The Sound Well has moved out of our old location to a small space down the street....
July 15th 2009 was the 35th anniversary of the opening of The Sound Well at 1708B Grove Street (now Martin Luther King). While we've survived all the shops that were open at the time these last few years have been a real struggle for us-as it has been for many businesses small and large.
Our old landlord was wonderful and had not raised the rent in a long, long time. However we just could no longer afford a store that size. Our old time customers may have noticed our staff was shrinking as well. At one time as many as 7 of us earned a full time wage at The Sound Well. That is now down to one and a half.
As of October 1st 2009 we will be sharing Handy Electronics @ 1467 University Ave. located in the first block below Sacramento Ave. Our new "business roomate" Ying Han is an excellent video techincian who has been in business over 20 years.
This is a very small space and our business model has changed considerably. We will be doing much of the work from our homes and using this store as a contact point for local clients and a place to drop sets off to sell us and take in a few repairs. We will offer some local retail sales here as well on Saturday afternoons. The bulk of our high end sales will be online through outlets such as Audiogon and E-Bay and directly off our website.
We are now taking in some repair work but limited to a few specific types of items. See our link "Repair Service" on the homepage for details on what we're currently fixing. We also have a list of referals on that page for other shops that can help you with some of the things we used to service. Our technical time is now primarly spent fixing things we are reselling and of course taking care of warranty service for items we sell locally.
We're not going away but shrinking to adapt to this crazy economic climate. We appreciate all your support and plan on continuing to do this in smaller form for quite a while!
