, and glass you can listen to.
30 s · The television commercial
The import division
Waterfall Audio
Carcès, France
Speakers you can see straight through. Hand-built glass cabinets from the south of France, finished in a tiny workshop and tuned to vanish visually and sonically.Carcès, France
Glass loudspeakers
Jern
Aars, Denmark
Cast iron. Poured, not pressed. Each Jern cabinet is cast in a Danish foundry from graphite-laced iron, so there is almost nothing to resonate and the music simply appears in the room.Aars, Denmark
US importer
Artcoustic
Denmark
Hang the speakers like paintings. Slim, high-output Danish speakers behind interchangeable printed screens: a photograph, a commissioned artwork or a plain color to match the wall.Denmark
Art that plays music
The reference collection
Flagships and icons from the brands we carry, from the speakers to the streamers and amplifiers behind them. Which are playing in the rooms changes through the year, so ask before you visit.
Loudspeakers
KEF
Reference 3 Meta
KEF calls it the benchmark of hi-fi speakers, condensed: the twelfth-generation Uni-Q driver with Metamaterial Absorption and two 6.5-inch bass units, hand-built in Maidstone, England, every pair matched within half a decibel.
Price on application
MakerFocal
Diablo Utopia Colour Evo
Focal’s reference standmount, inspired by the Grande Utopia: a pure beryllium inverted-dome tweeter and a 6.5-inch “W” woofer in a cabinet of 86 lb a side.
Price on application
MakerArion Audio
Apollo
A four-part system from a maker founded in New Jersey: line-array dipole towers of nine or twelve AMT drivers each, separate open-baffle bass modules, and a processor with room correction. Designed and built in-house.
Price on application
MakerCabasse
Baltic 5
The world’s first three-way coaxial satellite, now in its fifth generation: tweeter, midrange and bass in one Cabasse-made driver, on a sculpted stand.
Price on application
Maker
Sources and amplification
Matrix Audio
MS-1c
The newest member of Matrix Audio’s flagship M Series: a streamer and DAC built around AKM’s AK4499EX, with Lundahl transformers in the analog stage and the volume control to drive a power amplifier directly.
Price on application
MakerCoda
Continuum No. 8
A stereo power amplifier from Coda’s Continuum Series, built around a 3.0 kVA toroidal transformer and 20 output transistors a channel, with its first watts in pure Class A.
Price on application
MakerAVM
CS 5.3
An all-in-one streaming CD receiver with a tube line stage, 350 watts a channel and AVM’s X-Stream Engine for hi-res streaming. Handmade in Malsch, Germany.
Price on application
MakerNaim
300 Series
Naim’s reference stack below the Statement: NSS 333 streamer, NAC 332 preamplifier and NAP 350 mono power amplifiers built around the Statement’s own output transistors. Designed and built in Salisbury, England.
Price on application
Maker
50 brands on demonstration
- KEF
- Focal
- Dali
- Naim
- ATC
- Atoll
- NAD
- Matrix Audio
- Rega
- Yamaha
- Bluesound
- Sony
55 Google reviews. Patient, knowledgeable, immaculate installs.
“Extremely knowledgeable and very focused on finding the right solution. He did a tremendous deal and came around on Sunday to ensure installation was completed to a very high standard.”
“The result looks like something you'd find in a high end decor catalog or a baller hotel suite. They laid down thick paper to protect flooring throughout the project, removed shoes while in our place and provided a high level of finish by touching up paint on walls as needed.”
“Since this his house, there's no time pressure and you can do a thorough review. As you will notice, the inventory is massive and there are some impressive speakers you may never be able to try elsewhere.”
“Dave didn't over sell anything but walked me through the options and helped me pick the ones that meet my needs.”
“One of the ten best I’ve ever heard. Thank you for being one of the few remaining fully equipped bricks and mortar hifi salons still standing.”
“He is fantastic with his after sales support, an area where most suppliers fall down all too easily.”
“I didn't feel I was in a showroom but in a friend's living room which added to the experience. Not once during this time period did Dave try to sell anything.”
“Dave took a huge amount of time to help me find the right one for me. I found the right amplifier, and I’ll be coming back!”
“Dave and his staff did a clean, fast, precise job, installing on-wall and in-ceiling speakers and fine-tuning the system for that breathtaking, "you are there" sound. Here's a standing ovation for Audio Intellect!”
By appointment, seven days
Hear it for yourself.
A private listening session in Jersey City, a home consultation, or a phone call with Dave. Evenings and weekends are no problem.