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We sell what we use and recommend, things like Grado headphones, Shelter phono cartridges, Koetsu rosewood, Rogue Audio, Thiel (call for pricing), Liquid Cables, Tara labs speaker wire and much much more.

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It's great to be back HOME!
Written by Brian Kurtz   
My first 4 1/2 years was in a home, then 5 1/2 in a storefront, now back to a home again.  WHY?  Part financial, mostly spiritual/emotional/psychological....I really hated pushing myself so hard to generate cash every month just to get by, all the while trying to be the service-based guy I'd always been....too much to do, too little time...

A lot has changed  since I moved out of the storefront in May '08.  I was nudged into becoming a licenced Realtor, working with Lee Properties.  Lately I'm back doing the SMA thing part time, and working as the worldwide distributor for Teo Audio's Liquid Cable products full time now!

Sound Mind Audio is always there for those of you who need the love and attention you know I'll give you and your music system, and I'll always appreciate your patronage!  THANKS VERY MUCH to my core 150 clients or so are still there for me!  Want to be on that now-very-short list?  Let me know that you're more serious about music than cool toys, and that you can afford $1500/transaction (less than that and I'm losing money, given the time I spend with each and every one of you!), and we'll be together for the rest of our lives!
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Review: Walker Audio Talisman
Written by Brian Kurtz   

talisman150dpicropped Here's a picture of Lloyd Walker's latest "too absurd to be true but it most certainly transforms your system" tweak, THE TALISMAN....comes complete with silly graphics on it, making it even more of a joke to show to clients and friends....BUT THIS THING REALLY WORKS! The Talisman really is an effective magic wand for your CDs and LPs!

I have shown this thing to everyone from "friends of ours who could care less, but sit there because we ask 'em to," to the tweakiest of the tweaks....EVERYONE WHO LETS US SHOW THE TALISMAN TO THEM HAS HEARD THE IMPROVEMENT IT MAKES ON BOTH CDs AND LPs!

Just get one, OK!?!?!?!   If you come into the shop and get the demo, you'll be $200. lighter, but FAR more ready to enjoy your audio system!

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Liquid Cables?
Written by Brian Kurtz   

Wait, Brian!  You're talking about liquid material around the conductors, right?  No.

Then you're talking about liquid inside the jacket for extra damping and shielding, right?  No.

You're not talking about LIQUID METAL, are you?  Like a LIQUID metal is actually carrying the audio signal? YES!

The conductors are a proprietary alloy of lab-grade Gallium, Indium, and Tin inside of tubes which are sealed and attached in proprietary fashion to RCA jacks, or XLRs or spade lugs for use in these magnificent sounding cables!  The stuff's ACTUALLY LIQUID AT ROOM TEMPERATURES!

Two GREAT points to know...
First:  I AM NOW TEO AUDIO's INTERNATIONAL POINT OF CONTACT!!! I'm looking for dealers out there so I don't have any conflict of interests! 
Second:  We nThese cables are wonderful.

These things have all of the speed, agility, and soundstaging of large-conductor cables, and all of the bass weight, dynamic range (small AND large!), and SLAM of  large conductor cables....seemingly defying the laws of physics...What they're doing is making use of physics never applied to audio because no one's ever used LIQUID metal before. AMAZING sound. Check them out!  Our distributor in Hong Kong says they're the most REAL sounding products he's ever heard. I am THRILLED to bring them to you!

Are they inexpensive?  Only relative to the competition....$1250-$2500/m pr of RCAs,  and $1850 - 3500/m pr. of XLRs.  Speaker cable is a bit out there at $15K/8' pr, but again, that's only expensive until you hear what they SOUND LIKE.  Check these things out when you have a chance!
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Quad ESLs are here!
Written by Brian Kurtz   

large_4.jpg The wonderful folks who distribute Quad Electrostatics have been kind enough to send us a pair of Reference Series 2805s to show around!!!!

If you're serious about owning electrostatics and find hybrids just sound like two different types of speakers failing to play well together, then it's time to try some Quads.  They're wider than those "other" electrostats because they're NOT hybrids.  They're a ONE-WAY loudspeaker...just like the microphone that records the music you enjoy.  They won't shake the ground but they're reproduce a tympani crash at the symphony just like you were really there...filling the hall effortlessly but not artifically thumping you in the chest or rattling your teeth.  Get the idea?  THAT is why Quad 2805s and their big brothers, the 2905s keep winning awards all over the world.  They're just GREAT loudspeakers.

Stop in for a listen!