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Introduction
Simaudio Ltd., a Canadian audio and video equipment manufacturer, has been in business for over 25 years, designing and building high quality electronics for home entertainment use.

The focus of Simaudio is to provide ultimate enjoyment to the customer from the use of high-end home entertainment music and surround systems. To that end, Simaudio is committed to building the finest, best sounding, longest lasting and most aesthetically attractive equipment one can own for a given price. To achieve this, Simaudio realizes that conventional wisdom with respect to engineering and general business practices are insufficient in today’s competitive marketplace. Therefore, all products manufactured by Simaudio reflect a thought and enginerring process that is considered a generation ahead of the competition. Simaudio considers first-rate customer service as paramount. The ultimate enjoyment of a quality product is shattered by a distasteful experience of poor quality after-sale service.

With all this in mind, Simaudio has a global mission statement:

“To offer the best products, services and education to individuals for enhancement of quality of life while preserving our natural resources and respecting our planet."

On Demonstration i5 amplifier. i5 Mk111 CD player. i7 amplifier. Super Nova CD player  Moon website

History
In 1980 Simaudio began producing affordable yet high quality home audio products for the home and professional industry. The company rapidly gained a local reputation for its products offering a level of quality that was considered a definite step above the competition. Company philosophy, local manufacturing and a passion for music all played key roles in the early success of Simaudio.

As the company’s market share grew, it’s product range followed. In the 1980’s Simaudio won favor amongst many an audiophile with key models like the famous PW-3000, an affordable integrated amplifier that sold so well that demand often exceeded supply. The entire 3000 series of integrateds, power amplifiers and preamplifiers received exceptionally high praise from virtually every Canadian audio publication. In fact, today we still service such products with the same care and pride as any current model.

The 1990’s saw the introduction of the Celeste series. Our original “Renaissance” circuitry for power amplification was first implemented at this time. These famous oval-faced Celeste products became instantly recognizable for both their elegant appearance and transparent sonics. Stereophile magazine gave the W-4070 power amplifier a benchmark review for its sub-$1500 price, calling it “a remarkable achievement at any price” and awarded it a place in their coveted “Recommended Components” list. This technology was further refined through painstaking research and development; “Advanced Renaissance” circuitry is still used today in our MOON Classic series models.

In 1997 Simaudio launched its reference-grade series of audio products, aptly named the MOON Series. Utilizing many new in-house developed technologies and building on the immensely successful Celeste products, the MOON series considered by many to be the pinnacle of what is achievable when innovation meets technological creativity. Today, the MOON Classic series continues with an expanded range of models and still receives numerous international accolades.

With the rapidly increasing popularity of high-performance Home-Theater systems, Simaudio introduced the MOON Titan multi-channel amplifier in early 2001, the first model of our MOON A/V Series. Bringing years of award winning amplifier design “know-how” to the table, our design team created one of the very first high powered multi-channel amplifiers with a thermally interconnected chassis to ensure exceptional sonic performance across all channels at all times. The Titan has earned a universal reputation as the finest amplifier of its kind and can be found in countless reference grade multi-channel systems worldwide.

To celebrate our 25th anniversary in 2004, we recognized the colossal success of the Nova and Eclipse CD Players, P-5 preamplifier, W-5 power amplifier and i-5 integrated, by manufacturing limited runs of 250 special units of each model. This comprised the MOON Limited Edition series. Each model featured circuit enhancements to raise the bar on performance as well as special cosmetics.

In 2005, we introduced the MOON Evolution series. A product line that embodies life-like sonic performance, luxurious styling, unique flexibility and genuine ease-of-use; A combination unprecedented in the world of high-end audio. The ultimate goal is to provide the customer with a genuine lifestyle enhancement. Common features to Evolution series components include an (i) RS-232 port allowing for both full integration into a custom-install environment and future factory software upgrades, (ii) 12 Volt triggers and (iii) C4 Aesthetics package allows you to customize these component's physical appearance to best suit your needs and/or match your listening room decor.