Audio Alternative Ltd — Local services in Fort Collins

Audio Alternative is your one stop stereo shop. I walked in and said, “I want to walk in the door and listen to music without plugging in my phone, and without loosing sound quality.” The owner had an answer, that is still holding its own 6 years and counting.

Let me be clear here. This is not your grand daughters Bluetooth Speaker that fits in a purse. I have Solid State Audiophile equipment from the mid 90’s.

Please excuse any paraphrasing that may be occurring here: it was 2016, after all.

He said, “Deezer Elite streams Hi-Quality music… Sonos One needs to be wired directly to your router via Ethernet to stream music at hi-end…the sound quality from this Emotiva DAC is hard to believe at the price…”. 15-20$ per month, 350$ and 375$ respectively. He is correct.

I provided my own Wemo Smart switch and Harmony Elite Universal Remote, the Samsung S7 curved.

The Source Music is what he provided. You can drive a Ferrari on 85 octane Fuel. Rick provided an answer that I consider to be 93 Octane Source Music (Fuel).

Deezer Sonos Emotiva To CJ PV-11 CJ MF-200 Soliloquy 6.3’s.

I was able to Smart Home trigger the entire setup to power own and begin playing lossless media via Voice command only and /or proximity via Cell Loc.

“Trigger Stereo On”. 30-60 seconds later it began to play. Lossless and my cellphone for song selection without Touching ANYTHING. I loved it.

Deezer-Sonos-Emotiva are still delivering the clearest source material for music that I have experienced outside of Blu-Ray

Radio broadcasts are 44.1 and 48 kHz Deezer elite is 15.99 or 19.99 per month providing 10X to 20X times the media in a vast selection of songs aka 1000-1100 KHz songs.

I love this store, selection, owner knowledge and environment in and out the door. I think of The owner as a Business Professional Gandalf the Grey with a Haircut and Cat instead of hobbits and a staff.

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I was first introduced to Rick and his business, The Audio Alternative, in 1984, so we go back 40 years. I have moved a few times over those 40 years and each time Rick has helped me design hi-fi systems that were absolutely the best available for the money and for my budget. His expertise is unmatched, and his recommendations have proven sound over 40 years. I am still using the original LP 12 turntable I bought from Rick 40 years ago. It’s been upgraded a few times as technology has improved but it is still the center piece of my excellent sounding...

If I could leave zero stars I would. I called Rick to learn more about a vintage sound system, see how much they were going for, and to see if they would service something like this and Rick lost his mind on me. He was extremely rude and unprofessional. Their shop is the closest one to my house and intended to use them for all of my audio needs but I’d rather drive two hours to Denver than deal with them again. I never leave reviews so that goes to show just how bad the...