ABOUT US

Profundo imports and distributes specialty home audio products at wholesale to a select group of experienced audio retailers in the US. We have selected what we consider to be some of the finest and most musical components, cables, and loudspeakers in the world, within their particular price categories. We believe in providing honest value, backed by a 25 year record of integrity and service in the high-end audio industry. If you don’t know of a retailer in your area, please contact us and we will point you in the right direction.

I soldered together my first set of walkie-talkies when I was eight, followed by a tube shortwave radio at eleven, then my first stereo amp when I was twelve. Growing up in a household full of classical, jazz, and rock and roll music, I had the music bug probably from the womb. Between college and grad school, I was a track cyclist at the international elite level, finally returning to education with a Ph.D. in German, teaching German and Comparative Lit. at UC Berkeley for 20 years. Along the way, I picked up the cooking bug and still love it; Everything from Texas style smoked brisket and ribs, to cacio e pepe alla romana. And since the pandemic, I bake a couple loaves of sourdough every week. I got my first job in the audio industry in 1996 and founded Profundo in 2000. I have been working with most of the manufacturers’ products I import for all 25 years.

My top priority in audio has always been to assemble systems that communicate the authentic emotional connection to musical art that one experiences at a live concert. To bring the goosebumps. As a lifelong learner and educator, I love to share what I have learned with anyone looking/listening for that same magic. Yes, to come close with large scale rock, big-band, or classical music, at concert volume levels, it will cost a lot of money, but the magic is also there, on a smaller scale, for many budget levels. The products I distribute to my dealer network run the full gamut, from a $600 phono preamplifier to speaker systems in the hundreds of thousands. They all have one thing in common, an honest portrayal of musical art.