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The day has finally arrived! Our Sweet Home Audio On-Line Store is now open for business! Access our 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. Click the Link and you're there! We think you'll like it.

As you would expect from the home of beautiful sound, we have in our On-Line Store an extensive lineup of analog products—turntables, cartridges, phono preamps, record cleaning products and supplies. You can get your new turntable from us, knowing you're dealing with music lovers who actually know what they're talking about and who are expert at setting up and installing turntables as well as all the rest. We have a good number of products in our On-Line Store right now—a lot of analog equipment and a great selection of CD players, amps, integrated amps and loudspeakers.

This is just the beginning. We have thousands of products waiting to be posted—a very long list. We doubt we will ever get to the bottom of the list because we are constantly adding to it. But every day we post new products, so check back frequently. Expect the Sweet Home Audio On-Line Store to grow and improve through the weeks, months, and years to come.

You hands-on audio and video enthusiasts will want to frequent our On-Line Store—there you will find everything you'll need to install your own distributed audio/video system (including the tools). Yes, everything including bulk speaker wire, on-wall connections, volume control units for in-wall loudspeakers, indoor and outdoor speakers, and all the rest. And accessories galore!

You will see an extensive array of both home audio and home theater electronics, loudspeakers, and accessories to help make your home entertainment experience all that it should be.

Buy from us, and relax because you know we back every one of our products and we aren’t happy until you are. So go ahead, fine-tune and extract the maximum enjoyment from your home system with peace of mind.

You can place your order right on the web site (what a concept!) and your order will be shipped right to your front door.

[As always we will be at the shop and by the phone to answer your questions or help you in person.] And you can place your order knowing that we have the very finest in on-line payment security in place.

Our complete lineup of home audio and home theater products and services is available at our shop at 1290 S. Missouri Avenue in Clearwater, Florida. [Our On-Line Store presents many of the vendors and products that we sell, but certainly not all of them.]

In this age of easy access and convenience, finding a reliable resource of any kind can be a comfort. A "keeper" is the reliable resource that consistently provides useful information, excellent products and friendly customer service. And so with that in mind, we are pleased and excited to present to you our On-Line Store, another Sweet Home Audio resource.

Many of you will recall that at our old location we had thousands of used LPs in the store to flip through and purchase. But then we moved to our current, smaller location where we haven't had room for the LPs. Our customers wanted the LPs back and so did we. So we moved this and that and created enough space to put out a modest number of LPs; but it wasn't enough. So we got to work again and created even more space for LPs. We are happy to announce that we now have ten very full bins of good quality used vinyl for your perusal. So come on in, browse and take home some new old records!

Over the years we've had a number of our customers asking for a good, inexpensive means to convert their vinyl collection to their computer or CDs or iPod. Same goes for cassettes and VCR movie tapes. We've finally come across a brand—ION AUDIO— that is producing these exact products all at good quality and great prices.

Ion Audio USB turntables come with a built-in phono preamp and are bundled with EZ Vinyl Converter 2 software; they give you complete hassle-free digital recordings from your LPs. The USB turntables also come bundled with Audacity Software (for both PC and Mac) that will enable you to record the music without all of the pops and clicks and surface noise. What a great way to salvage your old records!

Ion TTUSB10 Advanced USB Turntable, Just $199.00 Ion VCR2PC VCR with USB Connection. A mere $249

Ion LP2CD USB Turntable with direct to CD Recording, $399 Ion LP Dock, USB Turntable with Universal iPod Dock, $249

In addition to being able to record your LPs to CD, iPod or computer, Ion offers an inexpensive product that will enable you to record your collection of VHS tapes to your computer. And your new digital movie format can be recorded to DVD from your computer. Simple! and only $299.95.

If you already have a turntable and cassette deck, the very affordable URECORD unit will let you hook up your turntable or cassette player through the device to your computer (no phono stage required - it's built in). Save your LP or cassette music collection to your computer, iPod or MP3 player and improve the sound in the process by removing vinyl or tape noise and pops with the supplied software. This little wonder is less than $60.

So, come on! Pull out your old LPs and cassettes and VHS tapes and enjoy them like never before.

It just keeps on getting better around here! We are (once again) thrilled to be able to bring to you a new line of loudspeakers that goes beyond the usual loudspeakers you find in most audio stores. The Bohlender-Graebener Corporation (known as BG Corp) is a Nevada based corporation. Yes, these speakers are made in the USA! BG Corp Z Series speakers are truly something different. Along with their dual 6 1/2" Neodymium Magnet woofers, these three-way speakers have the finest planar ribbon midrange and tweeter units around. They have a small footprint, narrow and unobtrusive, and yet produce prodigious bass to match the sweet, smooth, dynamic, fast, detailed and always musical planar ribbon mids and tweeter—you will like these speakers. And, if you're like so many of our customers who have to fit their loudspeakers into narrow spaces, you're going to love them (and so will your spouse!).

The Z-92 and Z-62 speakers pictured to the right are at the top of the Z Series but still are so reasonably priced that you won't believe your ears. The floor standing Z 92 goes for just $2,495 a pair and the Z-62 Center channel speaker is just $999. Stepping down a bit in size (but not so far in performance) is the Z-7 Floorstander (pictured below). It sells for just $999 a pair!! With its matching Center Channel speaker (Z-5, $399), the Z-1 bookshelf speakers ($599 a pair) and the Z-Sub (just $599), you can put together one seriously good 5.1 home theater speaker system that puts many much more expensive systems to shame.

Come on in and give the BGs a good listen. Bring your toughest CDs and take them for a ride.

“Their clarity and high-definition qualities present a clean, uncongested midrange presence and a high end that resolves details that otherwise go unnoticed in music and movie soundtracks.” Gary Altunian, About.com: Stereos

The BG speakers have been collecting awards from Stereophile Magazine, The Abso!ute Sound Magazine and a host of others. The Z-7 was selected as The Absolute Sound's "Affordable Loudspeaker of the Year" in 2004 and a number of the BG speakers have enjoyed "Recommended Component" listings in these magazines.

When the BG sales rep brought these speakers over for us to audition, I was sold in the first 2 minutes. The depth of the bass coupled with the speed, detail and air of the midrange and treble is intoxicating. No doubt about it, at their very affordable price points, these BG speakers will change the way you think about affordable loudspeakers. They will blow you away with their accuracy, transparency, smoothness, bass extension, high frequency air and sheen, and pure musicality. And if that doesn’t blow you away, the price will.

“The smoothness and composure of this star-quality tweeter is intoxicating and startling in its transparency, offering sonic excellence that easily surpasses the speaker's modest price.” Neil Gader, The Absolute Sound

We have the both the Z-92 and the Z-7 speakers here for you to audition. Before you spend big bucks on lesser speakers, find out just how much speaker you can buy for such a small price. Come in today! You’ll be glad you did.

We introduced the Usher BE-718 loudspeakers in our July 2008 newsletter. And we wanted you to know that these babies continue to amaze. The "Tiny Dancer" is performing here and delighting audiences daily. Do come in today to meet the "Tiny Dancer" and catch a stellar performance.

"If I were in the market for a stand mount these would be my first choice because, in this price class, I think a speaker that hits all its marks is difficult enough to find but one that is as engaging to listen to as the Usher BE-718 comes along only once in a blue moon." -- John Potis of Sixmoons.com

In our July 2008 newsletter we also introduced the Acoustic Zen Adagio Jr loudspeakers. And we must say responses have been nothing but standing ovations. These loudspeakers were real crowd pleasers right out of the box and they just keep on getting better and better. The Adagio Jr's grace any space beautifully. Come in today and catch a performance! You'll be glad you did.

"I was so amazed by the performance of the Adagios that I didn't hesitate to nominate them with a MOST WANTED COMPONENT AWARD." -- Craig Fitzpatrick, The Stereo Times

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 rate 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. 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); 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 Level 3, the fee is 40%.

Consignment Level 2—the same as Level Three, but you apply the proceeds of your full-service consignment sale to purchases here at Sweet Home Audio. For Consignment Level 2, the fee is 25%.

Consignment Level 1—the same as Level Two, but you keep the gear until it’s sold. We advertise and promote your used units, find a buyer and handle customer questions and the sale as usual. But once it’s sold, you deliver it to the buyer yourself. And we apply the net proceeds of the sale to your Sweet Home Audio account. For Consignment Level 1, the fee is 15%.

Arcam is truly the music first company from the

. They make some of the most musical receivers, integrated amps and CD players that you’ll find in the arena of affordable high-performance audio and AV gear. They’ve just introduced a number of new products and we’re closing out our existing demo units to make room! We have one left!

The P1000 is a 7 channel amp that delivers an honest 135 watts per channel into 8 ohm loudspeakers. That’s with all channels driven across the full audio spectrum at incredibly low distortion levels. This amp is virtually bullet-proof and sounds every bit as good with music as it does with the most challenging home theater production. This is a current production unit that sells for $2,499. We’re offering our demo unit (with full factory warranty) at the very excellent price of $1,799.

Demo & Sale Units
Brand	Model	Item Description		List Price	Sale Price

ARCAM	P1000	Arcam P1000 7 channel power amp		2,499.00	1799.00


Gallo	Dué Floor Stands	Gallo Floor Stands for Dué loudspeakers - each		165.00	99.00
	Ref SA Amp	Gallo Reference Sub Amp		990.00	790.00

JVC	RX-5060	Audio/Video 5.1 Receiver - less than 20 hours on it (new listing)		269.00	199.00

LSA	Model 2	Floor standing loudspeakers in beautiful Rosewood finish with rear firing tweeter (new listing)		2500.00	2100.00

Morel	NJ-70001,2,5-00	Morel Vario On-Wall Speaker System – (3 Gray units,2 white unites with gray subwoofer) (New Lower Price)		5970.00	3,970.00


Niles	Niles SI245	Niles SI245 stereo amplifier		475.00	275.00

Nola	Viper 1a	Floor standing, di-polar loudspeakers of exceptional quality and performance (new listing)		4,000.00	3,400.00

YBA	Remote	YBA Design System Remote (new lower price)		125.00	79.00
	YC 201	YBA Design YC 201 CD Player (new lower price)		1,649.00	1,099.00

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	279.00
	SS4	SS4 – Speaker Selector		109.00	89.00
Consignment Units
Brand Model			Item Description	List Price	Sale Price
Kenwood	KR-A47		Stereo Receiver	240.00	35.00
Toshiba	DVD SD-2900		DVD Player	450.00	40.00
Sharp	RT-W500		Dual Cassette Recorder	500.00	49.00
Kenwood	SW-500		Subwoofer - 220V unit with 120V converter	300.00	75.00
Epos	ELS Sub		ELS Subwoofer	799.00	499.00
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) (New lower price)	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) (New listing)	850.00	200.00

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Last modified: April 2, 2010