Sweet Home Audio LLC

Since 1997

(Formerly, St. Cecilia Sound Gallery)

1581 Main Street • Dunedin, FL 34698

(727) 446-2505

info@sweethomeaudio.com

 

 

 

   

                

          Newsletter 

December 3, 2008

1290 S. Missouri Ave., Suite C, Clearwater, FL 33756; web: www.sweethomeaudio.com

  INSIDE THIS ISSUE

  NEWSNEWSNEWSNEWS

  • Happy Holidays!  Our Gift to You

  • Turntables on Parade — Revival Extended

  • Music Hall TurntablesSpecial Deals

  • NEW:  BG Radia BGX-4850 In-Wall Subwoofer System

  • Thorens Turntable Special Sale

  STORE STANDARDS

  • Store Hours

  • Shop On-Line

  • Consignment Department

SALE ITEMSSALE ITEMSSALE ITEMSSALE ITEMS

  • Premier Demo Gear—PRIVATE SALE

  • UPDATED Used, Demo & Consignment Gear List

 

Special  Deals on Cables & Accessories!
See our updated list of

 

 

 

Our Gift to You SPECIAL FINANCING

 

We hope you are having the best Holiday Season ever!  Ours is especially sweet this year.  Here at the home of beautiful sound, we are keeping it joyous, with music produced with Analog, of course.  Quite in addition to celebrating our favorite traditions this Holiday Season, we are also celebrating Analog and featuring it in this holiday newsletter.

To help make this Holiday Season sweet for you, our gift to you is Special Financing.  Put your new turntable or any of the fine products that we offer in your home this month and pay nothing for 12 months or how about 24 months to pay!  Here are the particulars.

Throughout December 2008, you can get special terms on all new product purchases:

Buy any new product and use your Sweet Home Audio credit card (10 minute in-store application process) and get your choice of either

24 months, no interest or

12 months, no payments, no interest.

For a complete listing of all our brands, visit our "Products" page.  While there, be sure to check out the large variety of turntables, tonearms, cartridges, phono stages and analog accessories.

These terms are valid for new products only.  Other discounts do not apply.

Keep in mind that we have in our shop a number of premier demonstration units that are discounted even more.  Call or come in for specific availability and pricing on a nice variety of Premier demo units.  Call (727) 446-2505 or email us at sales@sweethomeaudio.com for the details.

Some Demo items on sale (including lots of cables and accessories) are listed at the end of this newsletter; as are our ever-popular Used and Consignment items.

Turntable Revival - Extended through December

We're seeing a steady parade of turntables through the shop and we want to see more!  So we're extending our Turntable Revival special.

A basic turntable tune-up includes a thorough cleaning, lubrication, and tonearm & cartridge setup.  We check out your cartridge and give the stylus a good cleaning.  We then test and tweak it until it sounds as good as it can.  In most cases, we can get all of this done in just one hour.

Bring your old turntable in and we'll make it sing at just half our normal bench service fee rate.  That's right, for $47.50 per hour of labor, we can get your turntable running like new again.  Revive your turntable in time for the Holiday Season!  It's still a great deal!  Bring us your turntable today!

 

 

 

 

Vinyl Sale - Final Month

While the LP's are flying out the door, we're making sure the bins stay full.  We have extended the 25% Off Vinyl Sale through December 2008.  This is the final month at these prices.  That's 25% off every LP!  Come in, load up, and save a bundle!  See you soon!

 

 

Music Hall Turntables

The Magic of VinylAffordable Excellence

Roy Hall of Music Hall wants your vinyl playback to be fun and easy.  All of his turntables come as close to plug-and-play as is possible with a high performance analog rig.  Bundled with perfectly matched cartridges from Goldring and Tonearms from Pro-ject, these super high value turntables sound as good or better than turntable systems costing much more.  As I said, high value! 

This month, we're featuring these wonderful Music Hall turntable systems just in time for Christmas.  During December, buy any Music Hall turntable, use your Sweet Home Audio credit card (10 minute in-store application process) and take a full 24 months to pay for your new turntable and pay no interest!  To sweeten this even more, we'll give you 15% off on all LP accessories and record cleaning supplies with your turntable purchase (record cleaning brushes and fluids, LP sleeves and liners and stylus cleaners).

        

         Music Hall MMF-9.1   $2,195                                      Music Hall MMF-5.1SE  $1,095 (5.1 is $875)

 

 "The warmth, the unforced resolution, the deep tonal color were all there, along with more inherent beauty than just about any digital gear I've heard." "Analog playback has…depth, and the MMF 5.1 SE revealed it." "If all of the fine points of turntable setup are not your bag, the MMF 5.1SE is for you, as you can literally have this turntable playing music ten minutes after it arrives. On the other hand, if you enjoy futzing with your analog setup to discover the last molecule of ting from a triangle strike, the MMF 5.1SE supports it."  Reviewed by SoundStage!

 
         

                    Music Hall MMF-7.1   $1,495                       Bellari VP130 Tube phono stage  $250                                                                                                                    

Really, Vinyl simply sounds better!  You are going to like what you hear.

 

 

 Award Winning Performance

 

Thorens has been building state-of-the-art turntables longer than anyone.  For more than a century, Thorens has been one of the world's leading turntable manufacturers. Thorens is known worldwide for their legendary reliability. To the delight of discerning listeners all over the globe, literally thousands of these well-known masterpieces are still playing music decades later. Thorens effectively marries modern technology with time-honored tradition.

Sweet Home Audio, the home of beautiful sound, is proud to be your Authorized Dealer in this area for the complete (and very extensive!) Thorens line up of analog products.

       

 

        

 

  

 

  

These are a few of the extraordinary turntables now available from Thorens.  With tonearm, color, style and performance options, the line up is truly amazing.  Ranging from the very modestly priced S TD-158 at just $449, the line goes all the way up to their flag ship system, the S TD550 with SME 309 tonearm for $13,000, and includes 23 models in between. Thorens covers all the bases offering the most traditional of looks to the most modern, all of these units deliver the finest music the most discriminating music lover could ask for. 

As with all new products this month, use your Sweet Home Audio credit card and choose 24 months to pay at zero interest or take 12 months to pay with no payments due and no interest for a full 12 months, plus you get 15% off all analog accessories!

 

And For Something Completely Different:

THX Ultra 2 In-Wall Subwoofers from BG Radia

2200 watt amp and four (4!) of Radia BFX-4850 Subs ─ Need an unobtrusive Subwoofer System that Produces a HUGE Sound?  

The first THX Ultra 2 certified in-wall subwoofer system

The finest design and engineering technology ever offered in an architectural subwoofer, the new BGX-4850 In-Wall subwoofer system combines four (or two, for smaller rooms) BGX-4850 in-wall drive units with a powerful 2200 watt stereo amplifier with exceptional DSP equalization, phase and crossover control. Ideally suited for either lifelike home theater or critical music listening, the BFX-4850 is elegantly unobtrusive yet awesome in its impact. It may be used with other high performance in-wall loudspeakers as a no holds barred subwoofer system.

Only the grills of these BFX-4850 Subwoofers extend into your room (about 1 inch).  They fit perfectly between standard wall studs and come with a full grill cover for retro-fit installations or the very elegant 8" grill for new construction.  Each module contains twelve 4" long-throw woofers with each facing pair configured to cancel the mechanical vibrations of the system.  This system gives you thunderous bass without vibrating your walls or sending unwanted bass into the adjoining rooms. 

Each subwoofer module is self-contained and does not rely on the wall cavity or back boxes.  This delivers the best possible performance with consistent results.  The 48 woofers in the system have a total radiating area equivalent to two 18" woofers.  Huge!

The system is so flexible that your can even use it in the room: on the wall, free standing, under a couch or bed, behind a curtain, anywhere you want!  The small woofers are fast and detailed beyond any subwoofer you've ever heard.

They connect to their own dedicated 1100 wpc power amp with built-in DSP adjustments for equalization, variable electronic crossover and phase control.  The amp sits back with the rest of your gear with speaker cables running from the amp to the subs.  The amp connects to your preamplifier outputs or your AV Receiver's subwoofer output.

Okay, this is not an inexpensive system.  The four subwoofer modules and the power amp go for $6,995.  But if you're putting together a no-holds-barred home theater system or two-channel music system and you want tremendous bass but don't want gargantuan subwoofers sitting in your room, this sub system will deliver earth-shaking bass into your listening room without vibrating the walls they're mounted in and without taking up but 1 inch of room space!  For smaller rooms, this system is available with two sub modules and the DSP amp for just $3,995.  Call us today!

 

See Our Updated List of
Used & Consignment Items!

 

STORE HOURS

Six and sometimes seven days a week, we are here. 

Our official schedule:

 

Monday thru Friday:        10:30 AM to 5:30 PM

Saturday:                          10:30 AM to 3:30 PM

Sunday:                             By Appointment

 

Shop On-Line

Access our Sweet Home Audio On-Line Store from our HOME page (www.sweethomeaudio.com) where a click on the "On-Line Store" tab will take you to the Intro page and Link for the On-Line Store.  We've been busily adding new products and information to the site.  We have so much more to add, but we're moving closer to having all shelves full.

 

Consignment Department

We've gotten a LOT of interest in our consignment department since we announced the "levels" that we now offer.  You can look forward to an expanded used and consignment department as the used products roll in.  To reiterate our consignment policy, here are the particulars:  

At consignment businesses, consignment fees typically run as high as 50% and 60%.  But we have kept ours at 40% for years. 

CONSIGNMENT OPTION 1

This is full-service consignment.  Full service means we display, advertise, present and demonstrate your gear, just as we do our own new gear.  We handle any customer inquiries (send them pictures, specs and other relevant information) and find a buyer; we process the payment and deliver the gear to the buyer; we handle after-purchase questions and issues and mail you a check for the net proceeds from the sale.  For full-service consignment, Consignment Option 1, the fee is 40%. 

CONSIGNMENT OPTION 2

Consignment Level 2 is the same as Level 1, but you keep the gear until it’s sold.  We advertise and promote your gear, handle customer inquiries (send them pictures, specs and other relevant information), find a buyer and handle the sale.  But once it’s sold, you deliver the item to the buyer yourself.  We send you a check for your net proceeds from the sale.  For Consignment Option 2, the fee is 25%.

Increase Your Proceeds by 10%:  This is simple.  If you leave your proceeds from the sale on account with us to apply to your own product purchases here at Sweet Home Audio, we reduce our consignment fee by 10%.  So, our fee becomes 30% (down from 40%) for full-service consignment, OR it becomes 15% (down from 25%) for consignment sales where you handle the delivery to the customer.

IMPORTANT NOTE:  When we sell a used item, we do our very best to represent the product exactly as it is.  This is very important!  One of our most critical operating principles is that "we deliver what we promise."  This is not just a slogan for us but the way we actually operate.  When we have the used item here in our store, we can verify the operational status and physical condition of the products.  When we don't, we try to get pictures and other information about the items so that we gain confidence that the product is as stated.  In these cases, we also delay payment until the buying customer has received the item and verified that it truly is as promised. 

Existing agreements:  Needless to say (but here it is anyway!), all current consignments that we now have will continue under whatever agreement was made at the time of the consignment.  The above Consignment Levels apply to all new consignments.  Of course, our policy to deliver what we promise applies to everything we do. 

To the very many of you who place your used AV gear with us to sell and to the very many of you who look to us for quality used AV products, we give you a very hearty THANK YOU!

Now it is easier than ever to turn your old gear into cash!  Call us today!

 

Premier Demo GearPrivate Sale

Some Units at a Close-out Price!

We have an excellent selection from Cary Audio, Conrad-Johnson, Adcom, Nola Speakers, Usher Audio, Gallo Acoustics, Jaton Audio and more.  Some units have to be turned over for fresh stock and so we have them on sale (but NOT listed below).  If you are interested in a great deal on a demo unit in one of our premier audio lines, give us a call.  [Note: we sell these premier lines only to our local customers and to our non-local customers who do not have an authorized dealer for these products in their area.]

 

 

   

 

 

 

Demonstration Units, Used and Consignment Items

      

Demo & Sale Units

 

 

       Brand

      Model

                    Item Description

 List Price

Sale Price

         

  ARCAM

P1000

Arcam P1000 7 channel power amp

2499.00

1799.00

         
  Fatman iTube w/speakers Tube hybrid integrated amp and remote controlled iPod docking station with piano black speakers

649.00

449.00

 

 

 

 

 

  Gallo

Dué Floor Stands

Gallo Floor Stands for Dué loudspeakers - each

165.00

99.00

 

Ref SA Amp

Gallo Reference Sub Amp

999.00

779.00

         
   JVC RX-5060 Audio/Video 5.1 Receiver - less than 20 hours on it 269.00 129.00
         
   LSA Model 2 Floor standing loudspeakers in beautiful Rosewood finish with rear firing tweeter 2500.00 1990.00
         

  Morel

NJ-70001,2,5-00

Morel Vario On-Wall Speaker System – (3 Gray units,2 white units with gray subwoofer) (Price is for each unit) - Outstanding sound quality!!

995.00

595.00

 

 

 

 

 

  Niles

Niles SI245

Niles SI245 stereo amplifier

475.00

275.00

 

 

 

 

 

  YBA

YC 201

YBA Design YC 201 CD Player with remote

1774.00

1374.00

 

 

 

 

 

  Sonus Systems

Excel

Sonus Excel Audio Rack

599.00

399.00

 

 

 

 

 

  Plateau

CR-2V

Plateau AV Rack

320.00

199.00

 

DA-6A

Plateau AV Rack

380.00

259.00

 

Z-5A

Plateau AV Rack

310.00

199.00

         

 Sonance

 SS4VC

SS4VC - Speaker Selector w/Volume

329.00

259.00

 

 SS4

SS4 – Speaker Selector

109.00

89.00

         
         

 

Cable & Accessory Sale

 

 

        Brand                                     Model

                       Item Description

 List Price

Sale Price

Acoustic Research Wireless Speaker System 900mHz Stereo Wireless Speaker System - demo 299.99 149.99
Alpha-Core Goertz Micro Purl Silver Balanced (XLR) Silver Interconnect - 1.5 meter, New 208.00 128.00
Alpha-Core Goertz Tourmaline RCA RCA Copper Interconnects - 4 meters 209.00 129.00
Alpha-Core Goertz Triode Quartz RCA Pure Silver Flat Interconnects - 6 meters 750.00 359.00
Audience Maestro RCA RCA Interconnects - 1.5 meters 325.00 229.00
Audience Conductor XLR Balanced Interconnects -1.5 meters 336.00 239.00
Audience Conductor XLR Balanced Interconnects - 2.5 meters 357.00 259.00
Audience Maestro RCA RCA Interconnects - 2.5 meters 393.00 299.00
Audience Conductor Bi-wire Bi-Wire Speaker Cables - 2 meters 564.00 429.00
Audience Au24 XLR Balanced Interconnects - 1 meter 975.00 675.00
Audience Au24 XLR Balanced Interconnects - 2.5 meter 1982.00 1275.00
BDR Pyramid Cones Black Diamond Racing Isolation Cones - Model 3 or Model 4 available 20.00 16.95
Harmonic Tech CyberLink Silver Silver Coax Digital Cable - 1 meter 199.00 159.00
Harmonic Tech Precision Link RCA Interconnect - 3 meters 239.00 189.00
Harmonic Tech HarmonyWave Speaker Cable - 8 ft. 249.00 199.00
Harmonic Tech Pro-AC11 Power Cord - 2 meters 260.00 209.00
Harmonic Tech Silver Component Silver Component Video Cable - 2 meters 279.00 209.00
Harmonic Tech Fantasy Center Single Speaker Cable for Center Channel - 10 ft. 280.00 224.00
Home Theater Master Remote Programmable universal hand held remote control 350.00 179.00
SoundString Alpha Non-Shield Balanced, Non-Shielded Interconnect - 6 ft. 476.00 380.00
SoundString Omega Pro-Line RCA, Shielded Interconnect - 3 ft/ 488.00 390.00
SoundString Tricormaxial Power Cord - 3 ft. 530.00 424.00
SoundString Omega Pro-Line Balanced, Shielded Interconnect - 3 ft. 532.00 425.00
SoundString Omega Pro-Line RCA, Shielded Interconnect - 6 ft. 548.00 438.00
SoundString Omega Pro-Line Balanced, Shielded Interconnect - 6 ft. 594.00 475.00
SoundString Tricormaxial Power Cord - 6 ft. 678.00 542.00
Tara Labs Prism Omni 2 Speaker Cable - 8 ft. 144.00 119.00
Tara Labs Prism Helix 6 Speaker Cable - 4 meters 272.00 219.00
Tara Labs Prism Helix 8 Speaker Cable - 8 ft. 280.00 221.00
Tubes-Cary Audio 300B Triode Tubes 300B SET Vacuum Tubes, matched pair - New in Box 400.00 349.00
Tubes-Cetron 300B Triode Tubes 300B SET Vacuum Tubes, matched pair - New in Box 530.00 325.00
Tubes-KR 300B Triode Tubes 300B SET Vacuum Tubes, matched pair - New in Box 560.00 489.00
Tubes-Sophia (TJ) 300B Triode Tubes 300B SET Vacuum Tubes, matched pair - New in Box 400.00 350.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consignment Units

 

 

        Brand                                     Model

                    Item Description

 List Price

Sale Price

Thor Audio TPA-30 Tube mono block amps w/XLR input - world class performance!  30wpc, EL34 tube amps 10090.00 4500.00
Conrad-johnson MV-50 Classic Tube Stereo power amp 1685.00 695.00
Conrad-johnson PV-5 Classic Tube Stereo Preamp with phono 1485.00 595.00
Nola Lotus Elite Exceptional di-pole high performance loudspeakers - Cherry wood finish 4995.00 2699.00
Audio Research Classic 150 Tube amps All tube Classic 150 Mono Block Power amps - great condition 5500.00 3995.00
Chang LightSpeed CLS 3200 Power conditioner 325.00 175.00
Esoteric RCA Interconnect High performance RCA Interconnect - 1 meter 150.00 85.00
Transparent Super XL Music Link Super XL RCA Interconnect - 1.5 meter 1050.00 500.00
Harmonic Tech Truth-Link Silver Silver/Copper high performance Interconnect - 1 meter 350.00 200.00
Marantz 2215-B Classic Stereo Receiver 250.00 75.00
VPI/Rega/Madrigal HW-19Jr/RB250/Carnegie Beautiful  shape!  VPI HW-19 jr turntable with Rega tonearm & Madrigal Carnegie MC cartridge 1945.00 825.00
Sonic Frontiers SFP-1 All tube MM & MC phono stage - excellent! 1995.00 900.00
LP Set Sealed 1980 Vintage LPs Edith Piaf - 14 LP set, 1946-1963 L'integrale de ses Enregistrements - Rare and exceptional SEALED   160.00
Audioplex Tech ISV-1  Line Level volume attenuators (3 of them - price is for each unit) 125.00 45.00
Lafayette SQR 40 Quadraphonic Receiver with built-in 8-track cassette player - VERY RARE 500.00 50.00
Rotel RCD-865BX Stereo CD Player 600.00 95.00
Sony TC-FX600 Stereo Cassette Recorder 350.00 45.00
Audioquest Midnight Bi-wire Audioquest Midnight Bi-Wire speaker cable - 5 meter pair 695.00 195.00
Transparent Ref Video Cable Transparent Audio Reference Component Video Cable 1.5m 1580.00 200.00
PS Audio LAB AC Power PS Audio LAB AC Power Cable - 3ft (3 units available) 399.00 125.00
PS Audio LAB AC Power PS Audio LAB AC Power Cable - 6ft 499.00 175.00
PS Audio Ultimate Outlet PS Audio Ultimate Outlet - power connector 299.00 99.00
Theta DSP Pro Gen III Theta Audio DSP Pro Generation III DAC - great unit! 4000.00 895.00
Vans Evers Model 82 PLC Vans Evers Model 82 power line conditioner with custom two into one power cord 1050.00 250.00
Hafler  9180 Hafler Stereo Power amp (looks and sounds great!) 750.00 249.00
Niles HDL-4 Niles HDL-4 speaker selector - selects from 4 pair of speakers 129.00 69.00
Aurios Classic Bearings Aurios Classis Media Isolation Bearings - set of 2 199.00 89.00
Versalab Red Rollers RFI filters for interconnects (original box, per pair - 6 pair available) 135.00 69.00
Versalab Blue Flat Rollers RFI filters for interconnects (original box, per pair - 1 pair available) 165.00 79.00
Versalab Wood Block Duplex Power filters, 1 IEC female to duplex outlet (2 units available) 250.00 109.00
Versalab Ground Block Ground RFI Filter for Turntable Ground wiree) 85.00 39.00
Shunyata Hydra - H-6 Shunyata Hydra 6 outlet power conditioner 1295.00 745.00
Vibraplane 2210 Passive Vibration-free platform (24"x20") includes air pump to inflate (155 pounds!) 1850.00 500.00
ASC Tube Trap Acoustic Tube Trap - 4' tall by 16" diameter tube (2 units available) 638.00 319.00
BDR Source Shelf Black Diamond Racing carbon fiber shelf for sources - 18" x 14" x1.5" 750.00 350.00
BDR Cones Black Diamond Racing carbon fiber Cones - 1 #3, 1 #4, 4 unmarked - price is for each cone 20.00 11.00
Acoustic Systems Resonators - Basic Room Treatment products - produce subtle overtones which define the sound color - Straight & fast. 200.00 100.00
Acoustic Systems Resonators - Silver Room Treatment products - produce subtle overtones which define the sound color - Light, open & Airy 450.00 225.00
Acoustic Systems Resonators - Gold Room Treatment products - produce subtle overtones which define the sound color - Rich & bright 900.00 450.00
Cable Elevators Ceramic Cable Elevators Elevators raise cables off of the floor enhancing audio performance - Box of 8, like new 160.00 80.00
BPT CPC BPT Clear Power Center - 10 outlets 349.00 179.00
Mana Acoustic Shelf Mana Acoustic Single Shelf (20" x 19") (2 available) 325.00 145.00
Marigo Audio Sig 3-D Stabilizer Signature 3-D Stabilizer for CD/DVD/HD 200.00 99.00
MIT MI-330 Plus IC MIT MI-330 Plus RCA interconnects - 1 meter 350.00 150.00
MIT MH-770 CV Terminator Twin MIT MH-770 CV Terminator Twin Loudspeaker cables - OUTSTANDING 2500.00 899.00
MIT Z Cord II MIT Z Cord II Power Cord - 2 meters 299.00 129.00
Cinepro PowerPro 30 Heavy duty power conditioner 2000.00 895.00
JVC JRS 301 Stereo Receiver 500.00 70.00
Sansui A-1100 Stereo Receiver 300.00 60.00
Kenwood KR-A47 Stereo Receiver

240.00

35.00

Onkyo T-4010 Am/FM Tuner

250.00

60.00

Sharp RT-W500 Dual Cassette Recorder

500.00

49.00

Kenwood SW-500 Subwoofer - 220V unit with 120V converter

300.00

75.00

Focal

Cub

Focal Cub powered Subwoofer

450.00

150.00

Benjamin Miracord ELAC 50HII Turntable with dustcover and cartridge

300.00

125.00

Direct TV

 HR10-250

HR10-250 Gigabyte DVR  

699.00

235.00

Sony

 HD 200

HD 200 Sat Satellite receiver

799.00

200.00

Sony

TA-E2000ESD

Super flexible pre/processor w/remote

1400.00

249.00

Phillips

 TiVo

TiVo 40616 DVR

350.00

50.00

RingMat 330 MK XLR Turntable platter mat

95.00

55.00

Pioneer Elite

 PDF107

PDF107 100 disc CD Changer

800.00

150.00

BDI

 5-shelf

5-shelf Equip Rack (2 avail - price each) 

795.00

300.00

Sansui SF2 Omni-Radial Sound Field Speaker System - Omni-directional rear loud speaker - floor standing (look like living room end tables)  850.00 200.00
Yamaha T-70 AM/FM Tuner 370.00 99.00

 

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