Beautiful beyond its price, the nOrh SE 9 Single Ended Tube Amplifier Andy Ly of Vermillion Studios

Last month, I came across a DVD Living Legends of Rock & Roll Live from Itchycoo Park. While I was exercising, I put on the DVD and began to watch. For some reason, I did not pay much attention to the contents of this disk when I bought it and when I put it on, I wasn't exactly sure what I was about to see. The intro to the disk was very cheesy looking so I wasn't expecting much. The first group to entertain was Styx. Almost all of the bands are reformed with no more than one or two of the original members of any group present. In some cases, the bands seemed improved with new blood. In the case of Styx, the sound was very fresh and very energetic. The band played two of their well known songs, "Too Much Time On My Hands" and "Fooling Yourself." This was followed by Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad doing the song "I'm Your Captain/Closer to Home". As Mark Farner played, I instantly remembered something I had long forgotten.

In 1969 or 1970, the radio station I listened was promoting the world's first FM Simulcast. A concert that was filmed at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio was going to be shown on WLW with the soundtrack being played on WEBN. I carried my low-end audio system downstairs to the basement and waited for the concert to begin. I will never forget how exciting it was to hear stereo and see color video images (yes they did have color TV back in 1969) at the same time. One of the groups that played on this concert was Grand Funk Railroad. The song they played was "I'm Your Captain/Closer to Home".

Mark Farner of The Grand Funk Railroad

I went to the web and decided to look up Mark Farner. In the video I was now watching, he looked amazingly fit and his voice and guitar playing was great. On the web, I learned that Mark Farner was now very much a conservative and that he had been recording Christian music. Obviously, the lifestyle has been good for him as he would have been 53 years old when the video was taped and he looked great. The Grand Funk Railroad was one of those bands that started out raw and got better with each new album. It makes me feel good that Mr. Farner has remained in top form all these years. I hope the other members have faired equally well.

The next group to play on the disk was Iron Butterfly. Iron Butterfly was one of my favorite groups when I was young. I had the original "Heavy" Album. It was their second album that made them very popular with most people my age. The next track was "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.". Somehow, "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida." didn't sound quite right to me. The singing was not right. Ron Bushy's famous drum solo was perfect but but the group didn't seem nearly as tight as I remember. I went to Iron Butterfly's website and noticed they were looking for a new lead singer/guitarist and keyboardist. I look forward to a better reformed Iron Butterfly as the Iron Butterfly are clearly one of the groups that paved the way for very interesting Rock and Roll.

The next act was John Kay's Steppenwolf. Steppenwolf one of those albums I had to replace several times. I kept wearing it out. Steppenwolf's album is one of those albums that didn't transition well to CD. The CD that I have sounds very thin yet I remember the LP sounding much fuller. The recording on the Living Legends DVD was fantastic. I did my best to keep my daughter seated so I could share music with her. I thought that since she listened to rock and I used to listen to rock, that there might be a common denominator there. After all, I can talk to people about any age about jazz or classical. Unfortunately, rock seems to be generational and my daughter had no interest in these middle-aged rockers. However, in the case of John Kay's Steppenwolf, she was surprised to see that the song was that old. She was sure she had heard both Magic Carpet Ride and Born to be Wild before. I am sure she had heard it in a commercial or as part of a movie soundtrack.

The DVD was well worth the purchase price -- simply because I had a great time watching it. I could have done without the Nelsons and I really wish they had not included Starship. I also wish that some of my other favorite groups from the past could have been taped. I used to really love the song "You Keep Me Hanging On" by Vanilla Fudge. Looking them up on the website, I see that Van ella Fudge is still performing. There was a link on their website to one of their original band members, Mark Stein, who is working on his own projects. One of his projects was to do an arrangement of America the Beautiful. I downloaded the MP3 and really found the song quite enjoyable.

While I really enjoyed watching the Living Legends of Rock and Roll, I also watched several other DVDs. As much as I really like the Supernatural Live DVD from Santana, I actually enjoy the Sacred Fire DVD even more. The Supernatural Live DVD is great. I couldn't be any happier that Carlos Santana has received recognition from a new generation of admirers. I personally know people who are friends of Carlos Santana and they tell me that his wife and he do a lot of great work for the less fortunate children of this world. Both these DVDs are fantastic.

James Taylor Live at the Beacon Theater is one of the best recorded events I own. James Taylor is fun to watch because he has so much power in his voice but he barely opens his mouth while he is singing. I don't think that there has ever been a James Taylor song or album I have found boring. I strongly recommend this DVD to anyone who is a fan of James Taylor or anyone wanting to show off their sound system.

Fleetwood Mac -- The Dance, was one of the first DVDs I bought. Fleetwood Mac was one of those groups that had a few good songs or one good song per album but they were by no means consistently good. The Dance is great because it does cover their best songs. One of the things I really enjoy about The Dance is the version of Tusk. Tusk was one of the first albums to be recorded digitally. I am sure at the time, everyone believed that this was going to result in a perfect recording. Unfortunately, the Tusk album sounded horrible. The song Tusk was recorded with a live marching band. What was captured on the album was confusing and shrill sounding. On the live DVD concert, the song Tusk is unbelievably dramatic and exciting. I remember the first time I listened to the DVD, we were testing our new loudspeaker -- the nOrh 5.1. I had five 5.1s in my living room. The sound was so exciting that after it was finished, I could only think, "wow"!

One of our proud customer's system with the Eagles Hell Freezes Over playing

I have purchased many variations of the Eagles - Hell Freezes Over. I bought the CD. I bought the HRCD version of the CD. I bought the Laser Disk and then the DVD. I even went out and bought the updated DTS version of the DVD. I am sure that I am not the only one who has spent nearly $200 to get the definitive version of this concert. Hell Freezes Over was one of those unbelievable concerts where everything just went together perfectly. I don't think the Eagles sounded any better before this concert. It is hard to believe they had not performed together for 16 years before this concert.

When I was young, I listened to other forms of music other than Rock and Roll. One of the artists I knew very well was Glen Campbell. When I was a kid, Glen Campbell had a variety TV show on once a week. He had stared in John Wayne's movie True Grit. He also had recorded some very good albums playing a twelve string guitar. I picked up the DVD Glen Campbell in Concert. This DVD is very much worth the purchase price. The sound is better than any other recording I have heard with Glen Campbell. I strongly recommend this DVD.

I had purchased The Bee Gees, One Night Only more than a year ago. For some reason, I never got around to watching the DVD. When I learned about Maurice Gibbs untimely death. I decided to finally play the One Night Only DVD as a way to remember Maurice. Most people remember the Bee Gees for their contribution to the movie Saturday Night Fever. I remember them more for the music they did before I was even in high school. While I was listening to the DVD, I remember something I had forgotten for over 30 years. I remember that to celebrate our graduation from the eighth grade, I was invited to Debbie Anderson's birthday party. Debbie Anderson's family was moving and she wouldn't be joining us in high school.

As I remember, there were not many other boys at this party or I only remember the girls. That year, Becky Coleman and Lynn Dietz had invited me to take part in a skit for the Alexandria Elementary School talent show. The skit was a based on the then popular show "Rowan and Martin's Laugh In". The idea was that Becky and Lynn would say "sock-it-to-me, sock-it-to-me, sock-it-to-me". I would walk onstage and ask "sock-it-to-me"? Lynn and Becky would throw pies in my face. The pies were really paper plates filled with shaving cream but the effect on the audience was the same.

The act was very popular and it seemed that all the teachers wanted us to perform this skit in front of their classes. I got a chance to be hit in the face with nearly as many pies as Soupy Sales. Becky and Lynn invited me to this party. Both of these girls were way out of my league. Becky was one of the prettiest girls in our elementary school. Lynn was very funny and had a great personality. I was pretty much a nerd. This was before nerds had any level of respectability as there were no calculators or personal computers in those days.

At the party, Becky and Lynn wanted me to learn to slow dance. I was terrified. This would mean I would actually have to touch a girl. This was something that I had not yet experienced. I knew my limitations and knew that no matter how much they worked with me, I would not be able to dance. However, both Becky and Lynn persisted and I agreed to dance. The song that was playing was the Bee Gees "To Love Somebody". Both Becky and Lynn did their best to show me how to move my feet, where to place my hands and how to move to the music. For me, this was one of the most marvelous few minutes I spent as a child. It formed a memory that will last a lifetime. Sometimes even memories like this get lost and we forget all the people and all the things that make us who we are.

It is important that we take time and remember that life isn't like a DVD stuck in fast forward. Our DVD has a remote control that allows us to pause and even back up so that we can get more meaning from the same scenes. I believe that music is the best pause button we have. In some cases, it can be a reverse button or as in the case of the Bee Gees, it can even be a chapter search. For me, discovering the music of my past is almost like rediscovering my past.

If you know anyone about my age, you might want to forward them this newsletter. I think they might like the links and it might bring back some memories for them as well. If anyone knows Becky or Lynn, tell them I said hello. Tell them I am still a nerd and I still can't dance.

Oh yeah, I guess I need to sell some audio equipment now

As usual, I got sidetracked and forgot that this newsletter is suppose to help sell audio systems. I guess I need to refocus and get back to the main purpose of this newsletter and to convince you to buy audio systems for nOrh Loudspeakers. Before I do that, I want to digress again.

I got an e-mail last month from a lawyer. The lawyer was representing KEF. The lawyer said that B&W was threatening to sue KEF because they violated the trade dress where B&W has a rounded speaker with a tweeter on top. They wanted to contact me and find out why were were not approached and to see what our input was. I explained that we are on record having introduced the inverted horn design months before B&W introduced their speakers. I told them that we had a Thai patent and that we had written B&W when we saw their speaker to let them know that we had a design similar to theirs.

I remembered how B&W claimed to have spent about $2 million USD to come up with the design. It made me feel quite proud because I had spent about $50.00. I even created a web page that talked about the fact that we had our inverted horn before B&W. In fact, the name nOrh is derived from the idea of an inverted horn. We inverted some of the letters of horn to create nOrh.

I used to say that I expect that there will be more loudspeakers that are not boxes than there will be loudspeakers that are boxes. I am not surprised that KEF is now using a shape similar to nOrh's. The inverted drum design is superior to a standard box loudspeaker. nOrh has been around for five years now and we have sold thousands of inverted horn loudspeakers. We have received dozens of reviews. Everyone who owns one our designs knows that the inverted horn definitely sounds better.

The nOrh 4.0 is our best sounding loudspeaker. The nOrh 4.0 was originally only available in wood. The wood version is still available but we don't promote it. We still get coders for the wood 4.0s because some people prefer the look of wood. The marble 4.0 became a hit despite its high cost because the marble 4.0s sounded fantastic. We worked very hard to create a loudspeaker that sounded as good as the marble but made from a material that was acoustically as good as marble. We came up with the ceramic 4.0.

The ceramic 4.0 was very difficult to make. The ceramic material shrinks 25% during baking. It is quite difficult to get everything to line up perfectly when you have that much variation. it is also impossible to fasten drivers directly to ceramic unless you glue them. If you glue them, then it is difficult to replace the drivers. We solved this problem by creating steel rings that we epoxy inside the ceramic that we use to screw our drivers into.

The ceramic 4.0s are our best selling loudspeakers and every month, more and more people get to hear high-end music for the first time as they get their nOrh 4.0s.

The All American Ceramic 4.0s

The nOrh 4.0 is available in a variety of different colors. The All American design was created by Lek. Lek is Thai but he is a big fan of the United States. He has been to the United States twice now and he believes that the American Flag is a symbol of freedom not just for Americans but for all people who value freedom. The five loudspeakers shown above were shipped to China.

Boom and Goi with our best selling Black Ceramic 4.0s

The 4.0s are ideal for both audio and home theater. They can be hung upside down or they can be placed on a shelf. They play loud and they sound detailed. There are dozens of reviews of the nOrh 4.0. All of the reviews say that the nOrh 4.0s are among the best loudspeakers in the $400.00 USD price range. Many customers have combined the 4.0s with better subwoofers. They tell us that the sound is just as good as some of the most expensive loudspeakers on the market. Given that you need to have five loudspeakers for a home theater systems (and some systems need up to seven), the nOrh 4.0s are a great choice.

Cobalt Blue nOrh 4.0s

Most loudspeakers priced at $400.00 look cheap and sound horrible. They are made from plastic or chip board. They use "no-name" drivers and cheap crossovers. The loudspeakers that are sold as part of integrated systems are usually an afterthought. The nOrh 4.0s are an inexpensive way to hear music the way the recording engineer wanted you to hear it. it isn't a big investment. It isn't large and it looks beautiful.

Pan with Red and White Ceramic 4.0s

The only drawback for the 4.0s is that they do not produce deep bass. Many people will use a separate subwoofer in their home theater system. Others will simply prefer to have a small and attractive loudspeaker that doesn't cost a fortune. For those people wanting more bass, we offer either the nOrh 5.1 or the nOrh Prism 5.2. The 5.1 comes in a larger cabinet (either wood or synthetic marble). The 5.1 therefore has more bass. The 5.1 has received a perfect score after three years of reviews on audioreview.

"I can walk from one side of the room to the other with virtually no change in sound - it's really quite amazing! And it blends quite nicely with the SM5.1's I'm using for front left/right."

- Chris Camilleri

Michael, my 5.1 speakers arrived yesterday and caused quite a stir in the office. They are simply beautiful and everyone that saw them asked many, many, questions. I am not an audiophile and I purchased these for my main front speakers for my home theater system. I was only able to listen to them for a few minutes yesterday and they do sound wonderful. At times while listening to some light jazz the sound seemed to surround me and the perception of knowing the speakers were in front of me disappeared. I can't wait to get home this evening to listen to them and experiment with placement etc.

UPS delayed delivery by a day because of a "mechanical failure". Judging by the condition of one of the boxes I assume it was a plane crash. Initially I was very concerned because there was a large, ragged hole in the side of the box that you could easily place both fist in at the same time. You could clearly see the bubble wrapped speaker inside. Fortunately the excellent packaging job you do protected the speaker and no external damage was noticed when I unpacked the speaker. Congratulations on a fine product.

- Eric Hancock

We have color coordinated our loudspeakers so that no matter what loudspeaker you buy, they will match one another. In fact, it is even possible to mix and match colors. Our marble, ceramic and synthetic marbles will allow you to choose different quality products or upgrade and keep a consistent look.

All nOrh loudspeakers are designed to be easily mixed or matched with one another

As beautiful as our colored loudspeakers are, some people still prefer the look of real wood. Ironically, many of these people will buy plastic loudspeakers with a wood grain or chip board covered with wood grained plastic. There are very few loudspeakers made from real wood. Not only is real wood expensive, it also has to properly cured it if is going to be fashioned into a loudspeaker.

Our wood drums are cured in a specially built oven for up to a month before we turn them into loudspeakers. Our Real Teak loudspeakers are made from properly cured teak wood. Teak wood is one of the most expensive woods available. Teak is one of the most indestructible woods. Teak wood is dense, strong and weatherproof. This is the reason that teak is used on boats and patios. Many of our customers are telling us they are putting the 3.0s outside. While the drivers are not weatherproof, the cabinets are. Most people figure that given that a new driver is $10.00, they will simply buy a new one if it goes bad.

The cost of teak wood has doubled since we started making them. It costs us $75.00 USD for just one board. If the price goes up this much again, we would have to stop making these beautiful loudspeakers. For now, we are still able to sell the Real Teak loudspeakers for an amazingly low price. The Real Teak 5.2s are only $500.00 USD per pair. The 4.1 center is $275.00 each. The Prism 3.0 is still only $195.00 per pair.

For customers who prefer wood, we offer the king of woods, Real Teak Loudspeakers from nOrh Loudspeaker

Our customers are prod of their loudspeakers and they are proud of how they look. When we get photos from our customers, we like to put them on the web. The photo below is a pair of mini 9.0s. These are the same size as the SM 5.1s. On top of the TV is a black 4.1. This stylish systems is compact, beautiful and very high-end.

Customer's photo of his mini 9.0s and 4.1 center

Tube Amps Revisited

Tubes simply look cool. This is the SE 18.

One of our customers posted a complete review on the SE 9 on the Audio Circle website. To read the complete review, please follow this link. The author states:

"Music sounds so much more natural than what I've been used to. It seems to flow from the speakers with more smoothness and ease. I think a large part of this may be the midrange. I think this amp puts out more of it than I had before. Even on my Norh 7.0 drums, which I've been unrelentingly critical of ever since I've had them, seem to have improved bass."

I get many questions every day about the SE 9. The most common question is whether or not the SE 9 has enough power. The SE 9's has 9 watts. This sounds very modest when compared to some of the monster amplifiers that can offer 100 or 200 watts of power. The best way to understand the SE 9 is to think in terms of quality and not quantity.

Most people have experienced that when they turn up their audio system loud, it sounds full and rich. However, when the system is turned down to lower volume levels, the sound becomes thin and veiled. Many people will listen to audio loud because the equipment they have simply isn't able to product high quality sound at more modest levels.

Our SE 9 and SE 18 are destined to become classics. They are beautiful to look at and sound extraordinary. Prior to the SE series, many audiophiles would pay thousands of dollars to have this quality of sound. Let's take a look at some people's perception of tubes:

1. Tubes are outdated.

False. Tubes have been replaced mostly with solid state devices but not entirely. Most TVs and monitors still use tubes for their displays. While there are LCDs and other solid state technologies, the CRT remains the mainstay. Many industries continued to use tubes for other applications. Many audiophiles have believed that tubes simply sound better. For many years, audiophiles would scrounge to find vintage tube equipment to be rebuilt. As tubes never went out of fashion in China or Russia, modern audio tube equipment has a large supply of tubes.

2. Tubes are trouble prone.

Tubes are amazingly rugged. The low-power tubes can last 50,000 or more hours. Higher powered tubes can last 10,000 hours or more. When the tube wears out, it can be changed as easily as changing a lightbulb. I personally have tube equipment that is over 10 years old and I have never had to replace a tube. Tubes are relatively inexpensive. A high quality EL 34 costs about $14.00 USD and a 12ax7 tube costs about $5.00. Replacing all the tubes on the SE 9 will cost less than $50.00. Most importantly, this is a repair you can do yourself. If you had to pay someone, it could cost $100.00 without parts.

3. Tubes waste electricity

The SE 9 only uses 85 watts of electricity. The SE 9 uses 160 watts. A solid state amplifier can certainly use this much and more. We don't suggest anyone leave these amplifiers on all the time.

Tubes amplifiers look cool. Tube amplifiers, when built properly, sound great. Tube amplifiers have long been expensive and only recently have new designs such as the SE 9 and SE 18 made tube amplifiers affordable.

The SE 18

I have over 1200 LPs in my collection. Some of these are not available on CD. I dare say that some of my LPs are classics. Today, less and less equipment is available that allows you to listen to your LP collection. There are some people who feel that CDs can never sound as good as LPs. I don't belong to that group but I do know that there are many CDs that were not mastered carefully and do not sound as good as the CD versions. In any case, I plan to hang onto my LP collection.

The SE 18 has a built in phono preamp. The preamp provides proper equalization for the RIAA curve but it doesn't provide any additional gain. Some moving coils will require an additional headamp but all moving magnet and high output moving coil phono cartridges will work. Today, it can cost over a thousand dollars to buy a separate phono preamp. The SE 18 is one of the lowest priced tube amplifiers available that has the phono preamp built in. Even if you don't think you need a phono preamp, it doesn't hurt anything to have one. Besides, you might want to see if you can pick up a new or second hand turntable, new cartridge and start enjoying the world of music prior to the invention of the CD.

For those of you who only need a phono preamp, we have a very inexpensive tube preamp that we sell for only $250.00 USD.

Customer Service

nOrh Loudspeaker prides itself with superior customer service. Superior support means we want you to be satisfied. nOrh has earned a reputation for offering heroic support to our customers. Our staff is dedicated to make sure that you will you will not only come back to nOrh when you need more products, we want you to comfortably recommends to your friends and relatives.

Supporting customers is an investment. There is no better advertising than a satisfied customer. Given that anyone can reach thousands or tens of thousands of people over the Internet, any dissatisfied customer can easily express their displeasure. nOrh has been doing business over the Internet for nearly five years. Perhaps the reason we have succeeded where so many have failed is that we understand that the key to being a successful Internet company means you must provide superior service.

It always amazes me how difficult it is to get support from companies these day. Most companies make it impossible to reach anyone in charge via e-mail. There have been many instances when I have given up trying to reach anyone in the company. It is as if it is a secret how to reach anyone.

I try to answer every e-mail personally. Perhaps at some point, I won't be able to do this but today, anyone who wants to write me directly is welcome to write to me. I don't have any shipping information and I don't take orders. However, I can answer questions about the product and make suggestions on how you can improve the quality of your audio systems. Our staff is working hard to make sure that your products arrive quickly and safely. If we mess up, we will work with you to come up with a satisfactory solution.

The reason I am writing all of this is because of an incident that occurred while we were in Las Vegas. Our group stayed at the Tropicana Resort. The Tropicana is a major Casino in Las Vegas. Like most hotels in Las Vegas, when there is a convention in town, the prices go up. We had to pay up to $269.00+ per room per night, during the convention. In terms of quality of rooms and quality of restaurants, I have no complaints regarding the Tropicana.

On our last day, we decided to take everyone to a buffet. We went to the MGM Grand Buffet. We left about 11:30 and came back at about 1:30. Our plan was to go straight to the airport. When Pan got back to her room, she discovered her door was open. She knew she had closed the door so she went in to check. She found that her purse was missing. Inside her purse was her passport, camera, wallet, a yellow sapphire ring, money, and a watch. The total value of the missing items was about $2,000 USD.

We called security. They took a report and told Pan to file a report with Metro Police. The person taking the report indicated that Pan would need a police report if she were to file any claims.

Pan was unable to go to Canada with the rest of us. She had to go to Los Angeles in order to get a letter to return to Thailand. Pan speaks very little English and had to spend the next few days by herself in a hotel in Los Angeles. Remember that her money and credit cards were all missing.

This incident very much spoiled Pan's first trip to Las Vegas. Instead of being with her family in Canada, she waited out her time in a hotel by herself. She spent most of the time feeling very bad about seeing the things she valued so much taken from her.

I wrote the Tropicana and outlined the loses as well as the inconveniences Pan suffered. I also mentioned that I was prepared to write about my experiences at the Tropicana on my website as well as in the newspaper. I received a long reply. Most of the rest of the letter outlined that the hotel did what they would normally do in circumstances like this but at the end, the person responding added this statement:

"We are sorry Ms. Chaicharoen had to endure this unfortunate event and that you or your company had to incur financial contributions to Ms. Chaicharoen. The Tropicana acted properly and accordingly and you now appear to blame us for this event. At a minimum, that is unfair. As a side note, the our records indicate the incident occurred on January 13, 2003 not January 12.

Thank you again for you inquiry. As a final note, I caution you about the words you print on your website or in the newspaper to describe this incident. False and/or malicious statements will not be tolerated and may subject you to litigation, damages (perhaps punitive), costs, and expenses."

I do not mean for this section to come off as an attack against the Tropicana. I think that it is rather an example of what is wrong with customer service in general. Companies today do not want to accept responsibility. When something goes wrong, they hide behind the small print. It is far too common for customers and suppliers to be on opposite sides when in fact they should be on the same side.

The Tropicana warns me about words that I might print. Don't they know that there is a first amendment that allows me to print anything that is true? I believe that I have described accurately what happened to Ms. Chaicharoen. A police report has been filed on the incident as has a report been made with the Tropicana's security. What happened to Pan could have happened in any hotel. In this particular incident, it happened at the Tropicana.

It is times like this that a company can demonstrate its concern for its patrons. It is when things go wrong that companies have an opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to their customers. It is not up to me to say whether the Tropicana has failed to provide good customer support. However, I find it ironic that rather than offer to file a claim with their insurance or offer any form of gratuity to compensate Ms. Pan Chacharoen for her losses, they would consider hiring a lawyer.

I ask everyone reading this to excuse me for putting something as personal as this on the nOrh website. I believe it is my obligation as an American who values his right to free speech to use whatever vehicle I have not to cave in to those who would suppress my freedom to speak out. Had the Tropicana not openly warned me about reporting this incident, I probably would have just let the matter drop. How do you feel about this?

White Ceramic 4.0

Update:

I forwarded my webpage to the Tropicana Resort to let them know I wasn't about to back down. They never replied to my e-mail and have not threatened to sue me again.

Special Offer (limited time)

nOrh Loudspeaker has a smaller version of the nOrh 9.0 we call the mini 9.0. The mini 9.0 is made from synthetic marble instead of real marble. It is smaller. The mini 9.0s uses the same woofer but uses the Scan speak 9700 tweeter instead of the more expensive Revelator. The sound is very similar to the larger 9.0s but for half the price. The mini 9.0s sell for $1,500 per pair while the nOrh 9.0s sell for $3,000 per pair.

Last weekend I noticed that my marble 9.0's has really opened up 100%. It's really fantastic to listen to SACD's and DVD music. I am hearing more details never noticed before. Cleaner highs, deeper bass with each note well articulated and fine inner details that can be distinguished.The dimensions of the soundstage stretched out to the side walls with excellent depth..the whole end of the room appeared to come alive.This is clearly a speaker on the verge of Greatness... without those midrange colorations.

- Alphonso Soosay

Summary of our Specials

We still have some SM 6.1s in some colors that we are specially priced. Please write for details and availability. The SM 6.1s are ideal loudspeakers for modestly powered amplifiers as they have a sensitivity of 90dB.

"I was not prepared for the 6.1s. I am stunned at how beautiful they are, I just look at them and shake my head. My experience bears out what I've read in many reviews covering various norh speakers - the pictures on your web site do not do them justice. I'm playing them as much as possible to break them in, they sound better each day. Thank you for helping me get the speakers I wanted in the color I wanted. You have a customer for life."

- Norman Thomas

Don't forget - add $7.00 to your order for Songs of Bangkok. You will not be disappointed.

Sincerely,

Michael C. Barnes
nOrh Loudspeaker Company, Ltd.

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