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Parsons Audio sells everything that an audio professional needs — 200+ product lines. Our buyers' guide gives some idea: DAWs, computers (we're an authorized Apple Reseller) and related hardware and software (for DAWs, MIDI, etc.) , consoles, recorders (hard disk, CD, tape, etc.), duplicators, signal processors, speakers, microphones and preamplifiers, MIDI gear, signal routing, wiring, studio furniture, acoustic materials, etc. To do research, you can use the buyers' guide to connect you to hundreds of manufacturers' web sites.

Contact Parsons Audio to discuss your needs. Meet with the Parsons staff or see a product in the Demonstration Room, please visit. The staff can help you choose what suits you best, providing you with information, advice, product demos, system configuration, and installation. Once you have your system, specialists can train you and your staff individually or as a group, either at Parsons Audio or at your facility; or you can take the Pro Tools curriculum at the Parsons Center for Audio Studies (a Digidesign Sponsored School).

Among other specialties, Parsons Audio is expert at providing digital audio workstations, including the world's leading brands of Mac-, PC-hosted, or stand-alone systems, at competitive prices, from $500 on up. It is the dealer of choice for the top manufacturers: Digidesign (New England's only full-line Digidesign dealer, from M Box to the ICON, A-V Option, etc.), Merging Technologies, Apple/Logic, Nuendo, SADiE, MOTU, etc. Parsons is New England's most experienced DAW supplier, having been at it from the beginning, in the late 1980's. Parsons has placed hundreds with the region's leading recording studios, broadcasters, colleges and universities, corporations, as well as in hundreds of project and personal studios. Complete systems are on view in the Demonstration Room. The staff can configure systems to suit every budget and need.

WORKSTATIONS A SPECIALTY!
Digidesign, Nuendo, Apple/Logic,
Merging Technologies, SADiE, MOTU, etc.

product information & guidance

Click on any of the product categories below and we will take you to a list of manufacturers for that category. You'll find links there too — to product Web sites and our staff.

For a list of our 150+ product lines, with hyperlinks to manufacturers' sites, go to links.

Those sites provide thousands of pages about thousands of products. If you would like a personal guide through that galaxy, contact us. One of our staff will help you find what you are looking for. As for the crucial step of applying that information to your circumstances, you can use us as a sounding board if you wish, or ask us for recommendations. (See PARSONS' PICKS, to the left.)

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product lines & product categories


good buying decisions: a brief discussion

You may have plenty of experience buying professional audio equipment, making best use of resources like Parsons Audio. Or you might be a relative beginner. Either way, you may find it helpful to read our brief discussion. It gives pointers on gathering product information, and on using that information wisely.


buying a DAW?

Buying a workstation is usually not a simple subject. For thorough guidelines, and a candid look at the realities of owning and using a DAW, go to our buying a DAW? page.


demos

There are some things you want to try before you buy. We maintain a great selection of demo items for you.


prices

Our customers confirm (see what they say about us) that despite all the "value added" that we routinely provide, our pricing is as low as or lower than any. We manage that by keeping our overhead down (i.e., no big ad budget, fancy offices or storefront, bloated inventory, etc.), by refusing to grow big/inefficient/impersonal, and by not being greedy.


special deals for good stuff

We always have some Clearance items and bargains available. See our special deals page.


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product lines

We sell more lines than are listed below. Ask us about any that you don't see. We're always adding new lines, too. And occasionally we drop or avoid a manufacturer whose products or procedures are doing wrong by our customers.

NOTE: To go to manufacturers' Web sites, go to links.

MAJOR LINES

AKG
Alesis
Apogee
Apple Computer
Avid
Beyer Dynamic
Brauner
Denon
Digidesign
Dolby
Dynaudio
Earthworks
EAW
Emagic
Emu/Ensoniq
Genelec
Glyph
Hafler
HHB
JBL
KRK
Kurzweil
La Cie
Lexicon
Lynx Studio Technology
Mackie
Merging Technologies
Meyer Sound
Microboards
Millennia Media
MOTU
Neumann
Panasonic
Quantegy
Ramsa
Rorke Data
RPG
SADiE
Sennheiser
Shure
Sony
Soundcraft
Soundelux
Steinberg
Summit Audio
Tannoy
Tascam
t.c. electronic
Waves
Yamaha
Z Systems

AND

ADC
Akai
Allen & Heath
Alternate Mode
Antares
Anvil Cases
Aphex
ATC
ATI
Audio Accessories
Audio Technica
Audix
Auralex
Aviom
BBE
Behringer
Benchmark
Bias
BitHeadz
Bomb Factory
Brainstorm
Bryston
BSS Audio
Calzone
Cakewalk
Cedar
Coda Music
Connectronics
Contour Design
Countryman
Crest
Crown
dB Technologies
DPA
dts
Electro-voice
Empirical Labs
Equitech
Event Electronics
Eventide
Galaxy
Gallery
Gentner
Golden Ears CD's
Grace Design
GRM Tools
Groove Tubes
HPS
J.L. Cooper
Klark-teknik
Little Labs
Lucid Tech.
M-Audio
Marantz
Metric Halo
Middle Atlantic
Mogami
MRL
NigelB
NTI
NVision
Omnimount
Omnirax
Philips
Presonus
Prism
QSC
Rane
Redco
RME
Rode Microphones
Roland
RTW
Ruslang
Russco
Sabine
Sanken
Schoeps
Serato
Sibelius
SKB
Sonic Foundry
Sonifex
Soundcraft
Sound Devices
Soundfield
SRS
Stedman
Studio Technologies
Symetrix
Telex/RTS
360 Systems
Troisi
Ultimate Support
Wave Mechanics
Weiss Eng.
Wenger
Wohler
Whirlwind
...& dozens more

product categories

To see which manufacturers have products within a category, either click on the category below or click here.
acoustic materials
amplifiers, power
consoles & mixers
recording/production
sound reinforcement
converters, D/A, A/D, etc.
digital audio workstations
systems
computers & monitors
controllers
drives
plug-ins
accessories
duplicators, disk & tape
DVD workstations
education
equipment cases
equipment racks
furniture, studio
headphones & headsets
headphone amps
intercom & IFB
microphones
microphone preamps
mic accessories: stands, etc.
MIDI hardware & software
playback devices
recordable media.
recorders
CD
disk
tape
signal processing
dynamics
equalization
multi-effects
reverbs
Dolby
on-air
signal routing
digital audio
Dolby encoders/decoders
patch bays & cords
telehybrid
wiring
fiber optic
speakers
sound reinforcement
studio monitor
test & measurement
metering
sets
time code equipment
wiring: cables, harnesses, etc.

OUR RECOMMENDATIONS in any category