by Commercial Electronics | Aug 8, 2022 | Amplifiers, Turntables
Mark Levinson A leader in high-fidelity audio since 1972, Mark Levinson was founded by a professional musician who set out to design stereo components that recreated the sound of his music exactly as he heard it in the studio. Fifty years later, that same passion...
by Commercial Electronics | Jul 26, 2022 | Amplifiers
The story Pathos Acoustics was founded in 1994 by the will of three “pioneers”: Gaetano Zanini, Gianni Borinato and Paolo Andriolo in the city of Vicenza, a refined capital located in northern Italy, famous for the magnificent monuments of Andrea Palladio....
by Commercial Electronics | Jun 25, 2022 | Amplifiers, Speakers, Turntables
If you have been living in Vancouver for a good number of years, Commercial Electronics is probably a familiar name, we have been around for 65 years! And if you have been in the HiFi game for a long time, brands like McIntosh, Advent, Martin Logan, Bryston, JBL,...
by Commercial Electronics | Jun 13, 2022 | Amplifiers
Hybrid amplifiers A hybrid amp combines the warm sound of a tube preamp with the efficiency, power, and clarity of a solid-state power amp. Some of the best examples of well-designed and executed Hybrids are manufactured in Vicenza, Italy by Pathos Acoustics. Through...
by Commercial Electronics | Jun 6, 2022 | Amplifiers
Tube or not tube? That is the question. The question is easy, but the answer… not so much. Do they sound better than their solid-state counterparts? Every time there is a difference some will perceive it as an improvement and some as a deterioration. Is lemon better...