Marvin was here today and did a great job replacing and setting up the new Marantz receiver. I’ve run the system through the paces, and there are no signs the of previous issues.

This makes me happy since I can finally enjoy the system with my wife on a regular basis. But I am even happier that we did business with Ask The Advisors. You treated us with respect and most of all complete fairness. You really demonstrate why you are still in business after
30+ years. We will never hesitate to strongly recommend Ask The
Advisors to our neighbors and friends.

By the way, we are very happy with the sound of the Marantz SR6007
driving the B&W 683 and Klipsch SW112 subwoofer. Seems that respectable
performance can be had without spending a small fortune.

Thanks again.

Regards,

DC

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Thank you for how quickly you have responded to all of our requests! I’m sure there will be some more hand holding needed down the road as we learn to operate all of the home automation equipment you and your team installed.  We appreciate your hard work and are more than pleased at how easy everything integrates and how easy it is to understand how to operate.

If I have not mentioned it before, your team of Josh and Scott whom we had the most interaction with, were an absolute pleasure to have working in our home.  They were extremely professional, respectful, thorough, and most importantly – patient with us while we learned our new home systems.

Again, thank you for making our lives easier and getting everything completed smoothly.

Take care,

-S

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Just wanted to say, your guys did a great job yesterday and are real hard working  professionals! They were very helpful with my questions and very respective of the home they were working in. Your team worked steady all day and never took a break, which really moved the installation along quickly, thank you for all of your effort!!

Sincerely,

JK

Jupiter, FL

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It is a common misconception that because a signal is in the digital domain, the cable quality is unimportant. This has been disproven with comparative listening tests between various digital audio cables. Differences are definitely heard and can be attributed to materials and composition of the connectors as well as the cable and the dielectric and even the insulation material!

TV picture differences in terms of background noise artifacts, edge-definition, solidity of blacks and whites as well as color-purity is very apparent with different cables. Less expensive cables use a coating that simply looks like gold because the manufacturer is aware that the buyer might purchase a cable with a gold connector, but the metal is impure and in fact contains no gold and will therefore not convey the signal with any improvement at all and in fact might even convey the signal in a diminished way due to the introduction of the purely cosmetic gold color into the coating of the connector. Yes, better cables do look and sound better even in the digital domain and more expensive cables are not just profit producers. In the end however, like anything in audio/video, you should do your own comparative experiments and determine if the differences that you see and hear are worth the price asked. At some point there does come a point of diminishing return based on any system design that’s why it’s important to Ask The Advisors what will work best for your application and help design your system properly and efficiently.

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Well the Klipsch SP 3 Sound Bar Subwoofer combo is proudly displayed in our showroom after an impressive display of power and incredible sonic ability that rivals any sound bar combo we’ve ever heard in this price point! With its impressive  10-inch rear-ported subwoofer and the soundbar’s 300 watts this combo sounds incredible ( It gets loud and sounds great! ) even at demanding high volumes.

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One of the great ideas that Bowers and Wilkins had was to make the pad covers out of an acoustic fabric, and not take a pretty fabric and try to make it an acoustic fabric. They also use breathable memory foam under the fabric that will mold to your ears over time. Let’s just say that now I can wear on ear headphones without my ears sweating. Frankly, every other on ear headphones makes my head overheat, but not these. The P3’s leave enough of my ear exposed, and are cool enough underneath to keep me from overheating, an ultimately being uncomfortable. I love these guys for doing that!

The P3 Headphones are available in Black or White.

As I sit typing I have the P3’s on listening to Jack Johnsons’ Better Together and the sound is quite delightful. There are natural tones that emit from the drivers, which correspond directly to what B&W has said about the P3’s. Basically, the driver terminals are positioned to the rear of the neodymium magnets for uniform airflow, and thus assist in minimizing distortion. This speaker design was built from the ground up. Another nice feature about the P3’s is the folding design. At some point, the event will come about, when you’ll need to put them away. Fortunately, one can fold up the ear pads and stow them away in a jacket pocket or even carry them in the provided hard case. One should not pass up the opportunity to pick a set of the se up today!

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Audio Quest has some interesting techniques for taming noise, and also for keeping noise from the outside, i.e. RF, from getting into your music, and ultimately your head. As an example, the solid conductor is one way they tackle some of the issues. Audio Quest believes that by using a solid conductor that they can have more control of the signal, and it is thought that when one uses a stranded type conductor that the signal has to travel for stand to strand and some of those strands end up in the middle of the bundle. This can happen thousands of times depending on the length of the wire, not to mention the different electrical values that occur when the signal is hopping from wire to wire. Solid conductors eliminate this by keeping the signal on top of the wire which in turn allows for the path of least resistance.

The quality of the copper or silver used is another important aspect of good cable design. AudioQuest uses three qualities of copper in its interconnect, speaker and power cables, solid silver in its top of the line cables, and silver-plated copper in its video and digital audio cables.

Long-Grain Copper is Audio Quest’s version of a premium grade of Oxygen Free Copper. All oxygen free copper contains some oxygen, but in reduced amounts. LGC is drawn and cast carefully so that the oxygen content is even further reduced, typically to around one sixth of a typical “High Purity” copper. This process significantly reduces the formation of copper oxides, which substantially reduces distortion caused by the grain boundaries.

Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC) is drawn and annealed though a proprietary integrated process that creates an exceptionally soft copper conductor with a smooth and uncontaminated surface. The only part of a conductor with 100% magnetic field and 100% current density is the surface. The surface purity and smoothness does more to define the sonic character, than any other parts of a conductor. AudioQuest also has a PSC+, and it incorporates a copper with a higher purity, there is also a Perfect Surface Silver PSS, which is the same process, as the PSC but uses a high purity silver.

These ideas are just an abbreviated version of the complex thoughts that they have, and hopefully by now you can see how serious AudioQuest is about their business. There are several different techniques that would be tough to elaborate on due to the length, but I challenge you to have a look at their website to educate yourself with Bill Low’s ideas. His knowledge and passion for clean and clear audio is addicting.

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To The Most Awesome Staff Ever – And Especially Mike,

Last week I was having a melt down looking for an adapter for our Sirius Radio. You guys were AMAZING! Thank you SO much. I’ve been in the business of service for over 30 years and have never seen anything like the way your whole team pitched in and helped.

You are my HERO’S and I am telling everyone!

D & D M.

Palm Beach Gardens

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Sennheiser was founded in 1945 by Fritz Sennheiser. Sennheiser originally started making microphones which they still make to this day along with a lot of other products. In 1968, Sennheiser developed the world’s first open headphones which are still to this day the best-selling headphone ever with over 10 million units sold. In 1991, they released the electrostatic Orpheus with a tube amplifier. These are still highly regarded as the best performing headphones ever made. Sennheiser is a company dedicated to both the highest quality of products along with delivering the most exceptional customer service in the world. Now I will tell you about one of their great headphones among their full line of products.

Sennheiser HD 598

The Sennheiser HD 598 not only offers outstanding sound quality but they also provide unrivalled comfort all within a beautiful design. I would have to agree that these sound just as good as they look. They have detachable plush ear cushions which make these easily one of the most comfortable pair of headphones I have ever worn. They have an extremely dynamic frequency range going all the way from 12 Hz to 38,500Hz. If you didn’t already know, this range goes well beyond what the human ear is capable of hearing. These are audiophile grade open circumaural headphones with E.A.R technology for outstanding sonic accuracy and clarity. If you have been using the basic ear buds which come with your standard mp3 players, I highly urge you to come in and listen to this for an eye opening experience.

This is one of many different headphones that we offer through Sennheiser. It is incredible how much a better pair of headphones can improve the sound quality of all your music. You will hear things you have never heard before within the music you are so used to listening too. Sennheiser should be a heavily considered option when looking for a new pair of headphones. I invite you to come into our facility and listen to these along with our other great brands like Klipsch, Bowers and Wilkins, and PSB. If you have any questions regarding any of the products we sell please feel free to contact me via the contact form on this website or by calling our store.

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This company has been providing great turntables and gear for nearly 30 years and provides what I think are the best values around when it comes to great sounding equipment. Every model in the line comes fully equipped with a great cartridge and offers the customer optional upgrades that include acrylic platters, tone-arms and higher performance cartridges if desired.

I recently had the chance to assemble and play with the Expression III model and was pleasantly surprised. At $699 retail, this turntable came with many features one would usually find in models costing far more expensive. It’s no surprise this beauty won the 2012 Absolute Sound Editor’s Choice Award.

The Expression III includes such performance attributes as machined cone feet, low-noise motor, precision flat-ground belt and a new precision machined acrylic platter. The Expression III also boasts a carbon-fiber tone-arm tube with integrated head-shell, which is topped off with a great sounding Sumiko Oyster cartridge. The Expression III is available in Piano Black, Medium and Dark Wood finishes.

I had no trouble setting up this turntable and was instantly impressed after listening to Dire Strait’s Brothers in Arms LP. I was able to enjoy tighter bass response and better overall sound quality. Having an isolated motor assembly really reduced any possible noise and made this a virtually silent turntable. I invite you to drop by our showroom or visit www.project-audio.com.

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