About Us:


Xerocomm Audio Mission

To offer the audio amateur the stopping place, where kits and components are available within a high quality standard, at a reasonable price.

History of Xerocomm: the Company

Xerocomm Inc. was founded by Christian A. Bryant in 2001. Having had a career in engineering and an extensive knowledge and experience in software development, this background drove him towards the most logical step, to start his own business.

After purchasing Oakland Micro Centre, an established computer sales and repair business open since 1982, Xerocomm turned this former operation from a business which earned annual revenue of $80,000.00 to one that has exceeded $2,500,000.00 annually.

Over the last 8 years, Xerocomm became a major factor in cutting edge computer network services, from anti-spam services (developing our first anti-spam engine in June 2002) to providing back up and space on the internet.

With a few years hard work and finding a true excitement in tending an ever expanding company, we decided to begin an entirely new business in the field of home audio. Music and audio electronics has always been an area of interest with our company. We feel we have an opportunity to use Xerocomm as the base, the catalyst to launch something new, in a different genre. So, our DIY home audio was created in 2007.

We provide the audio amateur the stopping place, where kits and components are available within a high quality standard, at a reasonable price.

When building a piece of audio equipment by yourself you have several advantages over buying a commercial user-ready product in a shop.

One of the things which can be done “better” is the soldering and mounting of the components. A lot of commercial products suffer from wearing. One of the biggest surprises you may find in a faulty piece of equipment is a disfunctional solder junction. The next causes of faults are bad contacts in switches, potentiometers and the wearing out of electrolytic capacitors.

But …….. there’s also the design. Most current designs from well known manufacturers offer good sound quality. It may be not in the league of “High End Audio”, but nevertheless.

When considering to build something by yourself your first concern should be the design. Is the design engineer a good electronics engineer or is he specialized in (high quality) audio? Next thing, after you’re sure to be able to lay your hands on an above average design, is to have a look at the components which are offered in the kit or, if you’re trying to assemble something by yourself, are excellent components easily available?

Some kit manufacturers offer a kit where the circuit is well designed AND it is delivered with components of ultimate quality. To begin with the printed circuit board (PCB) should be made out of a solid material (glass enhanced epoxy for instance) at sufficient thickness and the copper traces should have a solid thickness as well. Switches and potentiometers suffer from wearing, so these should also be of the best possible quality.

A thing to consider is if there’s any warranty that you will end up with a functioning piece of equipment. And, for whatever reason, if necessary will the supplier deliver his services for free.

Last, but not least, there’s the price. Good products come at a price. But when buying a kit there are several factors in the commercial calculation, such as marketing, advertising and keeping up an international distribution network, which don’t play a role in the price construction of a kit. Another thing is that kits are manufactured in small quantities and the supplier cannot benefit from large scale production discounts. So a more realistic comparison has to be made between high end products and d-i-y kits. High End products also are manufactured at relative low quantities. When looking at those the advantages of putting some labour of yourself in the product is obvious.