Dealer Spotlight: TAKE 5

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Back in 1977, three young music lovers working in a local stereo shop yearned to be able to offer even better quality components to their clients—offering names like Mark Levinson, Audio Research, Magnepan and so forth.  Their love of music and their passion to provide higher grade audio components that served the music they loved, led to the formation of Take 5 Audio in New Haven, CT.  Initially working out of an apartment and running ads in the New York Times to alert hifi enthusiasts to their existence, their dedication and boundless enthusiasm was soon rewarded with a move into a fine brick and mortar retail store location where they began to flourish.

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Today, Take 5 Audio is located directly across the street from Yale University in downtown New Haven, CT.  Take 5 Audio is an audio oasis, with five dedicated sound rooms chock full of today’s very best audio and video gear.  Names like Wilson Audio, McIntosh, Audio Research, Mark Levinson, Ayre Acoustics, Audeze, Magnepan, B&W Bowers and Wilkens, Brinkmann, AMG, Aurender, Clearaudio, Dynaudio, Bryston, Linn, Harmonic Resolution Systems, Esoteric, Marantz, JL Audio, Paradigm, Zanden and, of course, Nordost, adorn their shelves.  Owner Ralph Cortigiano and lead salesman Bob Carissimi are two of the nicest and most knowledgeable audio and video aficionados you will ever have the pleasure of meeting and working with!  The store is very well appointed with ample facilities for demoing every fine brand they carry.  The foundation of this business was built upon trust — trust that is today revered by both past and present clients, further fortified with a solid confidence in the advice and service Take 5 Audio provides to all their customers.   Product recommendations are based on what is best for their customers.  They are strong adherents to the philosophy “do it right the first time” which ensures no buyer’s remorse and ends up saving you, the customer, money in the long run, by avoiding incorrect or impractical purchases.  Ralph and Bob follow a no-pressure, no-commission sales approach which ensures decisions are based on what’s best for their customers.  Their longevity in the marketplace attests to this successful and relaxing sales approach!

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Take 5 Audio has been a wonderful member of our family of Nordost authorized dealers.  They have demo product on hand for personal customer evaluation, as well as on display, and ready for demonstrations in their sound rooms.  You can audition Valhalla 2 in a highly resolving audio system as well as Heimdall 2 and, our Leif Series of cables.  They also have Nordost’s very exciting new product on demo, the QKORE grounding system!     So please, next time you are in New Haven, Connecticut, drop by and visit this very fine audio oasis.  Say hello to Ralph, Bob and Renae, and listen to some of the finest audio gear available.  They will work within your budget and make sure you leave with the utmost confidence in their ability to select the right gear to honor the music that you love!

Pictures from Nordost Nation! July 2017

Nordost is lucky to have such incredibly loyal and enthusiastic customers! One great way that our fans let us know that they are happy with the work that we do is by sending us pictures of their Nordost products in action. Here are a few photos that have been shared with us recently. Feel free to send us pictures of Nordost in your system, via Facebook, info@nordost.com, or #nordostcables on Instagram, so that we can continue to share them with the whole Nordost family!


 

@vezbeas - "CHIC"

@vezbeas – “CHIC”

Barnsly Sound Org gave their Heimdall 2 Speaker Cables a lift with our Sort Lifts! "To infinity and beyond!"

Barnsly Sound Org gave their Heimdall 2 Speaker Cables a lift with our Sort Lifts!
“To infinity and beyond!”

@catober shared this picture of their system with Nordost loudspeaker cables

@catober shared this picture of their system with Nordost loudspeaker cables

Audiovisionaries has their Sort Kones on display, supporting their NAD Electronics M12 Digital Preamp

Audiovisionaries has Sort Kones on display, supporting their NAD Electronics M12 Digital Preamp

@Stevechavez posted this shot: "Getting away with a Saturday night portable balanced headrig session featuring Sade's greatest..."

@Stevechavez posted this shot: “Getting away with a Saturday night portable balanced headrig session featuring Sade’s greatest…”

"Just upgraded from Blue Heaven.  Well worth it."   Thanks Odd-Arne!

“Just upgraded from Blue Heaven. Well worth it.”
Thanks Odd-Arne!

AMEK shared this picture of   a Focal Professional supported by our Sort Füt!

AMEK shared this picture of a Focal Professional supported by our Sort Füt!

Three shots in one of @cultoffonza's Heimdall 2 loom!

Three shots in one of @cultoffonza’s Heimdall 2 loom!

This striking photo of our Blue Heaven Headphone Cable is courtesy of DMA-audio

This striking photo of our Blue Heaven Headphone Cable is courtesy of DMA-audio

The original Valhalla Power Cords never go out of style.  Nice pic from  @felipe.rolim92!

The original Valhalla Power Cords never go out of style. Nice pic from @felipe.rolim92!

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AV ACE is showing off their Red Dawn Speaker Cables and Balanced Interconnects

@vinylbutiken got a glimpse of our new QKORE Ground Units!

@vinylbutiken got a glimpse of our new QKORE Ground Units!

Absolute Audio YYC with a new set of Odin 2 and Valhalla 2 XLR cables burning-in for a lucky customer!

Absolute Audio YYC with a new set of Odin 2 and Valhalla 2 XLR cables burning-in for a lucky customer!

@phillipwangusa shared this great shot of his Oppo Headphones with our Heimdall 2 Headphone Cable!

@phillipwangusa shared this great shot of his Oppo Headphones with our Heimdall 2 Headphone Cable!

@pops_overeem had a "Nordost Day" with a wide variety of Nordost cables, power products, and resonance control devices!!

@pops_overeem had a “Nordost Day” with a wide variety of Nordost cables, power products, and resonance control devices!!

@gsoundquest is taking advantage of our Norse Bi-Wire Jumper Cables with his Red Dawn Loudspeaker Cables

@gsoundquest is taking advantage of our Norse Bi-Wire Jumper Cables with his Red Dawn Loudspeaker Cables.  Thanks Gabby!

These Leif cables are just waiting to be opened up by some lucky customer at Tasso Elettronica!

These Leif cables are just waiting to be opened up by some lucky customer at Tasso Elettronica!

"Work can be fun" with Woo Audio's great home office setup!

“Work can be fun” with Woo Audio’s great home office setup!

 

@dusty_stylus says "First time I've heard my HousePods after buying them a few years ago. An awesome deep sound. Drivers are the same as used in the Bowers and Wilkins Matrix series . Just testing them out using Musical Fidelity AV processor/Amplifier/DAC and Cyrus Transport #blueroomspeakers #bowersandwilkins #hifi #musicalfidelity #nordost"

@dusty_stylus says “First time I’ve heard my HousePods after buying them a few years ago. An awesome deep sound. Drivers are the same as used in the Bowers and Wilkins Matrix series . Just testing them out using Musical Fidelity AV processor/Amplifier/DAC and Cyrus Transport #blueroomspeakers #bowersandwilkins #hifi #musicalfidelity #nordost”

Nice picture from @acido_ of Monitor Audio with some classic Nordost cables "#madeinengland, #madeinusa"

Nice picture from @acido_ of Monitor Audio with some classic Nordost cables “#madeinengland, #madeinusa”

 

Nordost is headed to the Hong Kong High-End Audio Visual Show!

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Nordost is very excited to be joining our friends and partners, Radar Audio, at The Hong Kong High-End Audio Visual Show this year at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, August 11-13th. Nordost’s VP of International Sales, Johann Graham, and Product Specialist, Bjorn Bengtsson, will be there to answer questions and conduct demonstrations on a variety of Nordost products, including our new QKORE Ground Units, in room S421. Nordost products will also be available for purchase throughout the show for all attendees. The Hong Kong High-End Audio Visual Show is one of the most important events in the audio and visual industry in Hong Kong and South East Asia, and we are happy to be involved once again! 

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Nordost Playlist – July 2017

Nordost is lucky to have a wonderful team of representatives and product trainers who travel around the world educating and demonstrating the effects of Nordost’s products. As part of these demonstrations, it is our job to find an interesting and diverse selection of music to showcase our cables, power devices, sort system and accessories. Whether at shows, visiting our dealers and distributors or even in our own listening room in our headquarters in Holliston, we are constantly getting asked what music we are playing (or if our audience is not so bold to ask, we can see their Shazams working overtime). So we thought this would be a perfect opportunity to share our favorite songs of the moment. Some may be classics, some may be brand new, some may not even be to your taste, but one thing is for sure …it’s all great music.

Here are some of the songs that we will have on rotation this July.

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  1. Lift Me—The Bengsons—Hundred Days
  2. Never Dreamed You’d Leave In Summer—Stevie Wonder—At The Close Of A Century
  3. Redbone—Childish Gambino—“Awaken, My Love!”
  4. Bem, Bem, Maria—Gipsy Kings—¡Volare! The Very Best of the Gipsy Kings
  5. Benzin—Boogarins—MANUAL
  6. Emotions And Math—Margaret Glaspy—Emotions And Math
  7. Number One—Portugal. The Man (feat. Rickie Havens & Son Little)—Woodstock
  8. Butterflyz—Alicia Keys—Songs In A Minor
  9. Make Me (Cry)—Norah Cyrus, Labrinth—Make Me (Cry)
  10. Friends—Francis and the Lights feat. Bon Iver—Farewell, Starlite!