Paul's Links to Audio Sites

Manufacturers

Acurus Ayre Acoustics Accuphase Laboratory, Inc. Adcom American Power & Light, Inc. Arcam Ashly Audio Inc. B&K Audio California Audio Labs Camelot Curcio Audio Engineering Denon Electronics Goldmund Harman International Krell Linn HiFi Marchand Electronics Inc. Marantz (America) Mark Levinson Meridian Audio Mondial Designs (Acurus, Aragon, and AMFI) Naim Audio Pass Labs Proceed Sonic Frontiers Sony (Consumer Electronics) Sunfire Labs Digital Audio Lexicon Meridian Audio MSB Technology Wadia - highly-regarded high-end CD transports & processor/DACs Z-Systems Audio Engineering, Inc. Zefiro Acoustics - digital audio boards for the PC.

Speakers Boston Acoustics Definitive Technology Genesis Technologies Infinity Systems Jamo JBL KEF Martin-Logan NEAR (New England Audio Research) Newform Research Inc. - High Resolution Ribbon Loudspeakers NHT (Now Hear This) Paradigm Subwoofers Velodyne Acoustics Sunfire Labs Aura Systems (makers of Bass Shakers) Headphones HeadRoom Equipment Racks Avrak Easy Access Systems Bell'Oggetti:Home Theater/Home Office Furniture Home Page Billy Bags Empire Audio Furniture OSAR Audio/Video Racks Salamander Designs Sanus Systems Diamond Case Designs Racks (Audio Advisor) Cable Manufacturers Kimber Kable (also WBT & Shrink Markers). Monster Cable Tweaks & Accessories Golden Sound (DH Cones) American Power Conversion (APC) Sutton Designs Power Conditioning PANAMAX Power Protection Products

Technologies

Ambisonic Surround Sound
Dolby Laboratories Inc.
LucasFilm THX Page
DTS (Digital Theater Systems)
HDCD (High Definition Compact Disc)
SRS Labs

Home Theater & Audiophile Dealers

I have no personal experience with the businesses listed here. Please don't take their listing here as an endorsement or recommendation.

Audio Classics, Ltd. (Used equipment)
Audio Consultants (used equipment)
AudioFX is a site run by a high-end store in Sacremento, California.
Audio Odyssey
Audio Solutions
The Audio Store
Audio Video Corner
Audio-Video Logic
Bay Area Audio is a dealer in the San Francisco Bay Area (Cupertino)
British Connections - "Audio Services for the Bay Area" (Campbell)
Century Stereo is a dealer in the San Francisco Bay Area (Campbell)
Electronic Safari is a consumer electronics retailer based in the San Francisco area. Web site was very thin, last time I checked.
Galen Carol Audio
The Happy Medium is a dealer in Madison, Wisconsin
Quicksilver Audio, Ltd. are a specialty dealer in Kennewick, Washington
Stark Electronic
Sunshine Stereo Inc. - a high-end dealer in Florida.
Video plus Audio (Philadelphia, PA)

Video Projector Dealers

Acrobatic Muffin Works
Fowler Productions Inc.

Satellite Dealers

DBS Direct/Dish Direct
Nelson Hill Electronics/NHE Programming Service Home Page
Skyvision - "Quality Satellite Equipment by Mail Since 1983"
Satellite Warehouse

Mail Order Dealers

Please be sure to read the Mail Order FAQ before ordering via mail order. There are some trustworthy ones, and others that are much less so. Better to go into it with your eyes open.

Audio Advisor
B&H Photo-Video (Video, Imaging, Pro Audio)
Camera World of Oregon
Colonel Video & Audio
Consumer Direct Warehouse
The Happy Medium is a dealer in Madison, Wisconsin
LiquiData - Lowest Priced DVD Players
Mind Logic - specializes in multi-standard equipment
One Call
Tweakophile

Magazines, etc.

The Absolute Sound
Audio Ideas Guide - "Canada's leading high end audio, hi fi, and home theater magazine"
The Audio Revolution
Audio Shopper is the web site for the associated print publication. Focused on used high end equipment reviews and a classified ads section.
audiolit
CyberTheater: The Internet Journal of Home Theater
Home Theater Magazine
Interactive Labs Home Page
'Secrets of Home Theater & High Fidelity' Magazine
Stereophile

Communities, Societies, etc.

Analogue Addicts Archive
Audio Crafters Guild
Audio Engineering Society
AudioWeb
British Federation of Audio
DAT-heads FAQ
Index of /dat-heads/dsd
GoodSound - Your Online Guide to Finding a Stereo System on a Budget
The MiniDisc Community Page
True Audio - Loudspeaker Design Forum, Audio Enthusiasts Welcome!

Other interesting links

The Smart Radio Store (RBDS Software)
ZicWeb - great resource for digital audio info, particularly if you're musically inclined. They have a good introduction to the SPDIF protocol, for example.

Other pages of links

Audio Related Internet World Wide Web & FTP Sites
SoundStage (webzine)

Stuff I haven't sorted through yet...

Chesky Records
DIY speaker project
Electrostatic Loudspeakers
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Philips semiconductors
rec.audio.high-end digest
Sheldon's Audio Designs
SoundSite
Stereo Equipment
Suzanne's system
Mark Verber's Opinions on Stereo Equipment
Sovtek Vacuum Tubes
Nerd World : Audio Equipment
The Audio Store - Monthly Specials
Music Hall Online