corporation industry high end audio equipment founded 1989 headquarters apex north carolina key people billy wright ceo . daryl berk products audio home theater website cary audio cary audio design is a company founded in may 1989 which originally designed and manufactured vacuum tube audio amplifiers . since the mid 1990s they have expanded into the home theater market producing dvd players and surround sound processors in addition to their original vacuum tube designs . the company is notable as one of the few u.s. manufacturers of vacuum tube amplifiers . many of their high end classic series designs have received favorable reviews in audiophile publications including the absolute sound stereophile and soundstage . their cad280 se v12 stereo amplifier received a ces 2001 best of show designation from reviewer jim saxon . 1 originally based in and named after cary north carolina cary audio design s facilities are now located in the nearby town of apex . contents 1 amateur radio connection 2 references 2.1 interviews 2.2 reviews 3 external links amateur radio connection edit dennis denny had was also the founder of the dentron radio company ameritron amplifiers citation needed and amp supply company . dentron radio manufactured all sorts of amateur radio gear ; amplifiers tuners and for a very short time high frequency transceivers . amp supply company and dentron are no longer in business . ameritron is now owned by mfj enterprises . 2 dentron ameritron and amp supply company were all based originally in ohio . amp supply moved to cary north carolina and soon morphed into the cary audio company . amp supply was eventually closed . interestingly amp supply dentron and ameritron amps can all be found on e bay to this very day . amp supply products are not commonly found on e bay but dentron and ameritron are very common . dennis had is no longer associated with cary audio design . references edit saxon jim . the 2001 jimmy awards in enjoy the music march 2001 http www.ameritron.com company website interviews edit the single ended amplifier cary s dennis had in stereophile september 1995 reviews edit cary audio design cad 5500 cd processor preamplifier in stereophile november 1990 cary audio design cad 805 monoblock power amplifier in stereophile january 1994 cary audio design cad 300sei integrated amplifier in stereophile september 1995 cary audio sli 80 integrated amplifier in soundstage january 1998 cary audio design cad 572se monoblock power amplifier in stereophile october 1998 cary audio design cad 300se lx20 monoblock power amplifier in stereophile august 1999 cary cad 1610 se monoblock power amplifier in stereophile december 2000 cary cad 280sa v12 power amplifier in stereophile june 2001 cary slp 98p tube preamplifier in stereophile february 2004 cary 303 200 cd player in stereophile may 2004 cd 306 cd sacd player in the absolute sound september 2006 cary audio design slp 05 preamplifier in stereophile september 2006 external links edit official website soundstage cary audio factory tour 09 1999 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cary audio design & oldid 707805309 categories audio equipment manufacturerscompanies based in cary north carolinahidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from september 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 march 2016 at 22 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view