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SIM2's Top-End 3-Chip 1080p Projector! Audio High has the honor to be receiving the first HT-5000 in the U.S. This is SIM2's new top-end 1080p projector, and the picture on this projector needs to be seen to be believed. It's just stunning. Also, come learn about the SIM2 HT500 E-LINK, HT300 XTRA, Domino 30, or any of a number of other models. We also sell BenQ, Fujitsu, InFocus, Marantz, Mitsubishi, Optoma, Panasonic, Philips, Runco, Samsung, SharpVision, Sony, Stewart, and Zenith projectors, plasmas, and TVs! |  |
Robert Silverman performs Complete Mozart Piano Sonatas Audio High was very pleased to bring the incredible concert pianist Robert Silverman to the Bay Area for a four-concert series of the entire set of Mozart Piano sonatas in celebration of Mozart's 250th birthday. Check back here for an upcoming HD recording we are doing with Silverman. |
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Herbie Hancock Releases Fantastic New Album! Herbie Hancock's latest album, mixed in part on equipment from Audio High, includes collaborative work with John Mayer, Carlos Santana, Angélique Kidjo, Christina Aguilera, Paul Simon, Annie Lennox, Sting, Joss Stone, Jonny Lang, Damien Rice, Lisa Hannigan, Raul Midón, and Trey Anastasio. We recently upgraded Herbie's studio for surround sound mixing with Chord amplification and additional Tetra Speakers, and Herbie is now in the process of producing a surround version of this great recording. |
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Benny Golson wins Lifetime Achievement Grammy! We are thrilled to report that Audio High's friend and client Benny Golson recently received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Golson has played in the bands of Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Earl Bostic, and Art Blakey. He has recorded over 30 albums under his own name and innumerable ones with other major artists. A prodigious writer, Golson has written well over 300 compositions. He is the only living jazz artist to have written eight standards for jazz repertoire. He has done arrangements for Count Basie, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Sammy Davis Jr, Mama Cass Elliott, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Shirley Horn, David Jones and the Monkees, Quincy Jones, Peggy Lee, Carmen McRae, Anita O'Day, Itzhak Perlman, Oscar Peterson, Lou Rawls, Mickey Rooney, Diana Ross, The Animals (Eric Burden), Mel Torme, George Shearing, Dusty Springfield, and many others. His prolific writing includes scores for hit TV series and films: M*A*S*H, Mission Impossible, Mod Squad, The Partridge Family, Bill Cosby, and numerous others. He has written jingles for Canada Dry, Chevrolet, Chrystler, Clorox, Dodge, Gillette, Heinz, Jack-in-the-Box, McDonalds, Mattel, Nissan, Ore-Ida, Pepsi, and Texaco, to name but a few. And, he has lectured at many universities and received several honorary doctorates. We are very pleased to see Benny receive this wonderful honor for a lifetime of incredible work. Click here to read his complete bio. |
John Hicks CD now available! Audio High recently put on its second in a series of free concerts by bringing the John Hicks Trio to Mountain View. The concert was recorded by Blueport Jazz and is now available on CD and DVD-A. Come on in for a listen! Music critic Yevgeniy Konnikov, who has been to many hundreds of jazz concerts around the world, said, "It doesn't get any better than this." Read the article at On Sound and Music for a background of all these artists. Obit : John Hicks passed away suddenly on May 10, 2006. He will be dearly missed. |
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Audio High is Proud to Represent Lee Tanner Downbeat was the first magazine to publish Tanner's work in 1958 and later his pictures appeared on the pages of many other journals including Rolling Stone, Jazz Magazine (Paris), Jazz Times, American Photo and Popular Photography. They also graced the jackets for LP and CD records produced by the Atlantic, Sony/Columbia, Verve, Fantasy, Rhino and Prestige recording companies. Tanner has had numerous one-man shows in galleries and jazz clubs across the country including The Jazz Gallery in New York City, and Vision Gallery, Kimball's East and Yoshi's in the San Francisco Bay Area. Read more about Lee and view his catalogue of available photos. |  |
Tetra 120U is a work of Genius! The Tetra 120U universal speaker recently won best of show award at the Montreal Audio Show. It is our biggest selling speaker, and it's worth coming by to hear for yourself just why that is. With its diminutive size, people have a hard time believing so much sound and so much bass could be coming from these guys. As Adrian Butts has been heard to remark, "All your bass are belong to ME!" |  |
Dave Holland Chooses Tetra Dave Holland (see bio) recently purchased the Tetra 305s for his home music system. He is so thrilled with their performance that he did an interview with Jazz Times in which he talks about his experience with these great speakers! |  |
Home Entertainment Show in New York We had a great time at the Home Entertainment Show in New York. The photo on the right is Michael (from Audio High), Robert Silverman (classical pianist), DD Jackson (jazz pianist), John Atkinson (editor of Stereophile), and Kalman Rubinson (writer for Stereophiles) in the Tetra Speaker room of which Stereophile says:
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Headphones We have had so many headphone requests, we have added a large asssortment of Sennheiser and AKG headphones to our display models. And to properly drive these headphones, we have the Grace 902 headphone preamp as well as Creek and other products. See our Products page for more information. |  |
Lexicon Announces MC-12 HD Processor Lexicon now has its much-anticipated update to the MC-12 EQ v5 which includes HDMI support and other features . Come in to find out more and get a demo. |  |
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