Great deals, bec$AUS we can!

If you've been looking for an upgrade to your PA system or a new addition to the studio, there has never been a better time...and it's most definitely a case of first in, best looked after.

Recently the wheels have fallen off our dollar, and most pro audio wholesalers have reacted by putting prices up. As more than casual observers, we are amazed at how quickly we've received TWO price rises (or one enormous one) from some of our suppliers.

In fairness to them, many pro audio importers had significantly lowered the Recommended Retail Price of many lines while the going was good, although the drop in prices seemed to take a lot longer (and less steep) than the recent rises, which have been quick and big.

So rather than reducing our stock levels and running lean...we went out and spent the last of our beer money buying as much stock as possible to ensure we can offer the best deals around. We figure that the summer festival season doesn't care about our $AUD, nor does the upgrade your studio needs. The only thing that gets affected by a big price rise is your bottom line - that is, unless you go for it while you can.

While we've got stock, take advantage because the deals simply cannot last. Once our stock is gone, we'll have to replace it with more expensive stock.

Brands we have really bought up big on include: RCF (the great wall of Art boxes), Allen & Heath (Zed mixers, Wizard Mixers and GL2400 series), DBX (comps, graphics and drive racks), Soundcraft (EPM & EFX series mixers), Avalon (heaps of the black VT-737SE), Shure Wireless (PGX / SLX) and Wired (SM series & Beta Series), Sennheiser (Evolution wirelss + e900 series vocal & instrument mics), Soundcards by Presonus & RME, plus heaps more.

Until the new prices have settled (around first week of November...though there's probably more grief to come), we've disabled many 'go' prices on our website. We will be looking after existing customers first. This means that if your name is not already on our database, you'll need to subscribe to get the best possible pricing.

Think of it as an early Christmas pressie ; )

Behind Closed Doors: RCF staff training

As you would no doubt already know, we love it when friends drop in...especially with a killer spread of food, accompanied with a few bottles of Italian wine and beer. And that's exactly what happened last night...the 'RCF staff training' roadshow was in town.

So, after a red-hot go at finishing the fare, we headed into our speaker demo room for a bit of a chat. We had our camera rolling, but due to the highly confidential nature of our talk (or maybe just the crappy quality of our filming), the footage has been embargoed until further notice.

We learned about the rich history of RCF for Europe, around the world, and also specifically in Australia. And we also learned much about the future of RCF.

Talking about learning...we also had a look through the RCF ART Series Custom Shop, which has been designed to help corral the rudderless decision maker into the right direction. In our opinion, looking at any powered RCF ART series box is already a long jump in the right direction.

The night ended with a demonstration of the power-to-weight efficiency of the ART525A speaker, but you can imagine that when Tone & Ollie started going for gold in both the ART 'clean & jerk' (lifting onto a speaker stand) and 'snatch' (load into the back of the van) exhibition events, the night was all but over.

Just in time for a group hug in our new shirts.