Who is Aria?

Michael Elliott, musician, music lover, former president and designer at Counterpoint.

Responsible for over 30 audio products, he dedicates himself now to Aria: Exceptional components capable of creating those fleeting moments of magic that make music uniquely engaging. From the first touch of brush on cymbal until the final note falls into silence, these are the moments -- so intense as to seem nearly tangible -- that we hold on to forever.

All Aria products are hand-built to ISO9002 quality assurance standards, fully tested, listened to, and signed-off before they are packed in their wooden crates for shipping.

A note to Dealers or Distributors

All Aria products are sold directly to customers at wholesale prices. The prices listed on these pages are wholesale prices. I have not added 50% to the price so a dealer or distributor can purchase them at half off and make a profit. I prefer doing business with customers directly, and see no reason to double the prices on my products to give a shop half the customer's money. What does this mean? It simply means that if you want to sell Aria products to customers in your area, you will pay the same prices as that customer will if he or she ordered directly from Aria. My loyalty lies with the customer, not with the middleman.