- Cary Audio Design
Infobox_Company
company_name = Cary Audio Design
company_
company_type =Corporation
foundation = (1989 )
location =Apex, North Carolina
key_people = Dennis and Donna Had, founders
industry = Audio
products = Audio, Visual
revenue =
num_employees =
homepage = [http://www.caryaudio.com/ Cary Audio]Cary Audio Design is a company founded in May 1989 which originally designed and manufactured vacuum tube audio amplifiers. Since the mid-1990s they have expanded into the
home theater market, producingDVD player s andsurround sound processors in addition to their originalvacuum tube designs.The company is notable as one of the few U.S. manufacturers of vacuum tube amplifiers. Many of their high-end "Classic Series" designs have received favorable reviews in
audiophile publications, including "The Absolute Sound ", "Stereophile " and "Soundstage! ". Their CAD280 SE V12 stereo amplifier received a CES 2001 "Best of Show" designation from reviewer Jim Saxon. [Saxon, Jim. [http://www.enjoythemusic.com/Magazine/equipment/0301/jimmyawards.htm The 2001 Jimmy Awards] in "Enjoy the Music", March 2001]Originally based in (and named after)
Cary, North Carolina , Cary Audio Design's facilities are now located in the nearby town of Apex.References
Interviews
* [http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/399/ The Single-Ended Amplifier: Cary's Dennis Had] in "Stereophile", September, 1995
Reviews
* [http://stereophile.com/tubepreamps/1190cary/ Cary Audio Design CAD-5500 "CD Processor" preamplifier] in "Stereophile", November, 1990
* [http://www.stereophile.com/tubepoweramps/740/ Cary Audio Design CAD-805 monoblock power amplifier] in "Stereophile", January, 1994
* [http://www.stereophile.com/integratedamps/398/ Cary Audio Design CAD-300SEI integrated amplifier] in "Stereophile", September, 1995
* [http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/staff05.htm Cary Audio SLI-80 Integrated Amplifier] in "Soundstage!", January, 1998
* [http://www.stereophile.com/tubepoweramps/1098cary/ Cary Audio Design CAD-572SE monoblock power amplifier] in "Stereophile", October, 1998
* [http://www.stereophile.com/tubepoweramps/899cary/ Cary Audio Design CAD-300SE LX20 monoblock power amplifier] in "Stereophile", August, 1999
* [http://www.stereophile.com/tubepoweramps/1200cary/ Cary CAD-1610-SE monoblock power amplifier] in "Stereophile", December 2000
* [http://www.stereophile.com/tubepoweramps/601cary/ Cary CAD-280SA V12 power amplifier] in "Stereophile", June, 2001
* [http://stereophile.com/tubepreamps/204cary/ Cary SLP-98P tube preamplifier] in "Stereophile", February, 2004
* [http://www.stereophile.com/cdplayers/504cary/ Cary 303/200 CD player] in "Stereophile", May, 2004
* [http://www.caryaudio.com/pdfs/reviews/CD306_tas.pdf CD 306 CD/SACD Player] in "The Absolute Sound", September, 2006
* [http://www.stereophile.com/tubepreamps/906cary/ Cary Audio Design SLP 05 preamplifier] in "Stereophile", September, 2006External links
* [http://www.caryaudio.com/ Cary Audio Design]
* [http://www.soundstagelive.com/carytour/ SoundStage! - Cary Audio Factory Tour (09/1999)]
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