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Jon Ahnen
November 28, 2024

Welcome to the November issue of the Skylabs Newsletter! This month’s issue is your one stop for HiFi gift ideas. Whether you are looking for yourself, or for another audio enthusiast, we’ve selected a few popular HiFi products that are sure to enhance any stereo system. For online purchases at Skylabsaudio.com, we are offering free shipping in the U.S. on purchases $99 and above from now through Cyber Monday (11/30)!

We are especially thankful for all of our loyal Skylabs customers around the globe. We appreciate all of your business and ongoing support of the videos and social media channels. Rest assured that we will continue to explore new product and YouTube offerings to further enhance your stereo listening experiences. From all of us at Skylabs Audio, we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving and happy listening!

As always, our inventory of vintage components is included at the end of the newsletter — Enjoy! Thanks to everyone for supporting Skylabs!

Please note that our West Des Moines retail store will be closed Thursday 11/28 and Friday 11/29 for the Thanksgiving holiday. We open again on Saturday 11/30 from 10-3. Cheers!

Holiday Gift Ideas

Some of the product links included below are affiliate links, which means we may recieve a small commission.

Headphones are a great gift, and Grado headphones do not disappoint! Skylabs carries four models from the Prestige Series both online and in store starting at $99 (SR60X).

Grado Products

Streamers open your ears to the vast catalogs of music from artists around the world. Deliver music from popular streaming service(s) (Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, Amazon Music, et al.) directly to your vintage (or not so vintage) stereo. If you are using a bluetooth adaptor to stream from your phone or computer to your stereo now, streaming music through a dedicated streamer will be an upgrade.

Amazon.com : wiim mini

WiiM Minis are a great value on Amazon. We’ve seen them as low as $71 (Prime).

amzn.to/3OtHcIb

Cambridge Audio

Cambridge Audio’s network streamers offer advanced digital to analog conversion priced at Skylabs as low as $450 (AXN10, MXN10). The CXN100 ($1099) pictured here provides various display options including album art and digital meter display among other advanced capabilities.

skylabsaudio.com/products/cambridge-audio-axn100-network-streamer-1

A/B Switch with VU Meters are a nice accessory for the enthusiast with multiple speaker sets and/or amplifiers and wants to hear the differences across units/sets on demand with a remote.

Amazon.com: Douk Audio VU3 PRO Dual Analog VU Meter, 2-Way Amplifier Switch, Speaker Selector, Amp Audio Switcher Box 2-IN-2-OUT with DB Panel Display

Currently priced at $159 on Amazon.

amzn.to/418qi9E

Set the mood in a listening room with a cool lava lamp.

Lava® Lamp - 14.5" Purple Sunset - The Original Motion Light - Yellow Wax and Purple Liquid

amzn.to/3CHTAS8

Choose from a variety of popular HiFi Accessories in our online shop.

HiFi Accessories

Speaker stands, record weights, cleaning brushes, and more!

skylabsaudio.com/collections/hifi-accessories

Finally, Skylabs Merchandise - Who wouldn’t like a gift of Skylabs “SWAG”!!

Skylabs Branded Merchandise

Choose from shirts, hoody, record weight, slip mats, etc.

skylabsaudio.com/collections/shop-everything

News from the Bench

In general, we are only accepting repairs for receivers, amplifiers, and turntables purchased from Skylabs, or specific units that we had serviced previously.

We will continue to offer deep cleaning and lamp replacement (w/ new LEDs) services, as well as speaker re-foaming. Join our Discord to help find someone in your local market that may offer repair services.

Pre-owned Vintage Inventory

Click the link below to see the latest list of Skylabs’ inventory of pre-owned components. The inventory changes daily, so the product you are interested in may have been sold. Call ahead before making a trip to confirm we still have what you are interested in and confirm its pricing. Also, Skylabs does not ship vintage components.

November Inventory.pdf

drive.google.com/file/d/1wc2iuZwdIBklo_z0BYqVN7g1MnGRemhw/view?usp=drive_link