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Nothing compares to listening to your favorite music on a high quality sound system.

For over 35 years, Nuts About Hi-Fi has provided music lovers with the finest home audio and theater systems available. Please visit our locally owned showroom and discover what is possible when art, passion and technology come together. You will feel as if you are hearing your recordings for the very first time.

We offer some of the best audio-video equipment in the world, and provide a variety of services, from design, demonstration, installation, system integration and also restoration and repair of quality components you may already own. Please visit our services page for more details.

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Caution: High-Quality Music May Cause Uncontrollable Smiling

We recently commissioned Cory, our favorite local artist, to create a cautionary sign for our listening room.

Cory specializes in acoustically friendly artwork for home entertainment rooms and often works with our clients. If you are interested in a piece featuring your favorite musical performer or actor, Cory is highly recommended.

You can contact him directly at his website:
https://artbycbennett.com

From Great Room to Dedicated Music Room – A Hi-Fi Evolution

Justyn, Erik, and I successfully completed the installation of Dan and Cindy’s new stereo system in Gig Harbor yesterday.

This project was the culmination of Dan’s passion for high-quality stereo sound, which began two years ago when we upgraded his great room with Focal speakers and a JL Audio subwoofer. That initial project led him to design and build a dedicated music room.

Due to permit restrictions, Dan and his wife, Cindy, utilizing her background in commercial construction, meticulously reconfigured a bay in their existing garage to create a room dimensionally engineered for optimal sound.

The System Components

Speakers:
Focal Sopra 3s and JL Audio’s flagship Gotham subwoofer, ensuring full-spectrum coverage.

Amplification/Pre-amplification:
All Aesthetix components, including the Calypso Eclipse preamp and a pair of Atlas amplifiers.

Source:
Tidal music via a Roon Nucleus, feeding into a Mola Mola Tambaqui DAC.

Cabling/Noise Reduction:
Nordost products, including their Network Switch, power supply, shielded Ethernet cabling, and Sort Kones on every audio component.

The final stage will be acoustic treatment. Cindy has chosen beautifully made quilts to manage mid- and high-frequency reflections. Their listening love seat should arrive in the next few weeks.

This system already sounds incredible. I will update you once the final touches are complete.

Thank you two so much for becoming a part of our Nuts About Hi-Fi family.

A Special Visitor: Jazz Pianist Francesco Crosara

This week, we had a very special visitor grace our showroom: Mr. Francesco Crosara. My wife, Angela, and I first met Francesco a few weeks ago at a fundraiser for the Music Discovery Center. He and I talked music and I invited him into our showroom to listen to his most recent CD release. Francesco was so taken by the sound in our listening room he ended up buying a beautiful pair of Focal speakers and Marantz turntable for his listening room.

I was was pretty taken myself. I was surprised by not only the technical quality of the recording, but the music is incredible. Francesco, if you haven’t heard him, is one of the best jazz pianists/composers of our time and just happens to live in our area.

We will soon have this recording available in our store for sale. All proceeds from its sale will be generously donated to the Music Discovery Center, which is dedicated to helping kids who lack the means to acquire musical instruments, providing them with essential support in learning to play and compose.

This foundation is a great group of folks who donate their time and energy to this cause and we at Nuts About Hi-Fi are honored to help.

Nordost Holiday Savings Event

Premium upgrades for the music lover in your life, or yourself.

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Discounted pricing will be provided when you call or visit the showroom.

Because What Matters Most… Is the Music

This holiday season, we’re celebrating our loyal community of music lovers by giving you exclusive year-end savings on the full Nordost lineup, including Leif, Norse, Reference, QRT, Resonance Control, and more.

For many of our customers, these are the upgrades that unlock the final level of realism, speed, and musicality their systems are capable of.

Whether you’re gifting someone else, or treating your system to something special, you will hear the difference.

Limited-Time Holiday Savings

Full Nordost 2025 product lineup
Special pricing active now – Ends December 1 (Cyber Monday)
Upgrade cables, grounding, power, and resonance control
Perfect for enthusiasts, collectors, and system refinements

Hear What Your System Is Truly Capable Of

Faster transient response
Greater clarity and separation
Lower noise floor
Bigger, more holographic soundstage
Cleaner power delivery
Better grounding and resonance control

These are the kinds of improvements you feel as much as hear.

Ready to Upgrade Your System?

Call Us for Details or to Book a Listening Session:
360-698-1348

Maestro Utopia EVO + Atlas Signature: Gary’s Next-Level Upgrade

Last Friday morning, Justyn, Erik, and I had the pleasure of upgrading a truly amazing sounding system that belongs to my good friend and long-time customer, Gary. We have been working on building this system together for over ten years. Music has always been an extremely important part of Gary’s life, and despite unfortunately losing his eyesight a few years ago due to medical issues, he has maintained a keen ear for fidelity.

These recent upgrades included the amazing Focal Maestro Utopia EVO loudspeakers and a pair of Aesthetix Atlas Signature monoblock amplifiers.

Technology now allows Gary to stream high-resolution recordings to these components using Amazon voice commands. While this technology is not yet perfect, it does enable him to access his music collection easily.

Gary is telling me he is loving these upgrades. We plan to return in a few weeks after his Maestro speakers have broken in to tweak the acoustics and install the floor spikes.

Enjoy the Music,
Jim Lee