Since 1997
Brian Rovinsky, Owner
(Formerly, St. Cecilia Sound Gallery)
1290 S. Missouri St., Suite C • Clearwater, FL 33756-9183
(727) 446-2505
Email: info@sweethomeaudio.com
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Newsletter February 6, 2009
INSIDE
THIS ISSUE NEWS
STORE STANDARDS
SALE ITEMS
Performance is EVERYTHING (But CONVENIENCE ain't chopped liver)
INSTANT DIGITAL MEDIA ACCESS Escient's MX-111 Media Manager
Escient's FireBall MX-111 is the new standard for music and home theater source components. There is no better way to organize and access your movie and digital music collection. The MX-111 has a large 160GB hard drive. On it you can store over 450 hours of CD quality music or up to 2695 hours of MP3 quality music. Organize it to suit your needs and wants and display your entire DVD and digital music collection right on your big screen TV. Its DVD management gives you instant access to any DVD loaded into an external changer (specifically, the Sony DVP-CX777ES - holds 400 DVDs or CDs). With the new VISION series of Escient servers, you can store your DVDs right on the unit's hard drive. Here are a few of the DVD management features that you'll get with the MX-111: DVD Management Features
Not so much into movies but want to gain control and access to your huge collection of digital music? Here are some of the key features of the MX-111 for music. Music Server Features
Here's some more cool stuff you get with this unit
If all of that doesn't get you excited how about this—you get all of this in the MX-111 for just $1,999! Here are a few screen shots:
We are setting this unit up in our shop so you can see firsthand what it does and how it sounds! Come on in for a demonstration!
New from cary audio design Xciter Series
Just introduced by Cary, the all new Xciter stereo amp and DAC have got us very Xcited! The integrated amp was designed specifically for a desktop small room or office system. It gives you a pure Class A triode headphone/loudspeaker amplifier. It has three selectable inputs with dual subwoofer outputs. It has motorized remote volume control and muting. And it has an auto-bias circuit too. It will accommodate a wide range of power tubes. It delivers 5 wpc with the stock 6L6 tubes (and 10 wpc with KT 88s). You'll be amazed at how many speakers will actually work with this amp. And, of course, it comes with the legendary Cary sound—sweet, musical, dynamic and always engaging. The perfect match is the new Xciter DAC. Matching the compact size of the Integrated amp, it is a 192kHz/32 Bit DAC featuring proprietary devices designed specifically for Cary by National Semiconductor. It will accept your computer based music through its USB input. Or you can improve the sound of your CD player by feeding its digital outs to the Xciter. The front panel has LED's that indicate the sample rate of the incoming signal up to 192kHz. The Xciter Integrated amp goes for $2750 and the awesome DAC is just $1500.
Special OFFER Gallo Acoustics 5.1 Systems You can still get 15% off Micro or A'Diva 5.1 speaker systems (including the Ti versions), but you've got to act FAST. This special offer ends February 28, 2009. Gallo Acoustics 5.1 Systems are one of our bestsellers. For a reason! You'll be amazed that so much beautiful sound is coming out of these so very small loudspeakers. These excellent speakers are perfect for the small home theater room.
Micro Ti 5.1 with TR-1 Sub ● Regular price $1599 ● Sale price $1359 A'Diva 5.1 with TR-1 Sub ● Regular price $1629 ● Sale price $1385 A'Diva Ti 5.1 with TR-3 Sub ● Regular price $2544 ● Sale price $2162 Oh Boy!
OLD IS NEW Consignments Sell
Buying used is a consumer trend gaining popularity. Though trends are just that, trends, this one speaks loudly to a renewed focus on high value and getting the most out of your dollars. If this speaks to your sensibilities, you might want to sell your home audio gear with us and buy consigned gear from us. We make it easy.
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 attractive and ever expanding list of consignment items every month. 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!
Consignment sales have been HOT! If you're buying or selling, call or send us an email!
Thank you for reading our newsletter and visiting our web site! If you get a chance, come in and check out our shop. We'll be glad to see you!
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Micro
5.1 with TR-1 Sub ● Regular price $1329
● Sale price $1129
