Marihart Audio

Sierra Nevada Audiophile Society Meeting Saturday May 19, 2012

smidgen — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:10:48 +0000

We are having the meeting at Gavin Fish’s house this weekend on Saturday, May 19 at 1 pm. The address is 7315 Redwing Ct., Orangevale, CA 95662. Directions are as follows: from the shop: Take Douglas Blvd. exit, go East for 2.6 mi, turn Right onto Sierra College Blvd., go 3.1 mi (turns into Hazel Ave.), turn Right onto Oak Ave., go 0.4 mi, turn left on Redwing Ct., house is the first the on right at top of hill. Phone number for contact is Dave Marihart at 530-320-1576.
Gavin has quite a system, featured will be the Light Harmonic da Vinci DAC, Pass Labs pre and amps, Clearaudio table, MIT Oracle wire, and the new Wilson Sasha speakers. So bring your LP’s, CD’s, and USB sticks.
See you there.

Consignment and Used Gear Information

smidgen — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:14:33 +0000

Due to the quantity and quality lately of used and consignment gear I will be changing the posting process. The hold up has been taking pictures of the gear, as this takes at least 15 min a piece to do it right. So from now on I will list the piece but add the pictures later as so to get it on the web faster. This should enable me to get it on 2 days after reciept of the piece rather than the week to two weeks it has been taking me. I will also be using a rating system like the one used by Audiogon to aid the buyer in their selection. I am very conservative with Audiogon’s system, most rate the same piece 1-2 points higher than I do. 1 will be the lowest, 10 the highest (absolutely perfect condition). Refer to Audiogon for the complete descriptions of the individual numbers. Thank you for bearing with me on this.

New Products

smidgen — Wed, 02 May 2012 02:52:00 +0000

Hi! Jon here. Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that we are working to update our website so that more of the products we carry are represented. Brands not yet listed in our Products section include: Magnepan’s famous planar speakers, Bryston audio electronics (with twenty-year warranties), Nottingham turntables, Peachtree DACs and integrated amps, Tannoy speakers, and Parasound amps, preamps, and cool new half-size ZCD player. In Home Theater we have JVC D-ILA projectors, and the amazing Black Diamond Screens from Screen Innovations that allow you to watch a projector in a lit room! Some very new brands not yet listed include: Linn, Feickert turntables, Triplanar, Transfiguration, and Brodmann speakers from Austria.

Some of the products from these manufacturers that we have on the floor: The incredibly high-value Magnepan 1.7 and 3.7 speakers. Magnepan’s sales have been skyrocketing since they introduced these recently. Both the Peachtree iDac and Bryston BDA-1 DACs and have been getting great press. Linn is making what we believe may be the ultimate solution for playing music files from a hard drive, their line of DS and DSM digital music systems. (They’re so good that Linn has stopped making CD players!) And their speakers are very cool also. We are now set up to service Linn turntables as well. We have a Feickert Blackbird turntable with a Transfiguration Phoenix cartridge mounted on a Triplanar MarkVII Ultimate tonearm. Wow! Customer’s have been amazed by the timbral (is that a word?) accuracy and realism of the Brodmann F2s. And they’re gorgeous to look at too! If you’ve not been to the showroom yet, you’ve got to check it out. Or call us if you have questions. The surest way to reach Dave or me is on our cellphones. My number is (530) 559-2847. Dave’s is (530) 320-1576. Happy listening, and remember: Music matters!

April Meeting for the Sierra Nevada Audiophile Society

smidgen — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:31:55 +0000

Our next meeting will be at Thomas Turner’s home on April 14, 2012 in Carmichael, CA. For directions you can call Thomas at 916 604 2232. Or you can call Dave Marihart at 530 320 1576 as an alternate. We are going to be having a brain storm session on future meeting topics so bring your thinking hat and those topics that really excite you. The meeting will start a 1 pm and go until 3 PM, after that will be a listening session. See you there.

FX 10 and Tannoy Legacy

smidgen — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:45:00 +0000

Today on a whim myself (Dave) and a customer (Emmett) hooked up the Tannoy Legacy Mini’s to a JoLida FX 10 (Upgraded). Source was a modified Music Hall CD25.2; wire was Analysis Plus Oval. We were both blown away by the musicality and size of the image. This little system is one of the best sounding in the store regardless of price. The bottom end is tight to 50 Hz, and it has wonderful extended highs, with no artificality or any sense of strain in the amp, even up to high listening levels. Diana Krall and Norah Jones are in the room, the bands arrayed beside and behind them. This system defines musicality to a tee. We all decided that we could easily listen for hours to this little wonder. Cost? Less than $3300. Please do yourself a favor and come and hear it-it is a joy to behold and hear. References: http://www.jolida.com/product/glassfx/fx10 http://www.tannoy.com/ResidentialSummary see Autograph Mini

Grand Opening a Success

smidgen — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:03:38 +0000

Our opening on Saturday went well with over 30 people coming to visit, and quite a bit of interest in the main system featuring the Linn Akurate and Majik DSM. Lots of fun to play with the Ipad and 500 gigs of music to choose from. Yes folks, we got our NAS drive and network system up and running and it really sounds good. Main system featured the Cary SA 500.1 monoblocks, the Feickert Blackbird TT with Triplanar arm and Phoenix cartridge, the above preamps, Exemplar BDP 95 player, and the Magnapan 3.7 speakers with the JL F 112 subwoofers. Wiring is all MIT, a mix of MA interconnects and Matrix HD 60 speaker interfaces.
We had lots of food and drinks, and all had a good time. Steve Lester of Linn and Tannoy, Steve Holt of MIT, Phil Jackson of Audio Pro and Revel were here for everyone’s questions.
Thank you to those who came by, we really appreciate your support. To you who couldn’t make it, please stop by at our shop to see what’s new in the world.

Grand Opening Celebration, Saturday March 24

smidgen — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:44:49 +0000

We are having our Grand Opening Celebration this Saturday on March 24 from 11 AM to 5 PM. We will be serving light refreshments and will have representatives from Linn Sondek, Novidor Firestone/ Revel, MIT and more present. Also Jon and Dave will be there to demo the various systems set up in the 3 listening rooms. Come and get your questions answered and enjoy great music. Our address is 1120 Douglas Blvd., Suite B, Roseville, CA 95678.

Triplanar and Feickert Analog Now At Audio Experience

smidgen — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 20:30:48 +0000

We are now the proud representatives for Triplanar tonearms and Feickert Analog turntables and software. We have also added the most current Transfiguration Phoenix cartridge to our demo line. We have received the Triplanar Mark VII Ultimate and will be mounting the Phoenix. Both will be showcased on the Feickert Blackbird dual motor turntable with the optional Delrin platter. This turntable was the quietest and most accurate I heard at RMAF. It was also featured in 5 rooms at CES. It is capable of mounting 2 tonearms with the capability of interchanging the arms in 5-10 minutes. For more information go to http://www.triplanar.com/ for the Triplanar and http://www.feickert.de/engl/lw_blackbird.html for the Feickert. Reviews can be had at both sites. We are the only Northern California dealers for these products.

Sierra Audiophile Society Meeting March 2012

smidgen — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 19:10:34 +0000

We will be having our meeting on March 10, 2012, at Audio Experience at 1 PM. We have open topics-anyone who wants to talk can on any topic pertaining to audio. Also we have a lot of new toys at the shop-namely the Feickert Blackbird turntable with the Triplanar tonearm and Transfiguration Phoenix cartridge. Also we may see the Light harmonic da Vinci DAC. Hope to see you there. Address is 1120 Douglas Blvd., Suite B, Roseville, CA.

Chapman Audio Comes to Town

smidgen — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:35:08 +0000

We now have a set of Chapman Audio Systems T 8 speakers on our floor for your listening pleasure. This setup, with the Cary Audio SA 500.1′s, SLP 98P, and MIT wire is very close to what was heard at CES and at RMAF this last year. The T 8′s, Cary, and MIT do the same disappearing act they did at RMAF, where they were awarded best sounding room by several reviewers. See http://chapmanaudiosystems.com/speakers/index.php?main_page=document_general_info&cPath=7&products_id=9 for reviewer information, and http://chapmanaudiosystems.com/speakers/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6&products_id=8 for information on the speakers. Our room has been tuned using 2×4 2″ thick panels, and Zilplex of Holland room treatment silver cups.