Sweet Home Audio LLC

Since 1997

(Formerly, St. Cecilia Sound Gallery)

1581 Main Street • Dunedin, FL 34698

(727) 446-2505

info@sweethomeaudio.com

Sweet Home Audio       Newsletter 

       September 2010

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

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Special Deal - This month only - Save $300!

When we got our Boxers in, we set them up in our listening room with the very sweet Cayin A-50T tube integrated amp (16 wpc in Triode, 35 wpc in Ultralinear mode).  The sound was simply amazing.  This was such a great match, that we're offering a package deal this month with these two.  Buy the Nola Boxers and Cayin A-50T integrated amp together for just $2,595 (a savings of $300!)  To sweeten it even more, when you buy this package, we'll give you a very special deal on speaker cables and interconnects of your choice too. 

We respect the territories of other Nola and Cayin dealers, so you must be in an acceptable territory for us.  Call us (727) 446-2505).

The Boxer with its high sensitivity and easy impedance curve make it an ideal partner for this modestly powered tube integrated amp from Cayin.  The pair together produce a rich, textured, deep and natural sound that draws you in like nothing I've ever heard in this price range. 

See our August 2010 Newsletter for review excerpts on the amazing Boxer speakers from Nola: 

Click here:  August 2010 Newsletter

Here's a bit of the review of the Cayin A-50T from Stereophile:

"...the Cayin A-50T is competitive with many higher-powered, more expensive integrateds, both tube and solid-state, and its strengths rival those of many far more expensive tube separates I've heard. Finally, the 35Wpc A-50T behaves like an amplifier that puts out twice its rated power—or more. I strongly recommend that anyone considering spending up to $2000 on an integrated amplifier listen to the magic that the Cayin A-50T can produce." - Robert Reina, Stereophile

Get your order in!  These guys are selling faster than we can get them in here.

Call or email:  (727) 446-2505; sales@sweethomeaudio.com.

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• Here's the link to our new Demo, Used & Consignment page:  Click HERE

• Our Consignment policies and procedures:  Click HERE

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How do you get to Carnegie Hall?

Here's Ed Sapiega's latest edition of "Jazz, Man" for your edification and reading pleasure.

Jazz Artists - the art of improvisation

You don’t become a jazz musician by playing an instrument.

My introduction to jazz was though my local library's worn copy of Ahmad Jamal's LP “At the Pershing.” I was familiar with the tunes themselves but Ahmad kept moving notes around and toying with the melody.  And yet it was just perfect.  At the time I did not know that improvising was at the heart of jazz.

It seemed as if jazz improvisers played creatively, without rules or secret codes.  A naive and misguided thought.  Improvisation requires total command of one’s instrument, immersion in music, and familiarity with a large number of songs and lyrics and a large dose of creativity.

To master an instrument, it takes about 10,000 hours of practice or roughly five years if you approached it as a 40 hour per week job.   During that time one learns musical  terms such as notes, scales, time signatures, chords, measures, melody, rhythm, music theory and a whole bunch of Italian phrases along with their abbreviations.

Simultaneously, one learns and memorizes songs.  The underlying chords and changes feed the improvisation and the lyrics provide an emotional context.

So what’s the point?  After my six years of learning saxophone, diligently taking weekly lessons, and practicing for an hour when life didn’t require my attention elsewhere, I finally reached a point where I was shown a (the?) most basic form of improvising.  It was my first small glimpse into one basic jazz process.  And it is going to take a lot of practice to make it sound right. 

And jazz artists make it sound so natural and easy.  How long does it take to learn creativity? 

- Ed Sapiega

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The Price is Right

Sell your old gear on consignment and turn it into cash—money for you to spend. 

If you are in the market for home audio or home video gear and you're on a budget, buy from our Consignment Department.  We've got quality used A/V products on consignment at very attractive prices.

Consignment makes sense.  Buying or selling—either way you save.

Every month we add new items to the consignment list (see it at the end of this newsletter).  We even have music on consignment—CD's, LP's and even Laser Discs.

 Here, at the home of beautiful sound, we make it easy.

Click HERE to go to our NEW Demo, Used and Consignment page!

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We are frequently out of the shop helping customers at their homes and businesses.

So, please call before you come over.

Monday through Fridays, we do our best to keep regular hours here (see below times).

We are now available on Saturday and Sundays by appointment only.  We are usually able to accommodate your schedule, so give us a call and let's set up a time for you to come over and check out our shop and gear.

Our official schedule:

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

Saturday & Sunday by Appointment

Thank you for reading our newsletter and visiting our web site.

Call us at (727) 446-2505 if you have any questions.

If you can, come in and check out our shop.  You'll be glad you did.

~ Brian & Peggy Rovinsky

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