Every fighter needs a corner - a refuge to keep cancer and hospital chaos at bay. One of my saviors? North Carolina audio innovators Moon Audio. Thanks to Drew Baird's hand-crafted Silver Dragon cables, my Fostex headphones create a personal haven, silencing the distractions and chaos around me. Soul-saving songs replace medical madness, transporting me from clinics to the outer banks, memories of Martin's Ride to Cure Cancer, or memories of family and friends. Thinking, remembering, and being mentally transported is possible thanks to audio help from Moon Audio.
Years ago, electrical engineer-turned-inventor Drew was another disastisfied audiophile. He wasn't happy with audio cable sound quality and cost. He taught himself superior design through basement prototyping. As rave reviews spread, his homegrown operation became valued and talked about for its high performance and quality, and as an upgrade, audiophiles loved and recommended.
I discovered Moon Audio first as an intern and then as a customer - thrilled to demo Drew's Dragons' amplifying audio accuracy. My first reaction was that I wanted to listen to every album in my collection (this was before streaming) as if for the first time, thanks to Drew's miracle cables. It was like hearing Miles Davis or Beck for the first time thanks to the detail and clarity of the sound. Though still a humble upstart challenging big brands, relentless care, courage, and genius won my loyalty for life.
Little did Drew know his cables would one day preserve a cancer patient's sanity. Entombed for months beneath institutional fluorescence, each audio escape means moments of fleeting but much-needed and appreciated control. Harrowing tests and restless isolation faded, thanks to my Moon Audio sound cocoon. Moon Audio's flawless acoustics heightened beloved albums into new experiences, lessening my cancer worries.
Thanks to friends at Moon Audio, beautiful chords champion the human spirit and stop me from jumping off the roof. However dark the prognosis, I draw strength from Moon's products and their "burn the boats" courage and success despite bigger competitors and an evolving unknowable future. Drew and Nichole's relentless dedication to their craft is inspiring and something I've been lucky to witness and take advantage of, so thanks to Drew and Nichole for making the impossible possible—even our darkest nights can tune in to triumph thanks to heroic companies such as Moon Audio.