Big news! Gryphon returns to the U.S.

**Mike** · June 4, 2017, 03:04 PM

Official Press Release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JUNE 5th 2017 (LOS ANGELES, CA) GRYPHON AUDIO DESIGNS RETURNS TO NORTH AMERICAN HOMES WITH ON A HIGHER NOTE, LLC AS ITS EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR AFTER A TEN YEAR SABBATICAL. Gryphon Audio Designs, an internationally acclaimed Danish high end audio manufacturer, known for their award-winning sonic performance and luxurious finish, has selected On A Higher Note, LLC as its exclusive distributor for North America. A California based premier promoter of musical integrity and distributor of synergistic components handpicked to preserve and recreate the purest essence of the live music experience in the home environment, On A Higher Note with its deep dealer network of audio advisors serving the same aim is distinctly poised to reintroduce The Gryphon’s extensive line of premium electronics and loudspeaker series to music lovers in the United States and Canada.

“We are very excited to be able to bring The Gryphon back to North American homes. Having known and admired Flemming Rasmussen and his team for many years, we are delighted to be presented with this true gem of an opportunity to be able to share our passion for music through Gryphon’s unapologetically uncompromising high-end audio systems,” exclaimed Philip O’Hanlon, President of On A Higher Note. “Whether it is in the selection of music to demonstrate the musical essence, the dedication in the setup of individual audio systems to showcase its highest performance, or the depth of knowledge in extracting synergy from every product On A Higher Note distributes, Philip and his team has demonstrated their commitment to musical integrity, best matching Gryphon’s design philosophy and manufacturing fortitude,” commended Flemming E. Rasmussen, Founder and CEO of Gryphon Audio Designs.    About Gryphon Audio Designs

Gryphon Audio Designs is the brainchild of Flemming E. Rasmussen and the fulfilment of a lifelong dream to allow the purest essence and the excitement of life music experience to be reproduced in the luxury of a home environment, preserving the integrity of the original music with no subtractive or additive colorations. Gryphon Audio Designs was founded in 1985 with its first product, the now legendary Gryphon Head Amp which grew from a one-off spare time project developed only for the designers’ own home systems. Gryphon Audio Designs achieved immediate and on-going global acclaim for state of the art performance, intuitive ergonomics and the stunning beauty of the cost-no-object Gryphon preamplifiers and power amplifiers. The Gryphon offers stereo audio systems that start at US$60,000 and can exceed US$600,000.

Visit www.gryphon-audio.dk | http://bit.ly/GryphonFB | http://bit.ly/GryphonUTube

About On A Higher Note, LLC

On A Higher Note, LLC is a premier distributor of synergistic high end audio components in the United States and Canada. Founded in 2001 by Philip O’Hanlon, a music evangelist and promoter of music integrity, On A Higher Note set out to connect the emotions of the live music performances with the listener and recreate the connection on demand in the comfort and luxury of the listeners’ homes. This pursuit is undeniably reliant on the dedication and a genuine love of music that is impossible to hire but found only in individual design and manufacturing dedication by a few individuals. On A Higher Note hand-picks like-minded high end reference-grade audio designers and manufacturers with the same dedication to work with in our pursuit, connecting our emotions with handcrafted music environment we create together with the listeners.

Visit www.onahighernote.com | http://bit.ly/OnAHigherNote-Youtube | http://bit.ly/OAHNFBP

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And Suncoast Audio is U.S. Gryphon dealer #1! We will have several Gryphon products on display within a few months, including the infamous Diablo 300.

**rrwmd** · June 4, 2017, 03:08 PM

Congrats Mike!

**annapolis Raider** · June 4, 2017, 03:29 PM

Good choice in distributor. Wish Philip and Gryphon the best...

**Etunes** · June 4, 2017, 04:24 PM

NICE!!

**aardvarkbark** · June 4, 2017, 04:35 PM

This brand sure gets high praise in the various forums; here's hoping it sells well for you.

I hope you got an option on the space next to your new location; sounds like you'll need to be adding another room or two in order to demo all this wonderful gear you sell!

**jdandy** · June 4, 2017, 04:35 PM

Long overdue. Glad to hear Gryphon will be coming to our shores.

**FDPDK** · June 4, 2017, 04:38 PM

Congratulations Mike

**nicoludio** · June 4, 2017, 05:03 PM

Congratulations! Long overdue...

**audio.bill** · June 4, 2017, 05:08 PM

Congrats Mike on being #1 for Gryphon in the US! It's a great line with an exceptional reputation for sonic excellence.

**Audioseduction** · June 4, 2017, 05:23 PM

Wow! Very cool Mike! Big congrats!

**KeithR** · June 4, 2017, 05:27 PM

Great news - good luck with the new line!

**matt_zak** · June 4, 2017, 06:17 PM

Finally! It took them long enough. Good luck with the line Mike!

**Elberoth** · June 4, 2017, 07:02 PM

Now THAT is a worthy replacement for the Soulution.

**Alpinist** · June 4, 2017, 08:09 PM

Congratulations Mike! This is indeed wonderful news. Quite a coup for you.

Best,
Ken

**mep** · June 4, 2017, 08:24 PM

Congrats Mike on scoring the line!

**tunes** · June 4, 2017, 09:05 PM

Exciting to see another great euro brand available in NA!

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**Ritmo** · June 4, 2017, 09:26 PM

Congrats Mike!

**MDP** · June 4, 2017, 09:56 PM

Mike Rocks!!

Congrats!!!!!!!!

**cmalak** · June 4, 2017, 10:34 PM

Mike...great news and good luck with the new line

**Odyssey** · June 4, 2017, 11:40 PM

Hearty Congrats Mike!!

**Nikhil** · June 5, 2017, 12:04 AM

Mike that is something! What an amazing addition to the portfolio!
When you said you were looking for another brand I had no idea.

Congratulations!

**kzhtoo** · June 5, 2017, 12:24 AM

Woah, that's what I call a coup. First Gryphon dealer! Suncoast Audio is quickly becoming the go-to place for all things high end.

**Kuoppis** · June 5, 2017, 01:07 AM

Excellent Mike, another great brand!

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**allforhifi** · June 5, 2017, 04:45 AM

Congratulations Mike, they have excelent electronics.

**byrdparis** · June 5, 2017, 10:43 AM

WOW man!
congrats! for scoring their line! cool company!
very very good electronics and speakers!
hope it will benefit you both!

A.

**Audio 1** · June 5, 2017, 11:21 AM

Big congratulations Mike!!! This should be a great line for you and you know that On a Higher Note will have great sounding presentations at shows.

**the professor** · June 5, 2017, 12:06 PM

Awesome!!!!

Congrats Mike.

**Devg** · June 5, 2017, 01:05 PM

Congrats Mike! A reputed brand to have in any dealer's portfolio

**socfan12** · June 5, 2017, 05:02 PM

This is Y-U-G-E, Mike! Major congrats on a much desired brand! I am sure you will do very well with the brand!

**laynesaddiction** · June 5, 2017, 05:22 PM

Mike,

Just echoing everyone else's well wishes.

I always wondered why they were not in the USA as I hear their stuff routinely when going back to Asia and they don't disappoint.

Very good luck moving forward with the brand!

**Jaws** · June 6, 2017, 06:09 AM

Wow, awesome! Congrats Mike. Another great Danish brand in your portfolio

**wisnon** · June 6, 2017, 06:46 AM

The magic of Munich...

**Mordante** · June 6, 2017, 07:26 AM

Are EU brands not too expensive in the US compared to US brands? When I see what US brands cost in the Netherlands compared to US prices I would think something similar would be true vise versa.

If I have the prices correct:
Magico S3 mkII
US 28k dollar
NL 40k euro

**wisnon** · June 6, 2017, 08:02 AM

Originally Posted by Mordante

Are EU brands not too expensive in the US compared to US brands? When I see what US brands cost in the Netherlands compared to US prices I would think something similar would be true vise versa.

If I have the prices correct:
Magico S3 mkII
US 28k dollar
NL 40k euro

VAT has a lot to do with it, as it applies to margins and shipping costs too and can be 20% in the EU.

US prices are usual pre- sales tax and even that is a single digit.

Take a $10K retail US made item in the US. Shipping is normally imputed in that price and with a 6% sales tax, the takeaway price is $10.6k all in (no discount).

Same item the EU, assume shipping is a flat $300, additional dealer/distrib margin is 10%, FX rate price buffer (to ensure no loss on fluctuations= another 10%, warranty surcharge to handle cross continentally= another 10%). Interim pre-VAT price of $13.6K, then with 20% VAT included in the quoted retail price we get a final published total of $16.3K or roughly €14.9K vs the published US $10K price!

It appears to be 60% more, but is really like 53% more in take home price. That jives well with the Magico prices you qute which seems to imply a 57% upward price adjustment.

Lesson is that its cheaper to buy the local US producst and when you factor tax rate differences, it gets to be more.

Of course going from the EU to the US, you benefit from the lower tax there, PLUS the illusion of a lower sticker price as the sales tax is NOT shown as part of retail. In theory this means a real advantage for US exports...BUT often, the US manufacturer does NOT think in terms of export and is satified with the USA/Canada market and its relative lack of complexity vs exporting.

**Elberoth** · June 6, 2017, 09:06 AM

Not all prices are that different. There are many products where US price is almost eaqual to the EU price, only in EUR (1 USD = 1 EUR).

People also tend to forget, that the published US prices do not include the sales tax, which in case of California for example, varies from 8 to 10% (depending on the city you live in).

**Kuoppis** · June 6, 2017, 10:50 AM

Originally Posted by Gryphon Audio

Gryphon Diablo 300 in USA is 16.000 US plus eventual sales tax
Gryphon Diablo 300 in Germany is 17.800 US incl 24 % sales tax

Do you have any dealer close to Düsseldorf?

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**CPP** · June 6, 2017, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by Gryphon Audio

Gryphon Diablo 300 in USA is 16.000 US plus eventual sales tax
Gryphon Diablo 300 in Germany is 17.800 US incl 24 % sales tax

Still pretty darn pricey regardless of where you live. But you get what you paid for in quality.

**Mike** · June 6, 2017, 11:32 AM

The Diablo 300 is a steal for what it sounds like and the build quality. When you add the DAC module, it's a top complete drawer system.

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**wisnon** · June 6, 2017, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by Gryphon Audio

Gryphon Diablo 300 in USA is 16.000 US plus eventual sales tax
Gryphon Diablo 300 in Germany is 17.800 US incl 24 % sales tax

Nice, you guys keep it tight!

**Kuoppis** · June 6, 2017, 01:04 PM

Originally Posted by Gryphon Audio

Kuoppis
Please contact our distributor in Germany, TAD, info on our website

Many thanks!

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**nicoludio** · June 6, 2017, 06:14 PM

Originally Posted by Mike

The Diablo 300 is a steal for what it sounds like and the build quality. When you add the DAC module, it's a top complete drawer system.

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You have gone over to the dark side

. Have not heard it with the DAC module but I am sure that it would be up to the task.

Btw, Gryphon and Wilson Benesch make a good match

**BruceLet** · June 6, 2017, 06:37 PM

Congratulations Mike.

**sharkmouth** · June 6, 2017, 10:14 PM

Mike Gryphon & Martin Logan...... hoooya!

Pretty much goes with most actually!

**Mike** · June 6, 2017, 10:18 PM

Originally Posted by sharkmouth

Mike Gryphon & Martin Logan...... hoooya!

Pretty much goes with most actually!

? I can't recall seeing that too often.

I'm jonesing for the Coliseum amp(s). Absolutely gorgeous sounding and looking.

Definitely bringing in the Kalliope. My friends in Asia tell me it's awesome. One person I trust said it whipped his Nagra HD DAC.

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**sharkmouth** · June 7, 2017, 01:22 AM

I auditioned my Summit X's with an all Gryphon system for about 3 hours. Also listened to the Kharma Exquisite Classic with a different but full Gryphon system. Gryphon is why I fell in love with Class A.

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