Electrical Audio

11/28/2025

It’s our Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, and whatever the hell else is happening this weekend….sale!

Everything is 10% off store-wide through Monday!*

We have Direct Boxes, 500 Series Pre-Amps, Shirts, Hoodies, Stickers, Pencils, Mugs, and much more.

Head over to our site now and treat yourself or your favorite audio nerd to something special for the holidays!

Merry Christmas, you filthy animals 🎄

*Don’t like sales? Great news! Then you can buy our Mid-side Matrix or 2-channel EApreq at full price.

11/16/2025

hot-n-fresh gear ready for some music 🎸🥁

10/10/2025

Working on all of it!

10/03/2025

We are participating in this year's Open House Chicago on Sunday, October 19 (only, not on Saturday 10/18). We will be giving short tours led by studio staff in roughly 15-20 minute increments from 10am to 5pm. This is your opportunity to see the studio if you are not a prospective client or recording professional!

You do NOT need to RSVP or contact us ahead of time, just arrive at the studio at the time that's convenient for you, and if there is demand, we will be lining folks up along the sidewalk as a queue.

Hope to see you there (here)!

07/29/2025

Kick In

Kick Out

07/24/2025

Yesterday we had the incredible honor of hosting and her band for a little secret show in Studio A as they tour her record “Nobody Loves You More”. An amazing way to celebrate Steve’s birthday with so many dear friends and a beautiful performance!

05/22/2025

Shooting some new “how to” videos 🎥

05/01/2025

Happy May Day, comrades! Today we took a field trip to and learned so much about how records are made. The level of care, growth, and expertise these folks put into their labor is inspiring. This is Chicago's own pressing plant, and it feels homegrown and relaxed but they are clearly so dedicated to giving you the best record they possibly can and taking care of you along the way.

We are grateful to have them working downstream from us to help bring your music to the world.

04/14/2025

It’s so cool to see these things going out into the world and being part of so many records.
More in stock!
Have an amazing spring!

04/08/2025

ICYMI, we added a "Studio History" page to our website that's filled with self-aggrandizing lore (and some interesting tidbits about construction and design). We also uploaded just about every fridge note we could find- somewhere along the way it became a tradition for bands to leave these thank-yous for staff. Here are some of our faves!

Link to our site in bio, but it's also just electricalaudio.com and that's not too much for your thumbs to manage.

04/01/2025

Happy Cheap Trick Day! The Cheap Tracks Podcast just released an episode they recorded at the studio with our pal Jason Narducy.

For this year’s Cheap Trick Day episode, Mike and I took a detour from the south side to sit down with Jason Narducy of Split Single at Electrical Audio up there in the Avondale neighborhood on the west side of the North Branch Chicago River.

Jason is a veteran of the Chicago music scene who has navigated a career of second acts that has allowed him the opportunities to celebrate his past, such as the return of his childhood punk band (Verböten), while looking forward to new creative endeavors his current band project (Split Single) opens up for him.

Tonight, Jason picks up the bass in the Bob Mould Band to start a tour that lands at Metro Chicago for two nights (4/25-26).

Here is our conversation with Jason and his pick “Need Your Love”.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cheap-tracks/id1616601241?i=1000701685494

03/24/2025

Fresh batch of goodies ready to ship!