Mid June already June 14th.
Times flies. Our bargains web page will be taken off in case you missed reading about this. It will return back when I return later this summer. I will try to be aware of my emails for the remainder of the month of June. Expect some delays in response time.
Let me take the time to wish you all a safe and happy summer with your family and music. That’s what I am wishing for all of you, folks. I intend to do the same with my wife, son and I.
See you all soon enough, folks. Taje care.
OUR BARGAINS PAGE IS PICKING UP SUBSTANTIALLY. Just stating facts so if they are written red, these are sold. Secondly, I await the confirmation of sales on about 8 or so pieces , soId items will not update in red until I actually know if they are sold. Also, I will add more inventory still that has not seen the light of day on this bargains page. So it goes that I will remove said page this July when most of us are on vacation.
Bryston Gear: Finally, our Bryston floor gear is all in and will again commence burn in. Should not take too much time. Once there, and once summer is behind us, then it will be time to start the sales process. Thanks for your patience, folks.
Time off for a week in late June and a for the month of July.
This time off will be clearly laid out on our home page. July is the month most of our clients take off. Why we will take that month off. Exact info will be forthcoming vary soon folks. Thanks btw.
Changes out there
CHANGES OUT THERE.
I PROMISED MYSELF I would not write any articles like the following… but here I am, a last time I believe.
Coming back from a delivery downtown on a Sunday morning, I noticed nothing had really changed since Dec 19th 2019. As my son drove our truck, I witnessed shops that had closed when the pandemic started way back, had not come back , small to large locations that were rented to banks. A few people were walking about on this rather nice Sunday late morning. However, some folks were injecting drugs into their arms out in the open. The contrast with the sunlight was the bleak reality of where we are even in our capital city.
This made me think that no wonder we’re seeing what we are, let’s say even worse in the market area. For us older business types, I’m pretty sure there are 3 that are counting their days before this walk off into the sunset. Add to this , our suppliers are being bought off by conglomerates, which is another thing. If this isn’t so, then what about mystery cash flowing into new retailers, Ottawa is not immune from this . When these guys disappear, they are gone with any of their responsibilities to their clients. Why would any retailer get into this business when day in, day out, suppliers will choose a bigger pay check even if it’s a few times only. Look at what happened to Sim Audio, a few years ago. How about Naim not that long ago.
This environment does not instill confidence, when you know your rightful line up cannot be trusted. I saw the same things in Montreal but much worse about 3 years ago. The void and the chaos that will lead to, will make it a bad argument in staying on when no trust can be found after hands are shook after the deal is worked out. I know of 3 retailers that are close to closing down and retiring. This should be no surprise. In the 35 years I’ve been at this with my crew, it was a rather nice ride. We were very lucky. But as I witnessed this reality on Bank Street and a few more streets, I think those days are over. Anybody who was part of those great happy days, will have lost this happy feeling. We’ve started this pandemic experience 6.5 years ago. I truly doubt that many of the old timers would want to continue. As I wait to retire as my wife is close to doing in less than 2 years, I am here to stay for now. I will not be the only one to eventually leave.
I will not get to having worked on these milestones that are memory-based… like 1,500 Linn LP 12’s, may get to 37 years of existence. We’ll see mates. Somewhere along our business journey, I think we should be able to demand having a bit of fun. I admit those realities are getting a bit difficult mates. It still was a great over 35-some-odd years serving you folks. Stay safe and happy listening.
Quick facts
Just in case it was missed, we will be enjoying mostly our summer off, and will be slow to respond starting in July. Our bargains page will go MIA at that time… for about 2 months. We will see you again at summers end. Enjoy your families and summer fella’s!
Stay safe.
Here we go again…
Sorry I had quite the fiasco with my back issues. I am feverishly catching up with my work load. One of the things that I am catching up on is updating my Clearance page . In fact, this web page will see 2 new things… A lot of gear that has never seen the day on our website.
Secondly, with my medical issues that have been no fun to endure, it has become important that I reduce the prices that had never been had so low before. Read the notes above the list; a great many of the components are being given away quite literally , some drastically. Of course I need room in my home. My wife is wearing thin on me; I still get the evil eye after 45 years together because of this thing. I can’t blame her. I have uploaded a massive dump load of gear. Scary part is, I still have more.
This is usually not a good time to sell this mid spring, so if it turns out I’m right again, and will remove list and place it later in the year. Sorry for disappearing, but the circumstances gave me no way out. It was rough, but I’m back guys. Thanks for reading.
I’m here folks!
I am now available to accepting work on the turntables we have sold you, and or Linn LP 12’s. Further, my sound room is available to show or demonstrate any and all new gear we have added to in our shop. Our Clearance page will be deleted, then updated very soon and placed back on our shorter and sweeter website.
Lastly, we’ll be available more so than before, as we’re clearly behind the 8 ball. Take care folks.
Nu prime
I am having a ball with Nu Prime. These folks are very active. Ordered several levels of gear, including level 9 line up. Gad, having ball, and it’s been a long time since I have had this much fun. For those folks that like Lumin, by default, you might like this line up more, I’m just saying.
They go in deeper in their offerings! I’ve just ordered a few NP components, for myself. I had already ordered quite a bit. That say’s something when the shop owners buy their line up for themselves. Sleek, different finishes, cutting edge technology, extremely music and all have crystal clear silence or back ground noise, for me NP becomes very easy to love, then there is that sound which is at a different level entirely. More so than any other brand. Don’t take my word for it.
We have sources for Streamers, DAC’s, all in ones, power amps, preamps, integrates etc etc. The STA 9 amp, will stab you in the heart. Then there is the power of those Marvelous things. They equally have the STA 100, a power amp for 800.00 USD, I have my own, a 100 wpc at 8 ohms’ and 150 wpc at 4 ohms’… damn thing is actually a beautiful thing too look at. This STA 100 plays insanely well on Chamber music, even Symphonic music scape’s by with it’s quite powerful 150 wpc. Your silly dealer has over 20 NP products, that’s a lot. I suppose, get these while their hot fella’s.
I have equally noticed that our floor models of Pro-Acs sing very well with our NP line up. I’ve tried several pairs Go figure, but my guess about this match up was right on the money. Another speaker company that does rather well, is the French company… Davies. High end speakers are a really heavy thing, mainly because our home is packed full . We have above 30 to 40% still boxed up.
Axiom/Bryston line up
Here is another great Canadian company. We have the power amps, from the benches of Bryston. Some may be surprised to hear that Axiom owns Bryston. Our models had been initially damaged by the shipper. These rather heavy boxes had to be shipped back to Bryston. I just received these again. So here we go with burn in once again . Our new Bryston stock have completed some burn in, but the amp has no burn in. So here we go again, folks.
Thanks for your patience
I had a small medical set back nearly 5 weeks ago. I did answer most of our clients, with exception that for about 7 or so days ago that I could not. I am back on track, slowly but surely. Roger will assist me as I rebuild this site. As I had my back turned, several things changed with the market place and our suppliers. These pesky details will be addressed quite soon. Further, our Clearance page will be revised and many prices will be reduced quite soon. Thank you so much for your patience, folks.
Bryston line up
Within about a week’s time, our NEW BRYSTON line up will be ready to be played. I see this happening towards beginning of the month of May.
Summer hours
Will arrive this June. As June rolls around, these will become clear.