

(On Tavish's e-commerce site, one can spend as little as $65: the price of a partless printed-circuit board.)

Tavish is also notable for offering their two entry-level phono preamps as kits, available with or without caseand, for the adventuresome, with or without parts. Founded by engineer Scott Reynolds, Tavish offers three phono preamplifier models and a 140Wpc integrated amplifier. Tavish Design (Amawalk, NY) is one of the newer names on that lofty list (footnote 1). Even the notorious loudspeaker manufacturer Fourier Systems (Yonkers, NY and Cocytus, Hell) got their start in the county that Hillary Clinton calls home, as needed. George Kaye and Harvey Rosenberg's New York Audio Laboratories (Croton-on-Hudson, NY) assembled Moscode amplifiers there. Cartridge manufacturer Micro-Acoustics (Elmsford, NY) thrived there for over two decades. Though Westchester County, New York, seems a likelier locale for Bikram yoga studios, pet psychologists, and pricey restaurants specializing in "grain bowls" and fermented vegetables, the idea of manufacturing audio gear there is not without precedent.
