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New Speakers Have Just Arrived! Zu
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those of you who heard and loved the Avantgardes but couldn’t see ever affording
them, the Druid is a “workingman’s” equivalent. Bring in your favorite
vocal CD and prepare to be amazed! Computer
Music: Decco Most of our customers are saving at least SOME of their music on their computers. This is often the main source of music in the Home Office or Den. Sometimes this is a working office. Sometimes this is just where your wife banishes you to go so she doesn’t have to hear the music you want to play, at the volume you want to play it! Up to now, folks have pretty much used the analog out of the computer into whatever old receiver was lying around in the basement, along with the companion speakers. After all, computer files sound lousy, right? Well, they don’t have to! We hope you’ve saved your music in uncompressed form. With the reasonably priced memory available today, you should save your music without compromise. But even if you HAVE compressed it down to 128, it is still salvageable! Enter the Decco. Decco is a new product made primarily for folks who want great sound in a home office where the computer or modest CD player is your source of music. The Decco is an integrated amplifier (50 w/ch) made for an audiophile. It runs $800 in black, $900 in cherry or rosewood. It features: Built in Scott Nixon DAC, with USB, Coax & OPT digital Inputs. It has two analog inputs. It has a 6922 tube in the preamp section. It has remote control. It has one of the best headphone amps on the market- built in, ¼” jack. It has a preamp output in case you want to add a sub or muscle up. It has a 6dB boost EQ switch at 50 Hz to warm up small speakers. It has top quality binding posts for your speakers. At 50 w/ch the Decco sounds robust! With the warmth of the tube in the preamp section and an extremely high quality DAC, you’ll be impressed with what the Decco can do for your computer music or a modest CD player running digital out. It’s so good you’ll be able to justify better speakers! Since you probably spend a fair amount of time in this room, maybe even more than where you have your hifi or surround system, treat yourself to better sound! Visteon HD Table Radio $200
In
We’ve heard a few poor table radios made out of injection molded
plastic. No thanks. Why bother with HD radio if the speakers sound like Dixie Cups? The
Visteon is a nice step up- except for the name on the unit, it’s a
The Visteon is made in the same factory HD Radio also works for the AM stations like WISN and WTMJ that broadcast in HD. The sound is markedly better. Listening to the Brewers or talk radio that sounds like CLEAR FM is a pleasure. Ingrid Fliter Plays Chopin The Gilmore Award is given every four years to a performer who doesn’t even know he is competing! The jury travels the world judging performers without them even knowing it. Then one day, it is announced that someone has won! The last someone is Argentinean pianist Ingrid Fliter. She has just released her first EMI Chopin recording- of Sonata #3, Ballade #4, along with 3 Mazurkas, 3 Waltzes, a Grande Valse & a Barcarolle. With great sound and the cleanest playing you’ll hear! |