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Andover Audio
Website:https://www.andoveraudio.com/
Est. year: 2012
Andover Audio is an American maker of all-in-one record players, turntable speaker systems and streamers, headquartered at 15 High Street in North Andover, Massachusetts, and founded in 2012 by Rob Mainiero, formerly general manager of Cambridge SoundWorks. The company first designed and built OEM products for other brands inside and outside consumer electronics, then moved to its own branded line, with the Spinbase turntable speaker arriving at the end of 2019. Its engineers came from Acoustic Research, Advent, Apogee, Harman and Bose.
Range & what it's known for
The catalog centres on vinyl playback that needs no separate components. The Model-One, now sold as the Andover-One MK2 and MK2 Premier System, is a compact all-in-one player with a full set of inputs, introduced in autumn 2019 at USD 2,500 and stackable with its own Speaker Base SB-1, subwoofer and Upper Stand. The SpinBase 2 and SpinBase MAX 2 are powered speaker plinths with a built-in phono stage and Bluetooth, the MAX 2 listed at USD 549, and the SpinDeck 2 turntable at USD 329 is made to sit on top of them; the SpinPlay player, SpinSub subwoofer, SpinStand and SpinStage phono preamp complete the family. The engineering trait shared across these is the company's patented IsoGroove isolation, which lets a turntable sit directly on a playing speaker without acoustic feedback into the cartridge. Songbird and Songbird HR are small network streamers, the HR version with an ESS SABRE32 DAC, multi-room playback and an analogue input for digitising records.
Who owns it and where it's made
Andover Audio LLC is a privately owned company led by Mainiero as CEO, with no parent group. Products are designed and engineered in the Boston area at the North Andover office, and the firm describes itself as a fifth-generation descendant of the Henry Kloss companies through Cambridge SoundWorks.
The lineup in this catalog
Components (2). Pricing sits in the entry-to-mid consumer segment, with the maker's own range running from USD 329 for the SpinDeck 2 to USD 2,500 for the Andover-One.
Who it's for
The natural home for Andover Audio is a shelf where records or streaming come from one box rather than a rack of separates. A SpinBase 2 under an existing turntable is the cheapest way in, SpinDeck 2 plus SpinBase MAX 2 makes a complete first system, and the Andover-One with its Speaker Base and subwoofer is the upgrade path for a larger room. The Songbird HR is the pick for someone who already has an amplifier and only needs a streamer.
Range & what it's known for
The catalog centres on vinyl playback that needs no separate components. The Model-One, now sold as the Andover-One MK2 and MK2 Premier System, is a compact all-in-one player with a full set of inputs, introduced in autumn 2019 at USD 2,500 and stackable with its own Speaker Base SB-1, subwoofer and Upper Stand. The SpinBase 2 and SpinBase MAX 2 are powered speaker plinths with a built-in phono stage and Bluetooth, the MAX 2 listed at USD 549, and the SpinDeck 2 turntable at USD 329 is made to sit on top of them; the SpinPlay player, SpinSub subwoofer, SpinStand and SpinStage phono preamp complete the family. The engineering trait shared across these is the company's patented IsoGroove isolation, which lets a turntable sit directly on a playing speaker without acoustic feedback into the cartridge. Songbird and Songbird HR are small network streamers, the HR version with an ESS SABRE32 DAC, multi-room playback and an analogue input for digitising records.
Who owns it and where it's made
Andover Audio LLC is a privately owned company led by Mainiero as CEO, with no parent group. Products are designed and engineered in the Boston area at the North Andover office, and the firm describes itself as a fifth-generation descendant of the Henry Kloss companies through Cambridge SoundWorks.
The lineup in this catalog
Components (2). Pricing sits in the entry-to-mid consumer segment, with the maker's own range running from USD 329 for the SpinDeck 2 to USD 2,500 for the Andover-One.
Who it's for
The natural home for Andover Audio is a shelf where records or streaming come from one box rather than a rack of separates. A SpinBase 2 under an existing turntable is the cheapest way in, SpinDeck 2 plus SpinBase MAX 2 makes a complete first system, and the Andover-One with its Speaker Base and subwoofer is the upgrade path for a larger room. The Songbird HR is the pick for someone who already has an amplifier and only needs a streamer.
