Ypsilon Electronics Aelius II Monoblock Pair in Excellent Condition with Custom Upgrades

Ypsilon Aelius II push-pull hybrid monoblock Power Amplifiers Anyone with a great audio system knows that a key part of achieving that is the synergy between all the pieces. And this is true for families and businesses as well. The listing you are reading now is a rare opportunity for someone in the Audiogon community to reap the benefits of High End Zone's system adjustments in relation to the crossover of family and business. My lovely wife who I have the privilege to work with here at High End Zone, has been dealing with a health crisis this year. Fortunately she is recovering well now, but we have spent months dealing with surgeries and hospitals instead of working and so we're behind financially and this has happened just as our son turned 18 and is preparing for college. So, I am going to downsize our stereo for the time being by selling this pair of Ypsilon Aelius II amplifiers which have been the heart of my personal system the last two years. I plan on replacing them with the Ypsilon Phaeton integrated as soon as I can afford to do that. Those are also an exceptional product with many great reviews. I'm sure I will go back to monoblock when I can, I'm just a monoblock kind of a guy. But I have to put my family before my stereo and go with less expensive gear for now. My loss is your gain and all of that.
These are our personal amps, we do not have a store, they have never been operated or even touched by customers. Rest assured, they are under warranty for 2.5 more years and in perfect condition. This is not like where you buy some beat up piece of demo gear out of a store! Beyond the use in our home, we have brought our amps to 2 audio shows, total of 6 days of show use or something like 48 hours all together. That's the only use outside our own smoke free, pet free home. Both times we won Best Room of Show / Best Sound of Show! Batting a thousand, as they say. These amps are just incredible. See below for more info and links to reviews, a video from the LA Audio Show 2017 room, shown in the still image above, where we won multiple awards for that setup (Aurender servers, Ypsilon electronics, Perfect8 loudspeakers).
Here is a view of the artistically beautiful top of the Aelius II which also keeps it nice and cool as part of our setup at T.H.E. Show 2016 where we featured Ypsilon Electronics, Acoustic Zen speakers, Aurender music server, and Verastarr cable loom. (look for some Verastarr Grand Illusion II power cables listings in the New Year - or contact us now if you want a good deal on them.)
In our home, we use the Aurenders and proudly sell those too. We actually will have a rare used Aurender N10 for sale shortly for one of our regular clients who just had to sell his silver N10 to get a black one, it is in perfect condition and we sold it to him originally. We'd be happy to help you integrate an Aurender into your system. In many cases we will pay, or help pay, to digitize your CD collection if you buy your Aurender from us depending on the Aurender model you buy. The only amps I know definitely beat these Aelius II's are the Ypsilon SET 100 Ultimate monoblocks. But for $125,000 a pair of course they do! (Ypsilon SET 100s seen above driving Perfect8 Points and below, as seen from the top of their gorgeous heat sinks)
Feel free to contact us at 575.535.2280 or through email if you are in the market for the best Single End Triode monoblocks in the world, period. We also will be listing shortly on Audiogon a custom made $10,000 demo pair of Finite Elemente amp stands which fit the Ypsilon SET 100's, though not, unfortunately, the Aelius II's. These would also fit most other narrow, deep monoblock amp designs such as the VTL Siegfried (Series I, II), VTL S400 (Series I, II), darTZeel NHB-458, Red Rock Audio Renaissance monoblocks, Theta Digital Prometheus, Nagra VPA and more, I can't list them all. While the Ypsilon SET 100's are our best selling amp for those who have the money to get whatever they want, the Aelius II's have much more power. They drive the most difficult speakers with ease, 1 ohm impedance loads are no problem at all. These are just exceptional amps.
Every piece of Ypsilon gear is personally tested by their founder and CEO before it ships out. He listens to it carefully. If something doesn't meet his standards, he rebuilds it. We know of no other company that pays this much care to what they are doing. And the results are simply magical. Not one of our clients who have bought Ypsilon over the years has ever left the brand! They have sometimes upgraded to newer gear from Ypsilon. But they never got rid of theirs without getting new first. That says a lot. No other brand we sell could we ever say this about. Just extraordinary. If you want the absolute best electronics you can get, then Ypsilon is it. Best for the money. Best in terms of sound quality. Best in terms of reliability, knock on wood. This pair of Aelius II's were specially built for us and have some custom upgrades. I think they are the only pair ever built with these upgrades, definitely the only pair in the US. They were built and tuned with Synergistic Research top of the line fuses in them instead of the stock fuses. They have had NOS Mullard rectifiers added to them. And saving the best for last, they have an extra set of binding posts (very expensive binding posts, made by WBT I believe) for true bi-wiring of your speakers. I did this so I could run the amps with 2 fully separate pairs of speaker cables going to my speakers, as in true bi-wire, not shotgun bi-wire. But of course if you don't want to do that you can also just use a single pair as normal. Or you can use the extra pair of outputs to drive subs, or for other purposes. Whether you use them or not, this feature will add resale value to the amps and permit different system configurations should you change your gear around in future. So even if you don't see an immediate use for the feature it might be very valuable later on and again, these are the only ones in the US with these features. The Aelius II's are a huge upgrade in technology over the original Aelius or Aelius I amplifiers. You see a lot of the Aelius I's for sale and of course those would sell for less than these Aelius IIs which are perfect, dealer demo amps under factory warranty, come with all original items and factory wooden crates in great shape, plus have thousands of dollars in custom upgrades built into this pair alone. But aside from the Aelius I's being much older, the cost to upgrade to Aelius II would be very large due to the major changes they implemented in the amps, something like $12,000. Of course you could just buy Aelius I, if that was your budget and not upgrade it and that is a nice amp for sure, nothing against it. It just is not a balanced design as these are (it does have XLR's, but the circuit is not balanced) and it lacks the refinement of sound and many upgrades present on all Aelius II's. This is an opportunity to get about 1/3 off a demo pair and still get the latest model and warranty. Getting a holiday bonus and not sure where to spend it? Well here you go. If these amps won't be quite enough to cover your bonus, no problem, we can put together a bigger package for you! Another big advantage is that you can enjoy these immediately, they are already fully broken in. Because of the transformers used in Ypsilon gear they take much longer than most gear does to break in. The time is certainly worth it and I encourage you to give Ypilon a try whether you buy these or brand new. But definitely, this is one of those few cases in life where the cheaper item actually IS better because it will sound better much sooner and has the other unique upgrades. I think there are about 5 pairs of Aelius II's in the US and these are one of the only ones that were originally built as Aelius II, not upgraded from an older amp. Plus, some of the other ones are not even broken in yet as that does take so long.
So these can be yours for $29,000 plus freight. If you want a full system of Ypsilon as many of our clients have, then just talk to me and I will discount them a bit more and try to earn your business as long as you do not already have a Ypsilon dealer. Ypsilon dealers register our customers and even though my wife's illness has caused us difficulty I do NOT want to cause difficulty for any other Ypsilon dealer. So, if someone else showed you these fine products then please stick with that dealer, just as you would want someone to stick with you if you were the seller, right? But if you don't already have a Ypsilon dealer, then I would be happy to see if I can earn your business for the whole system you need whether you want a preamp, phono stage, DAC, CD transport, or whatever. The phenomenal new Ypsilon DAC 1000 which has been shown to great acclaim is just starting to ship, I think we'll be installing our first one in January along with an Air Force One Premium turntable setup for one of our regular customers. Let us know if you're interested in the new DAC or info on any of their items. If you need speakers or items from another brand, let us know. We offer installation throughout North America and can arrange shipping worldwide.
These amps are 120V but we can have the voltage converted if need be. Please call or email us for more info or if you'd like help with any system design questions. I love helping fellow audiophiles get the most out of their systems and their audiophile budgets, that really is the joy of this business for me and my wife. So give us a call or message us via Audiogon or direct email, we are at your service, even on holidays and weekends.
Here is some of how Ypsilon founder and CEO Demetris Backlavas describes the design of the Aelius II's and the substantial upgrade they represent over the original Aelius model. Having used both I can tell you it is a huge upgrade.
"Aelius II is a push-pull hybrid monoblock power amplifier using only two gain stages with no overall feedback, providing power to drive real world speakers with unmatched transparency and musical involvement.
"The first gain stage is implemented with a tube, operated in single-ended class A, transformer coupled to the output stage. By using a transformer we avoid using an additional gain stage, so transparency and purity of the signal is preserved.
"For this purpose a wide bandwidth (10-75 KHz) transformer is made, developed under extensive listening tests and measurements. The bandwidth of the transformer defines also that of the amplifier.
"In Aelius II, a recently developed input transformer is added that extends the purity of the signal path even further. It also gives the opportunity of a balanced input in the amplifier, adding versatility of using longer interconnect cables.
"The output stage uses components of the same polarity (N-channel), working in the same topology. The output of the amplifier is symmetrical so both output connectors, plus, minus, carry signal in opposite phase.
"Great attention was paid also in the power supply design. It uses high current inductors for smooth and quiet filtering.
Aelius II is most certainly a revolutionary product having a unique set of features, refinement and transparency, sound purity, endless power, outstanding design, unmatched build quality." While the Aelius II amplifiers include improvements to the original Aelius, the foundations which made Michael Fremer report the following, remain intact:
"The Aelius amps were just right if you like a tight, fast, nimble top-to-bottom ride, if you like sounds so transparent it's almost alarming, convincingly yet not analytically precise transients, and three-dimensional imaging—all without paying the high price of too-sharply-defined edges or a clinical, soulless, harmonically bleached sound.
"The Aelius is yet another spectacular sonic and technological achievement from Ypsilon Electronics. I remain impressed by everything they do." (full review here)
Michael Fremer's love of Ypsilon and Demetris is what got me to try the brand in the first place and I am deeply, deeply grateful to Michael that I did that. I was almost about to sign with another brand which I will not name but I think I would have regretted that. I came upon something Michael wrote about Demetris and Ypsilon and went with them and it was really a very positive choice. Nothing we sell makes customers as happy as Ypsilon does. And when customers are happy, we are happy, we enjoy our days more and life is good!
The Aelius Amplifiers also made it into the Robb Report in 2010, where it reported:
"Audiophiles who crave the classic sound of vacuum-tube amplifiers must usually sacrifice the power and precision that transistor amplifiers provide. Greek manufacturer Ypsilon Electronics created the Aelius to bridge this performance gap. The input circuitry of the Aelius uses tubes, while the output circuitry uses transistors. The result is an amplifier that delivers the sweet, delicate tonality audiophiles desire, yet produces as much as 500 watts of power to drive even the most demanding, exotic loudspeakers."
At the LA Audio Show 2017, Ypsilon Electronics were paired with Perfect8 loudspeakers and Aurender servers. (see top of the page photo) During the show we had the pleasure of hosting Jason Victor Serinus of Stereophile for a listening session and his review includes the following: "Especially impressive was a 24/96 track of mezzo Jamie Barton singing Sibelius, where the system conveyed the huge expanse and changing dynamics of her stunning voice better than any other system I've encountered. When Barton opened her one-in-a-million, Golden Age voice to full capacity, you could literally hear it expand in the room. Wonderful." .... "It is no wonder that two of the Ypsilon products have received Class A ratings in Stereophile's recommended components."
Rafe Arnott (who was, at the time, the Editor and Creative Director for "Part-Time Audiophile" and is now the Managing Editor for 2 of Stereophile’s major properties, "Audiostream" and "Inner Fidelity") also spent some time in our room and awarded our room with an all of show award, and had the following to say in his show report:
"I’m going to start with the Best Sound which goes to a new combination of manufacturers for me (Perfect8 Technologies, Ypsilon Electronics, Aurender), which were curated by bricks-and-mortar shop owner Stefan Fuegi of The High End Zone out of Gila, New Mexico. My initial show report on this room is HERE, and as I wrote, this combination had soulful musicality, an ability to handle huge dynamic swings with ease, and aurally convinced with its impression of limitless headroom to the scale, depth, and impact of the sound." Ypsilon Electronics are by far the best electronics that we have had the privilege of listening to and working with. Feel free to visit our web page where you may listen to and watch a video of one of our LA Audio Show's award winning rooms, as well as other video related to Ypsilon Electronics.The retail price for a new pair, without the upgrades these have, is $39,000. This pair of Aelius II's, manufactured in Spring 2016, are available to you for $29,000 + freight. These Aelius II's have thousands of dollars worth of unique extras on them. The fuses and NOS tubes you could easily add for a price but the extra outputs which allow for true bi-wiring are really great and make a huge difference in this pair vs. any other pair. Also note people have been buying stuff like crazy out of concern that tariffs will cause price increases next year. We do not know that will happen, it could. Ypsilon generally takes 3-6 months to make anything which means that one cannot just buy something and get it right away, everything is custom ordered. So, the safest way to avoid it is to buy today and that way you can be certain your price will not go up.
And as mentioned above, because of the long break in time for Ypsilon gear, typically at least 6 months, though it will depend how you use it, this really is one of the rare times in life that saying "better than new" actually applies. This pair is immediately ready to bring your system to a new level.
These amps have always been in pet-free, smoke-free environments. They are functionally perfect obviously, have never been repaired or needed repair or had issues of any kind, never blown a fuse, etc. They are packed in original custom flight cases featuring the Ypsilon name in Greek and logo inside of nice wooden crates. The crates are in great shape too and the blue flight cases are absolutely perfect. They come with all original items, which include the basic power cords (15 amp IEC, US spec), original manual, and nice cotton sleeves which go over the amps inside the flight cases. Happy to sell you upgraded power cords if you would like. These amps will come with 2.5 years of factory warranty from December of 2018, though I should mention that Demetris is known for taking care of people even after warranty and if you ever needed anything, we would of course go to bat for you personally on that. We have never actually had any of the many pieces of Ypsilon gear we've sold need any repairs at all. But if you did, we would be at your service even after the warranty period. We handle all service requests within 1 business day and we take care of repairs at no markup for the life of the gear because we don't want to profit if anyone ever has trouble with a piece of gear we sold him. And we've never known any Ypsilon to need repair, but if it ever does, we will be there for you. From what clients tell us, our approach to service is pretty unique.
As mentioned above, this pair of Aelius II’s are available to you for $29,000 + freight. If you choose to pay via PayPal, we’d ask you to cover the fee which is 3% for Domestic and 4% for International. We are also able to receive funds by Bank Wire and would be happy to help you arrange that. Please feel free to call us at 575.535.2280 or email us if you have any questions. Thank you.
Ypsilon Electronics AELIUS II Push Pull Hybrid Monoblock Power Amplifiers
Specifications
OUTPUT POWER: 200W rms @ 8 Ohm , 350W rms @ 4 Ohm
BANDWIDTH: 11Hz - 75Khz -3db
OUTPUT IMPEDANCE: 0.25 Ohm
INPUT IMPEDANCE: 47K Ohm
GAIN: x30 (29.5db)
INPUTS: Balanced
POWER CONSUMPTION: 250W @ idle
DIMENSIONS: 17" W x 17" D x 19" H
WEIGHT: 100 lbs (each)

Mr. Harley from The Absolute Sound, one of the most respected reviewers from one of the top publications to be sure, seemed to greatly enjoy his Ypsilon experience in the Aaudio room at the LA Audio Show 2017. In his review, he mentioned only a very small number of rooms and so being mentioned at all was an honor, certainly to have such high praise was. We already sold 4 pieces of Ypsilon in the weeks following the show, in part I believe thanks to these comments:
"Ypsilon:
Aaudio Imports demonstrated a superb system of Ypsilon Electronics from Greece. The PST 100 Mk.II tube preamp ($37,000) drove a pair of Aelius II monoblocks ($39,000), fronted by Ypsilon's VPS-100 tube phonostage ($26,000) and MC26L step-up transformer ($6200).
I had never looked at the Ypsilon components up-close, but they are extraordinarily built. The whole package sounded superb driving the remarkable new Wilson Benesch Resolution loudspeaker." ~Mr. Harley
Another great example of Ypsilon's excellence can be seen here in the build quality of this Silver Edition Ypsilon Electronics PST 100 MKII which Ypsilon custom made with an extra pair of XLR inputs for a client of ours.
We have shared a lot of information about Ypsilon Electronics and the Aelius II amplifiers, thank you for reading. Hopefully, we have given you enough information to make the choice as to whether or not you would like to make this pair your own. Please contact us if you have any questions and or would like to discuss how these could integrate into your system.
See below this next section for shipping and fine print details.
You may also be interested to know that High End Zone also works to create the best home theaters for our clients.
High End Zone and Starke Sound collaborated with an amazing team of more than 25 people from over 10 companies including Trinnov, JVC, Kaleidescape and many of the world's best AV firms to create a 27 channel Atmos home theater system that seemed to be a well received surprise for the audiophiles at the LAAS. Normally if there is a home theater demo at all at these shows, it is in some little back room and isn't very good. Not this time, we were right next to the registration desk in the largest room of the show and we rocked- hitting peaks of over 105 dB on our demos including Pacific Rim, Unbroken, Roger Waters: The Wall and several more. We had a lot of people come through, and as far as I could tell all of them had a good time.
The Gateway Ballroom exhibit won an Alfie award for the Starke Sound IW-H5 Elite wall mounted speakers which we were using eight of to form the base level surround channels. These speakers have won several awards at CEDIA and other events since LAAS and they rightfully deserve their place as an ultimate level home theater speaker! Three IC-H5 Elite Starke Sound speakers accompanied the IW-H5s as the LCRs and eight IW-H3 Be speakers were ceiling mounted. The room's bass was so thumping that some guests asked if we had put drivers under the chairs! This was accomplished through the use of six Starke Sound SUB36 subs and two almost refrigerator sized Rythmik subwoofers to fill the 50' X 50' room with 12' high ceilings with bass. The system was powered by Starke's A7 MK II amps, fed by the Trinnov Altitude 32 processor, with content from Kaleidescape's 4K Strato movie player. To help transform a hotel ballroom into a theater, we used Acoustic Sciences Corporation's TubeTraps, which also won an Alfie award, and Haikoustics panels on the walls and suspended from the trusses. The visuals in this room were handled with the help of Metra 4k HDMI cables feeding the JVC flagship projector the DLA-RS4500, projecting on a Seymour-Screen Excellence RF 160HD Enlightor 4K acoustically transparent screen measuring 160"x90". The visuals were as impressive as the 3D world created around you by the 11.8.8 Atmos system. I did the overall design of the room and specified most of the components. Curt Hoyt who is one of the owners of Trinnov who also consults with us, specifies speaker placement and does room calibrations. He knows more about 3D audio than anyone I know specified the precise speaker angles and did the calibration.
Peter Breuninger from AVShowrooms said "This is the finest theater system I have ever heard" and made a video with me and Curt talking about 3D sound. Designing for Atmos is vastly, vastly harder than designing 5.1 or 7.1 systems. The placements that worked for surround speakers in 5.1 and 7.1 do not work in Atmos. The performance you can get from an Atmos system is absolutely incredible. It is so stunning. Atmos, DTS:X and Auro 3D give movie makers a whole new language to work in. I can say that we screened a bunch of movies both with the Atmos sound turned on and without it before doing this show and that Atmos is a must have technology. It is the first new "must have" for home theater since the Blu Ray disc came out. But the complexity of designing the Atmos home theater makes it essential to have professional help if you want the best results for your money. We're here and available to you and Curt works with us on many of our projects so you can have us and you can have him, please get in touch if you'd like to know more about an immersive system. Here is the video which gives you some idea of what we do.
"The immersive soundfield was exceptional, and the sound was very clean, clear, and powerful throughout the audio range... As far as I can tell, the first LA Audio Show was a big success. I was glad to see one room dedicated to immersive sound, and I hope that home theater becomes an ever-increasing presence at LAAS and other audiophile confabs in the future. For this year, The High End Zone put on quite a show, and I commend the efforts of all involved!"- Scott Wilkinson, show review for AVSforum.

We aim to enhance your video and musical experiences, please email us to meet our design team and discuss your project. Shipping information for the Aelius II Monoblock amplifiers:
Total Pallet Weight: Approximately 250 lbs
These will be shipped together via Freight.
Origin: Gila, NM 88038 USA

Please email us at [email protected] if you are sincerely interested in purchasing this and have any questions. If you would like a Freight Quote, please do make sure to let us know your zip code. We may also be contacted by phone at 575.535.2280.

We put the "Make an Offer" option on all of our listings rather than a "Buy it Now" button. Partly this is because we had a few rude people hit "Buy it Now" then they never got in touch or paid and it just wasted our time. Also, we really enjoy talking with our customers and we want to know that they really want the items we are selling. So what we do now is just the make offer button. We still hope and expect that this item will sell for the asking price and most likely we will not accept anything much below the asking price for a while.

The exception would be if someone proposes a package deal for multiple items. Obviously that gives us more flexibility to work with you. Of course we are honored to receive any offer and we encourage you to submit one, all will be duly considered. But if you truly want this item please think about the fact that if you submit an offer below the asking price it is entirely possible someone else submits a higher offer and the item sells before we see your message or respond, even though we strive to reply quickly. Over the last 20 years this has happened many times, one time a $70,000 pair of speakers was on sale for many months, then we had two buyers who both wanted them the same day. I felt so bad. They were completely unique, there was no way I could satisfy both gentlemen. We earned the business of one and sold him and his wife additional items also. But it was sad not to be able to take care of the other fellow. So please consider if you really want this item, then simply send a full price offer. You will always get the item if you make a full price offer UNLESS someone else submitted one before you. If that happened you'll go on a wait list in case of any issue with the first offer.

In my experience as both a buyer and seller of this type of gear for almost 30 years making that full price offer might very well produce a more satisfying result than trying to save a couple of bucks on something special and hard to find. Yeah, it's exciting to save that extra dough, I know that for sure! But what a bummer to miss out on the deal you want by just a small amount too. So totally up to you, we try to make everyone happy though we realize it is impossible when 3 people all want the same item at the same price and the same time. We do our best.

And of course even if you do make that full price offer, we can still try to stoke you with an extra discount on other items you may need. Maybe you want to pick up a brand new Aurender music server. Maybe you want to get more cables. Maybe you need a beautiful Wilson Benesch or Tandem Statement audio rack, or you want to look at one of the many beautiful lines of speakers we sell such as Perfect8, Totem, Starke Sound, Wilson Benesch, ELAC or many others. The possibilities are endless. There are tons of buyers who have made that full price offer to grab the consignment items they want quickly then asked me for a deal on some new stuff they wanted to special order and I've been happy to give it to them! Please give us the chance to earn your business too.

For payment, we are happy to accept a cashier's check, a bank wire or PayPal. If PayPal is your preferred payment method then please add the following percentage of your purchase and shipping price to your total to cover the PayPal fees: 3% for domestic buyers or 4% for international buyers.

We are truly appreciative of responsible Audiogon members, please make sure you are one of them before you make us an offer. If you have questions concerning the gear, the terms of sale, or if you need to upgrade any of your cables, amplifiers or other items in your system, please contact us through email or by phone at 575.535.2280. We will be happy to get back with you as quickly as possible.

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The High End Zone is all about listening to good music, talking to clients around the world by email, and helping people get the most joy out of the time and money they invest in their high-end audio and theater hobbies. If you're a successful individual, you and your family should be able to enjoy beautiful music and video in your home affordably, and the buying process should be fun, not a chore. We're dedicated to that and I hope we get the chance to sell you something that you and your family can enjoy together for a long time in good health, just as my family and I enjoy our several high-end audio and video systems!

Many of our clients have been with us for years and we do our best to not only take care of their audio video needs, but also find ways to show our gratitude and honor the friendly bond that has been created over the years of working together. One year, we were able to gift a small handful of our clients signed copies of Blade Runner, which Stef's Uncle Dave wrote the screenplay for. Please do not hesitate to email us with your questions at [email protected] or give us a call at 575.535.2280. We'd be happy to welcome you into the High End Zone family. The Fine Print:

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If PayPal is your preferred payment method, then please add the following percentage of your purchase and shipping price to your total to cover the PayPal fees: 3% for domestic buyers and 4% for International buyers. If you pay by PayPal then your purchase must be shipped to the PayPal shipping address only, per PayPal's rules.

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Please check your purchases promptly upon arrival. Our policy is that any flaw, damage, missing item, incorrect item, etc. must be reported to High End Zone by email no later than 3 days (72 hours) after that item is delivered. If you are not able to check the item yourself in that time frame, please make the necessary arrangements to have someone else make such a check for you in your absence.

All sales are final with no returns or exchanges allowed unless the buyer finds a defect and reports it to High End Zone within 72 hours after delivery. In the case of items that are shipped internationally, we require that any item be picked up from Customs within 5 business days or less in order to preserve the buyer's protections for shipping damage and defective merchandise under our selling policies. If the buyer finds a defect and reports it to High End Zone by email within 72 hours after the item is delivered then High End Zone will repair, replace, or refund at our option.

So while all sales are final and there are no refunds or exchanges unless you receive a defective item and report that within 3 days as specified above, IF for some reason we do agree to accept your return or cancel your order when there is no mistake or defect on High End Zone's part, then you agree to pay us the 20% restocking fee on your order.

That said, please don't buy if you're not sure that you want the item you are buying. If you need to check with your wife, your broker, your business partner, your kids, or the Supreme Court before you buy, please do that. The High End Zone cannot be held responsible for any case of wives beating their husbands for spending too much money on good gear! The High End Zone is a full service home theater dealer located in Southwest New Mexico. While we are well established as the premier dealer in our small town market, we also serve many clients who have multiple homes or live in far-flung places. The world is increasingly a small place and I delight in talking with and serving clients from all continents and many countries of the world. Depending on your needs we are happy to just sell you gear (note some manufacturers may prohibit us from sending gear to certain places) or we can provide a full service experience including system design, acoustic design and construction, installation, programming, and more. We've done work for very high profile clients with multiple homes and we are also proud to serve many hobbyists who enjoy this hobby on a modest budget. No matter your budget, we'll strive to provide the products you want at a price that is fair with top shelf service.

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Perfect8 The world's best "cost no object" loudspeakers and my favorite speaker, now if only I could afford them!

REL Acoustics Unique approach to subwoofer design makes them the best for 2 channel or home theater--this I can afford!

Revel loudspeakers designed by Kevin Voeckes and the brilliant team at Harman

Scaena loudspeakers were the choice of Harry Pearson for almost a decade, we sold his pair to one of our clients

Synergistic Research Too many cool products to list, PowerCells, cables, bases, fuses, grounding and much more.

Stage III World's finest audio cables

Tandem Reference quality audio racks from Greece, this is the rack we take to audio shows and win awards with

TechDAS Air Force One Turntables

Thales Swiss reference turntables, tonearms and cables

Totem Acoustics Audiophile loudspeakers for 2 channel and superb on wall and in wall systems for home theater

Verastarr One of my all time favorite cables, I use many of these in my systems

Wireworld Another cable that I use a lot, designs everyone can afford, all the way up to reference level cables

Wilson Benesch British made loudspeakers, carbon fiber racks and more

Ypsilon Our favorite electronics company, the best of the best. So good they can have 2 links. Second one is to price sheet on our distributor's website.

Home Theater lines: there is some crossover to be sure and some of the lines above, especially REl Acoustics, Revel, Totem, Verastarr and Wireworld are also ideal for home theaters while some of the products below, such as the Tube Traps and design services from Acoustic Sciences and gear from Trinnov are also idea ideal for 2 channel systems. So the categories are not rigid and when we advise you we will work hard to understand your needs and can even pull from an extensive list of additional companies beyond those listed here if need be to get you the best possible setup for your system or systems.

AB Amps The theater amps used at Skywalker, Industrial Light & Magic, Pixar, etc.

Acoustic Sciences Corporation (ASC) Tube Traps and custom acoustic design services and products

Cineak European luxury home theater seating

CinemaTech German and North American made home theater chairs for the finest theaters

Elac Affordable yet superb speakers and electronics from the mind of Andrew Jones

Front Row Affordable theater seating, made in Canada

JVC 4K projectors

Kaleidescape Movie servers are the best solution for today's movies, used in pretty much every industry demo

KEF Home Theatre Speakers

LG World's best flat panel TV's, ask us how we can save you money on all the LG OLED's for your home!

Marantz Affordable home theater processors and more

Metra Home Theater Velox HDMI cables deliver 4K with true 18GB performance

Middle Atlantic Rack systems, ubiquitous

Procella Reference speakers designed specifically for home cinema use

Salamander Racks, seating systems and more

Seymour Screen Excellence World's best screens, featuring Enlightor 4K acoustically transparent material

Starke Sound Award winning loudspeakers for Atmos theaters and 2 channel, stunning on wall sound

Sony Projectors, OLED TV's and much more

Stewart Film Screens

Trinnov Audio World's finest audio processor / home theater preamp. We offer exclusive custom system design and calibration with one of the co-owners of Trinnov when you buy from High End Zone. We install across North America.

Tru-Audio Speakers, soundbars and racks

Control and lighting equipment: We offer system design, sales, installation and service nationwide. Our installer is doing the Raider's new facility in Las Vegas and has done projects across North America and Central America. In most cases he can visit your home once to get everything running and after that he can take care of your system remotely so that you do not have to pay for travel on subsequent visits. Please talk with us, we offer high quality service for a fair price. Lines include, but are not limited to:

AMX

Control4

Crestron

Lutron

Sonos

Of course we can install digital assistants for you. One of our colleagues has already been testing the Apple HomePod for months and we'll have those as well as the Amazon, Google and Sonos Assistant products.

Doing these lists is always very hard because we are in process of discussion with some more very cool brands I'd love to list but haven't had time to get everything nailed down yet. And on the other hand there are some lines I left off because we just haven't had much call for them lately. But who knows, maybe tomorrow the phone starts ringing off the hook for one of those, I would certainly welcome it. So please don't be dismayed if you don't see one of the products you really want here. It's not set in stone and I bet we can get it for you and that we'd be happy to do so as long it is a quality component that we would be proud to sell. One of the advantages working with a family shop like ours is that we are flexible and will work hard to get you a system that suits you. Please give us a chance at earning your business.
Our clients certainly enjoy their home audio and video rooms. We do as well and hope you'll also take pleasure and be inspired by the variety of these beautiful installations.

Some aspects of making an informed choice in an audiophile grade listening room or a home theater system are worth a little extra effort. We invite you to contact the High End Zone for help in making your choices, we will make the extra effort worthwhile.