Quick update:  Dec. 27, 2010:  E-mails and contacts sent to us will still be delivered while we are closed, of course.  In fact, we are receiving more than usual!  It may take us an extra day or so to get caught up, once we are back “in”, so please bear with us.  We will do our best to get back to everyone as quickly as possible.  Thanks!

12/15/10:   2010 Christmas and New Year Holidays schedule:

Dec. 24-27, 2010:  Closed.
Dec. 31, 2010 – Jan. 3, 2011:  Closed.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!!!

11/05/10:   We have great idea (we think!) to assist others with identifying their speakers, and provide general information.   Please send us pictures of your speaker systems, drivers, crossovers, etc.  Please click here for more details.   

10/30/10:   We carry Jantzen CrossCap and Dayton Audio polypropylene capacitors at competetive prices.  Most common values are stocked, and even more can be ordered.   We also carry on a special order basis other Jantzen products, including their baked air core inductors, which eliminate distortion caused by vibration of the wires in the inductor, relative to each other.  We can also adjust the next highest value to the precise value you need, +/- 1%.  More information will be posted soon; in the meantime, you can contact us.  We also can use just about whatever quality level crossover parts that you wish in speaker system repairs and upgrades, or when building custom crossovers for you.  Again, please contact us for details.

9/27/10: Paul is back from CEDIA:  Paul went to the 2010 CEDIA (Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association) show last week, as part of his work for a VERY good company he is doing consulting work for.   Paul has been to many a CES, but this was his first CEDIA show.  He can’t talk about confidential parts of his consulting work, of course, but we have put up a page with some of Paul’s thoughts and impressions, here.  

9/17/10: Great deal on a used SunDown SAZ-1000:  We have taken in trade a very lightly used SunDown Audio SAZ-1000 amp.  Since this is a trade-in, we are not limited to local sales on this unit.  More information on this unit is here.  Please contact us for details if you are interested!

5/22/10: New Polystyrene Capacitors Page:  A limited supply of fabulous sounding polystyrene capacitors are now in stock!  Please see them on the Polystyrene Capacitors page.

12/28/09: Infinity Replacement Tweeter Page Update:  Please see the Infinity Polycell tweeter page for important updated information on Polycell tweeter replacements, including the Infinity 902-2638.

12/23/09:  We have a very small qty. of the Vifa D26NC-55-06 1″ soft dome tweeter  in stock!  Woohoo!!!!

12/4/09:  Jamo tweeters now in stock!  Standard and shielded versions are available.  For all available models, go to our On Sale page.

9/17/09: Special promotion!!!  Receive 2 pcs. PR-TW48-6-Onkyo FREE with any order over $50.00, or 4 pieces FREE with any order over $100.00.   Details here.

9/4/09 – We begin a “Dept. of Corrections” (Driver Database):  This is the very small beginning of our effort to get you better information, even on drivers we do not sell.  Click here or in the sidebar.

8/20/09 – We have 2 new car audio speakers in stock:   First is the Eclipse SP6900 6×9 coax / component woofer-tweeter system.  (This is also available with upgrade options and replacement tweeters.)  The second is the Vifa A16CJ-21-04 6-1/2″ Coaxial Speaker with Audax Tweeter, and our custom crossover:  This is an exceptionally good, clean sounding 6 1/2″ coaxial speaker.

 2009 Lone Star Audio Fest update, 8/6/09:  Reviews of exhibits, including the PR Audio room, at the 2009 LSAF have been posted here.  “Here” is part of Dagogo.com, a website dedicated to VERY high end audio, for the most part.  The review on our exhibit is part way down page 2.  (Be sure to check out the other reviews, too!)  We feel quite fortunate to have received such a positive and informative review.  More pics and coverage of the show have also been posted on the Audio Roundtable forum.  We have posted a few pics of the PR Audio room, here.

Announcement, 7/24/09: In response to requests for smaller, less expensive subwoofer amps for car audio, PR Audio is now selling more car audio amps.  We are starting out with some JBL and Infinity refurbs, to be precise.  (These are still sizeable amps!  But, they are not quite as hefty / pricey as the Sundown Audio subwoofer amps.)  These are coming straight from Harman Audio:  Check the On Sale page for models / links to more info., as these come in.

Announcement, 7/20/09: The Sundown Audio SAZ-2000D amplifiers are in.  These are “killer” amps (and heavy, too!)  Sundown Audio’s site should have full specifications on the SAZ-2000D posted soon.  Local sales only, please.

Announcement, 6/1/09: PR Audio is now a dealer in So. Illinois and W. Kentucky for Sundown Audio products.  Amps will be in stock by June 4, 2009.  These are great products:  Click here for more information!

Announcement, 5/23/09:  PR Audio will be at the Lone Star Audio Fest in Dallas, TX, 6/19/09 – 6/20/09.  We will have someone ”hold the fort” here, and Paul will stay in touch via phone and Internet.  We are going mostly in cooperation with S & L Audio, but are thinking of having a small exhibit, ourselves.  If you are in the area, stop by:  Admission is free!  For more info., go to the Lone Star Audio Fest website.

5/15/09:  Yikes!  The News page “blew up”.  Recent entries have been re-entered in plain text below, pending a better fix…

Severe wind event in Southern Illinois!!!

5/15/09:  Read the excellent article on this event by Stu Ostro of The Weather Channel:  http://www.weather.com/blog/weather/8_19404.html
It appears the most accurate name for this event (as it hit the SI area) would be a MCV (Mesoscale Convective Vortex.)  Paul wanted to call it a “Saluki” – doggone it.

5/14/09:  Higher res storm damage photos now posted.  We are very busy with cleanup and repairs.  Hopefully, power will be back on at our SI location soon — the power crews have made good progress in Carbondale and other towns in the last few days. (Mom has power now!)  Many more links and info. are on the photos page.

5/10/09: Here are a few photos of the SI storm damage.  We will post more later.

5/8/09: “Here we go again”, to quote Jeb Bush.  Gusts over 100 mph recorded near Carbondale, IL;  I-57 temporarily closed.  We have damage at our SI location, and no power.  Hurricane-like damage is widespread.  WSIL TV reports over 70,000 without power (if I add it up.) Please bear with us:  Much like after our big ice storm, many communications are down or erratic.  Feel free to e-mail us as long as file sizes are not large, but we may be a bit slow to reply.  At least a lot of the tree cleanup people are still in the area, as the post ice-storm cleanup is still in progress.  No pics seem to be online yet, but below are links to various reports.   We will post pics or links to pics when we can.  We are kinda busy right now…

NWS Paducah initial report:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=pah&storyid=27320&source=0
Storm damage reports from KFVS-12:
http://www.kfvs12.com/Global/story.asp?S=10328982
NWS calls Friday storm ‘an inland hurricane’  Mt. Vernon Register-News:
http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_128234308.html
Winds hit 100 mph in Carbondale  ASSOCIATED PRESS  05/08/2009:
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/illinoisnews/story/76A4034A60B1B156862575B0006D554E?OpenDocument
Powerful storm system roars through Tri-State  Evansville courierpress.com:
(Scroll down 1/2 way into article)
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2009/may/08/more-strong-thunderstorms-way/
Blogger report:
http://the11thhour.blogspot.com/2009/05/devistating-carbondale-storm.html
Another blog:  (Tuscaloosanews.com blog)
http://forums.tuscaloosanews.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/5981059265/m/6941060678/r/4581060678

 
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Another Announcement (5/7/09):
PR Audio is offering a custom solution for odd size flush mount tweeter replacements.  Click on the words “custom solution” for more information!

Latest News – 04/27/09: 
More great “Product” items are in the works, and we are posting more items on the On Sale page too.  Pages we post seem to be showing up on Google a little faster than before, and definitely higher on the list, but it still takes some time to get results.  So, if you are looking for a specific item, please go to the On Sale or Product pages, OR, try our on-site search function.  We like it so much, we use it a lot, ourselves!

We’ll keep the ice storm pictures linked to this page, a little longer, here and here. 

   (Anyone need some firewood?) 

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Announcement – 3/24/09:  HiVi BLOWOUT coming!!! 
Models have begun to be posted in a HiVi Blowout page, and we’ll also provide a link on the On Sale page.  More models will be added in coming weeks.  Please check back soon for more information.
 
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Special announcement – 03/21/09: 
We are still getting caught up after our big ice storm, but things are getting back to normal.  We have the large branch off of our building, an 80 ft. hickory tree that had to come down, down (thanks Dad and Len!), and a lot of debris cleared.  We still have broken branches hung up in many trees, some still over our building and house.  And there is still even more debris to pickup.  But, it’s coming along, and we thank you for your patience!!!

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Latest pages added:

5/26/09:  We have added more information and pictures to the PR1C9SD-HE1 page.  This very nice 1″ soft dome tweeter is a recent addition to the list of PR Audio Products.  It is an excellent choice for a variety of purposes.  More information is here.

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