Thanks to your continued support, our sales are significantly ahead of last year. For over 34 years, customers looking for the best values in new & used home stereo equipment, home theater & pro audio have come to Gold Sound. Over 206,000 people have seen our website. Customers include people in all 50 states & about 50 nations, plus many government & corporate customers, including NASA, Lockheed & Boeing.

In January 2010 Stereophile, page 32, Michael Fremer has two paragraphs on Gold Sound's 2009 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest display, including the premiere of the Ortofon Cadenza cartridge & the Parasound phono stage. There's a good photo of our VPI Classic turntable. Gold Sound is the only Colorado dealer to earn a Stereophile show review, or any 2009 or 2010 press, in either the magazine or blog.

Stereophile's on line report of the 2009 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest has a photo of our room. "Wonderful sounding. Great highs, excellent midrange, ear opening depth & three dimensionality. The sound was sensational enough to live for." The website Dagogo.com gave a favorable review to the Wharfedale Opus 2.2 they heard in our display room.

We had a world premier of a top of the line Wharfedale speaker & the U.S. premier of a state of the art, moving coil Ortofon cartridge. Richard Schram, CEO & founder of Parasound, plus John Curl, Parasound's chief engineer, were at our room with Parasound's JC-1 monoblock power amps & JC-2 preamp, both A rated in 10/09 STEREOPHILE & highly recommended in 10/09 Absolute Sound.

We showed the new VPI Classic turntable, winner of ABSOLUTE SOUND's 2009 Golden Ear Award & HI-FI+ "TURNTABLE OF THE YEAR," & is the only turntable earning a place on HOME ENTERTAINMENT'S top ten list of all audio equipment for 2010. This is the best turntable we've ever displayed. ABSOLUTE SOUND editor Harry Pierson said the $2500 VPI Classic holds its own against the $150,000 Clearaudio Statement.

We had the U.S. premier of Ortofon's $2380 moving coil Cadenza Black cartridge with a boron cantilever & shibata stylus. This cartridge played through Ortofon's $949 Verto step-up transformer, which is Stereophile recommended.

We had the world premier of the Wharfedale Airedale Neo, their top-of-the-line $20,000 floor-standing speakers. We showed the new Opus 2-2 towers. These speakers sound magnificent: deep & wide imaging, beautifully extended bass & silky smooth midrange & high end from 3" & 1" silk domes, plus two 8" carbon-fiber cast frame woofers. The appearance is gorgeous with gloss lacquer finished rosewood veneer on a curved, well-braced 76 pound cabinet with a 1.3" thick baffle. Customers quickly bought our show demo pair & other Wharfedale Opus speakers.

Though electronics sales are down nationally, sales at Gold Sound remain strong. our sales have been up every month in 2010 by over 10% over the same month last year. We sold more equipment this year at the Audio Fest than any other year. We have more customers than many much larger stores that heavily advertise. Thanks to your support, we stay very busy. Here's some recent customer comments.

"At last, I've found a real store."

"Gold Sound is the only store to buy from."

"You're real friendly and consumer-oriented."

"I've never heard sound so clear."

"Am I glad we found you. We bought this
today & will be back to buy more."

"You're the first person I've spoken to who
understands in your heart & brain what I need.
Why did I waste my time at other places?"

"It's great to find a high-end store without
the attitude. You're very knowledgeable."

"I've gone to many other stores, but only buy here,
since you have the sound & values."

"You're the only place in Colorado with a good
selection of stereo & home theater equipment."

"You're a smaller shop & more focussed on
customer satisfaction than any big box store."

"I went from Fort Collins to Denver to Colorado Springs visiting every audio shop. I was so impressed with the Wharfedale Opus speakers that I bought two pairs. There's no speaker for this kind of money that can beat them."

Today, all big box stores & many so-called high end stores mainly sell big screen TVs. We care about sound. While others only carry the most advertised brands, we specialize in equipment with better sound & superior value. Unlike big box stores, here you'll find six new turntables on display [most made in Europe, including models with built-in preamp & USB output]; five European designed speaker brands; U.S. made tube amps, plus many affordable preamps, power amps & integrated amps.

Customers have chosen Quad speakers after comparing them with more expensive models from B&W, Boston, Canton, Dali, Dynaudio, Focal, JBL, KEF, Klipsch, Paradigm, PSB, Sonus Faber, Spendor, Thiele & many more. Every time, customers have preferred the sound & appearance of Quad speakers. One of our recent Quad customers is the owner of a competing audio store, who decided that the Quad ESL is the best speaker for his own personal use. Customer comments on the Quads include:

"Deeper bass; more three dimensional imaging"
Sounds as good as my B&W speakers for five times more."
"A piano just sounds more like a piano."
"It's just a nicer speaker."

October 2009 STEREOPHILE & September 2009 ABSOLUTE SOUND rank the best equipment & best audio values, including over 100 recommendations for equipment we carry. Absolute Sound & Stereophile both praise many of our lines: VPI, Marantz, Monitor Audio, Parasound Halo, Project, Ortofon, Quad, Rega, Rogue, Grado, Sumiko & more.

We display Rega's Apollo & Saturn CD players. STEREOPHILE & ABSOLUTE SOUND rate the Apollo as the best at anywhere near its price. Many more expensive CD players don't match the Rega's sound. The Saturn is A-rated, the same as $30,000 CD players. Both are specially priced until the end of March with the trade-in of any CD or DVD plater, working or not. The Rega Saturn, normally $2395, is now $1796. The Apollo, normally $995, is now $849.

In October, 2008, we introduced to Denver VPI, Vibrapod & the Stereo Stone Base. VPI is the most famous American-made turntable & highly rated by STEREOPHILE & ABSOLUTE SOUND. The Scoutmaster is a tremendous value & available with pre-installed Grado or Dynavector cartridges. VPI record cleaning machines make old records sound new again & even improve the sound of new records. Most noise on new or old records aren't from scratches, but dirt in the grooves. Vibrapod's round rubber feet help absorb unwanted vibrations. They'll improve the sound of CD players, amps & turntables.

Our Stereo Stone Base is a 1.2" thick, 30 pound custom machined granite slab with vibration absorbing feet. The stones look beautiful & improve the sound of turntables, amps & CD players. The imaging, coherence, clarity & detail all improved. Using two European turntables, from 25 to 250hz, we measured over 10db reduction of acoustic feedback. At many frequencies, there was a 15db reduction. Stereophile Magazine called Moscode's room the best sounding at the RMAF. Their display used a Stereo Stone, which is shown on Stereophile's website.

We are now a PS Audio dealer. Customers soon purchased the Premier Power Plant, their best power supply; Digi-links, a Digital to Analog Converter, XLR cables & power cables. All make an immediate, noticeable sonic improvement. ABSOLUTE SOUND gave PRODUCT OF THE YEAR awards to every PS Audio power supply. They protect against lightning, over & under voltage, plus improve a system's sound. Many PS Audio power cables are on sale at 20 to 32% off; see our sale page.

After hearing our Quad 22L speakers, people asked the price. I replied "Eighteen [meaning $1800]." Several times people asked "Eighteen thousand?", since they sounded better than many more expensive systems. We were the only dealer at this show with surround & stereo systems under $1000, plus five more systems under $5000.

Mission speakers combine remarkable sound with exquisite cabinet design. Reviewers rate their sound as superior to many more expensive brands. ABSOLUTE SOUND praised the Mission E80 speakers.

At the Denver Vintage Voltage Expo, Gold Sound had two audio seminars. "Build Your Own Speakers" showed how to save money & get better sound by building your own speakers, especially Gold Sound kits using Pro JBL drivers. "Totally Tubular" demonstrated classic & current tube electronics. Gold Sound has new Quad & Rogue Audio tube electronics.

Ron 7/24/10

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