Soundroom Blog

August 07, 2017

Vinyl Friday July 17th - Next one August 14th

July 26, 2015 We had another successful Vinyl Friday with a bunch of new faces coming by to get their records cleaned and their turntables set up. Handsome John came by with his SP1215 Technics turntable with a Jelco tonearm. We replaced his old Shure M97 and replaced it with a Ortofon 2M Blue and made him a very happy man. Matt and Rob spent an hour listening to the Nottingham 294, Soundsmith, Devialet , Nordost, Shunyata and Wilson Audio system. They listened to Cowboy Junkies, Fink and Coleman Hawkings. Stay tuned as the Sound Room will hopefully have some...

August 07, 2017

Vinyl Friday Friday 19th February, 2016 TODAY!

Join us for our monthly vinyl event at The Sound Room.Free basic turntable tune-ups including cartridge alignment.Free stylus wear evaluation using our powerful microscope. Free record cleaning on our Music Hall WCS-2 vacuum record cleaning machine - limit to 5 LPs per person. Bring you favourite LP and listen to it on our reference system, featuring the brand new Wilson Audio Sabrinas, Devialet 400 and a Nottingham Analog 294 Space Deck. Soundsmith Boheme cartridge. Nordost TYR2 cables. Shunyata power products plus the Moon Evolution phono stage and 700! integrated amp. 10% off all turntables, cartridges, phono stages, turntable accessories and...

August 07, 2017

Wilson Audio Visit April 8th 2016

April 14, 2016 On April 6th I was lucky enough to fly down to Salt Lake City in Utah to visit the fine folks at Wilson Audio. I took some shots on my phone documenting some of the things I saw. It was a highly informative trip and shows the truly exceptional level of craftsmanship this company reaches. Arriving at the Wilson Audio Building in Provo Utah. Peter McGrath from Wilson was our chauffeur and gracious host. Sheryl Wilson's Jaguar with license plate HIFIGAL and David Wilson's BMW with license plate HIFIGUY Korbin Vaughn, Chief Operating Officer starting our tour...

August 07, 2017

Vinyl Friday April 22nd

April 23, 2016 We had an excellent turnout to last night's Vinyl Friday, We had the J.A. Michell Gyro Dek spinning last night as well as a customer's Thorens TD124 idler turntable sitting in a custom slate plinth and a hand fashioned arm board. A Hadcock GH228 unipivot tone arm had a Music Maker cartridge hanging on the end. Sounded lovely and smooth. One of our regulars brought along Prince's Purple Rain. We cleaned it a then promptly sat down for a listen. Such a talent! He will be missed. A few local suds and chips. Some free record cleaning...

August 07, 2017

dCS, Audio Research Wilson Event was a fantastic evening

June 02, 2017 We recently hosted an event in our store featuring dCS digital audio products, Audio Research tube amplification and Wilson Audio loudspeakers. We had an excellent turnout and all who attended had a truly fun evening. Please see attached the link to The Part Time Audiophile article:https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2017/05/18/vancouvers-sound-room-lavishes-with-dcs-rossini-audio-research-wilson-and-audioquest/Look out for our next event June 22nd 2017, featuring the Simaudio moon 888 power amplifiers. Weighing in at 300lbs each, and selling for $160,000 per pair. You must come and hear these amplifiers to truly understand what breathtaking dynamics is all about!RSVP at sales@soundroom.ca or sign up to our newsletter on...