About Cary Audio

Cary Audio was founded in 1989 by engineer Dennis Had in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. Billy Wright joined the company in 1992 and has been its president and sole owner since 2009. The brand's manufacturing remains based in North Carolina.

Cary Audio's identity has been established on tube amplification, particularly focusing on single-ended triode and class A designs. The CAD-805 monoblock, introduced in 1991, and the CAD-300SEI 300B triode integrated amplifier, from 1994, quickly defined this character; the CAD-300SEI remains the longest-standing model in the current catalogue.

Alongside its valve tradition, the brand develops high-current solid-state amplification—the ES series, introduced in 2018—for those seeking greater power reserve and control, also suitable for home cinema configurations.

To this dual heritage of amplification, a significant development in the digital domain has been added since the mid-2010s. The DMC-600SE (2014) paved the way with a digital CD centre, and the DMS platform for network playback and conversion, launched in 2016, has progressively advanced through each generation, culminating in the integration of amplification in the DMS-300A (2025).

The current catalogue comprises integrated amplifiers, valve and solid-state power amplifiers, preamplifiers, phono stages, headphone amplification, and accessories. Certain models integrate multiple functions—digital source and integrated, preamplifier and phono, integrated and headphones—thus appearing in more than one category.