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Our Burlingame wholehouse upgrade is complete. Here is the familyroom cabinet. It holds not only the Surround Sound System for the room but also all the electronics for the rest of the home. Marantz, Furman, Crestron, Spatz,Artison and more.

Our Burlingame whole house upgrade is complete. Here is the Family Room cabinet. It holds not only the Surround Sound System for the room but also all the electronics for the rest of the home. Marantz, Furman, Crestron, Spatz, Artison and more.

The master bedroom is beautiful. A complete HD Home Theater all hidden away. All controlled via Crestron a touchscreen. It's as easy to operate as it is good sounding!

The Master Bedroom is beautiful. A complete HD Home Theater all hidden away. All controlled via Crestron touchscreen. It's as easy to operate as it is good sounding!

The Artison in-wall sub.

The Artison in-wall sub.

Even the Artison in-wall subwoofer is hidden away in this lovely Master Bedroom!
All the speakers in this home are B&W. In-wall or in-ceiling it just doesn't get any better!

All the speakers in this home are B&W. In-wall or in-ceiling it just doesn't get any better!

2 I-Pod docing station, AM/FM as well as XM radio, Blu Ray and 2 Comcast receivers are our sources. All accessable and controlable from any room in the house!

2 I-Pod docking stations, FM radio, Blu Ray and 2 Comcast cable boxes are our sources. All accessible and controllable from any room in the house!

Rotel in Burlingame, California (CA)

Sound Cinema Integration is your authorized Rotel dealer in Burlingame, California (CA)… One audio reviewer referred to Rotel as “sexy and serious.” That’s a pretty good description. This workhorse brand has defines solid performance in audio, with dependable electronics and a build quality that has few rivals. That’s the serious part. The sexy part is the way their components make a system sound: lush, lively and real.

There’s also something sexy about getting a great deal, and Rotel offers some of the best values in home audio and home theater today. This is a brand with a very low cost to performance ratio, which is another way of saying you get a lot for your investment. Rotel is a family-owned business that has been around for almost fifty years, so there is a definite element of pride of craftsmanship in everything they make. Their 15 Series components represent everything they’ve learned about audio/video electronic design over the past 45 years, all wrapped in beautiful (dare we say sexy?) new finishes.

Sound Cinema Integration is your source for Rotel in Burlingame, California (CA) and throughout the Bay Area. We offer complete home audio, video and integration solutions, including:

  • Home theater design and installation
  • 2-channel or multi-channel audio
  • Whole house audio and/or video distribution
  • Outdoor and indoor projects
  • Existing homes, new construction, or remodels
  • Fully licensed, bonded and insured
  • Crestron design and programming of touchscreen controls, remotes and systems
  • All programming and set-up
  • Home networking
  • ISF Calibration and set-up of projectors, TVs and video monitors
  • Residential video surveillance systems

Rotel in the Bay Area

Sound Cinema Integration is your authorized Rotel dealer in the Bay Area… One audio reviewer referred to Rotel as “sexy and serious.” That’s a pretty good description. This workhorse brand has defines solid performance in audio, with dependable electronics and a build quality that has few rivals. That’s the serious part. The sexy part is the way their components make a system sound: lush, lively and real.

There’s also something sexy about getting a great deal, and Rotel offers some of the best values in home audio and home theater today. This is a brand with a very low cost to performance ratio, which is another way of saying you get a lot for your investment. Rotel is a family-owned business that has been around for almost fifty years, so there is a definite element of pride of craftsmanship in everything they make. Their 15 Series components represent everything they’ve learned about audio/video electronic design over the past 45 years, all wrapped in beautiful (dare we say sexy?) new finishes.

Sound Cinema Integration is your source for Rotel in the Bay Area and throughout Northern California (CA). We offer complete home audio, video and integration solutions, including:

  • Home theater design and installation
  • 2-channel or multi-channel audio
  • Whole house audio and/or video distribution
  • Outdoor and indoor projects
  • Existing homes, new construction, or remodels
  • Fully licensed, bonded and insured
  • Crestron design and programming of touchscreen controls, remotes and systems
  • All programming and set-up
  • Home networking
  • ISF Calibration and set-up of projectors, TVs and video monitors
  • Residential video surveillance systems

The much awaited B&W Bowers & Wilkins P-5 Headphones will be here very soon.  We have auditioned these light weight marvels and know you will love them.  Light, extremely comfortable and great sounding!  The fit and finish are beyond compare.  They are  expected  in early June. Bring your I-Pod in and give them a listen.

The B&W P-5 headphone. $295.00 / pair

The B&W P-5 headphone. $295.00 / pair

“It’s no stretch to say the Bowers & Wilkins MM-1 speakers are the very best PC speakers we’ve ever used.”

The Electric Pig (U.K.)

The B&W Bowers & Wilkins MM-1 Multimedia Active Speaker System $499.95 / Pair

The B&W Bowers & Wilkins MM-1. 2 way, self amplified speaker system with remote.

The B&W Bower & Wilkins MM-1 Active Multimedia Speaker System. $499.95 / Pair

The B&W Bower & Wilkins MM-1 Active Multimedia Speaker System. $499.95 / Pair

The S-350 CD/DVD Player is a modular design featuring reference caliber CD playback as well as an
optional state-of-the-art video engine that provides stunning 1080p performance and video
processing controls. The base model, the S-350a establishes a new high standard of performance and
value among high-end compact disc players. For home theater systems, the S-350a can be equipped
with a sophisticated 1080p video stage resulting in the S-350av.

Krell S-350a $2,500.00 or S-350av $4,000.00 Available March 2010

Krell S-350a $2,500.00 or S-350av $4,500.00 Available March 2010

The CD

Incorporating an advanced TEAC slot load disc transport mechanism (compatible with CD-DA, CDROM,
DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW), premium digital circuitry,
Class A analog circuitry, Krell designed anti-jitter master clock, and sophisticated high-linearity power
supply, the S-350a delivers performance unequaled by many more expensive players. It is the ideal
CD player for the serious music lover.
Matched Burr-Brown DSD 1793 24-bit, 192 kHz digital-to-analog converters for each channel
provide fully balanced operation with exceptional reproduction quality. The analog stage features
Krell Current Mode, discrete Class A, direct coupled, fully complementary circuitry.
A coaxial and toslink digital input extends the S-350cd’s digital to analog conversion circuitry to two
additional audio sources. 12VDC trigger input/output ports enable connections for remote power
on/off. An RC-5 interface is provided for remote control system integration. A metal handheld
remote control is included.

The CD/DVD

The open architecture of the S-350a allows for the addition of a sophisticated video circuit stage that
creates a new DVD player model: S-350av.
Optimized for the latest solid-state video display technologies including LED, LCD, DLP, and DILA,
the S-350av includes a full complement of outputs. Video outputs include HDMI with resolution up
to 1080p, Component with a maximum resolution of 1080i, as well as composite and S-Video
outputs.
The crucial final stage that delivers the video signal to the display device comprises professional-grade
circuitry. It is classic Krell output stage technology applied to the video domain-robust,
uncompromising circuitry delivering the most vivid and detailed picture available for the DVD
platform.

Get closer to your favorite music wherever you are with P5, the new noise-isolating headphones from the makers of the Zeppelin(tm) iPod(R) speaker. Drawing on 45 years of Bowers & Wilkins hi-fi innovation and expertise, P5 brings you a remarkably natural sound and a luxuriously comfortable fit that makes longer listening sessions a pleasure.

B&W P5 Headphones Projected price $300.00. Aavailable March 2010

B&W P5 Headphones - $295.00 - NOW IN STOCK! - Perfect for the iPod

Listen for longer

With P5, what you get is as close as possible to the true, unadulterated sound of the original recording, as you were meant to hear it. They’re the best headphones available when you want a more natural sound, and longer-lasting listening enjoyment.

Noise isolation

A closed-back design with rigid metal faceplates and sealed-leather earpads ensures that all the detail and dynamic range of your music is kept intact, with minimum noise interference. At the same time, you’ll hear just enough ambient sound to preserve a sense of place.

Life-long comfort

P5 headphones are very easy on the ears, thanks to an ergonomic design and a headband and earpads crafted from the finest quality New Zealand sheep’s leather. Durable and hard wearing, yet remarkably soft and supple.

While the RCX-1500 Receiver/CD player is an all-in-one model, it has been engineered using components that you would find in more expensive separates.

Rotel RCX-1500 $1499.00

Rotel RCX-1500 $1499.00

The DAC is the high-performance Wolfson with 24 bit / 192kHz decoding. The amplifier uses their innovative Class D design that is highly efficient, runs cooler than older A/B designs and provides plenty of voltage and current to easily drive lower impedance speakers down to 4 ohms. With 100 watts per channel available,  feel free to hook up large floor-standing loudspeakers to the RCX-1500.
The receiver’s tuner section includes both terrestrial FM and Internet so your listening options are virtually limitless! There are presently over 15,000 Internet radio stations listed. And in order to help keep your favorite stations handy, the RCX-1500 includes 30  presets for instantaneous access to both FM and Internet broadcasts. A wireless Dongle (802.11) is provided for Ethernet connection or you may choose to use a wired connection.
The RCX-1500, like the RDG-1520, supports UPnP technology. UPnP devices are “plug-and-play” in that when connected to a network they automatically announce their network address and supported device and services types, enabling clients that recognize those types to immediately begin using the device. Supported codecs include RealAudio(R), WMA, MP3, AAC & AAC+ (non DRM), AU, WAV and AIFF.
As if all that isn’t enough, an RS-232 port provides system control and bi-directional feedback. In addition, the RCX-1500 is also a very high quality CD player, based onthe outstanding RCD-1520.
The RCX-1500 is without doubt, one of the most flexible, high performance, single chassis stereo components available today.

A tuner for the 21st Century. RDG stands for Rotel Digital Gateway.

Rotel RDG-1520 $999.00

Rotel RDG-1520 $999.00

The RDG-1520 certainly opens the gate wide for all that streaming media can offer, plus it
includes an FM radio and offers a USB input for direct digital connection of an iPod or other USB class 2 devices, bypassing the inexpensive analog output stage in favor of our Wolfson DAC and high-end analog stage.
The tuner includes terrestrial FM and Internet radio, so your listening options are virtually limitless!
There are presently over 15,000 Internet radio stations listed.
You can connect a lap top directly to the RDG-1520 if this is your preference. Or you can stream from
your PC using Windows Media Player 11 over a wireless or wired Ethernet connection. A USB to WiFi Ethernet dongle is included.
Supported codecs include RealAudio(R), WMA, MP3, AAC & AAC+ (non DRM), AU, WAV and AIFF.
The RDG-1520 can be controlled via bi-directional RS-232, as well as discrete IR. Custom integrators will appreciate that the chassis is a standard 2U size and it works with Rotel’s RFK rack kits for an easy, clean installation.
You might think the RDG-1520 would be a multi-thousand dollar component, given all that it does and the high-performance design.
The few similar units on the market are indeed very expensive. But the RDG-1520 offers the value proposition the Rotel is known for around the globe.

B&W's Mini Zeppelin iPod Speaker System

B&W's Mini Zeppelin iPod Speaker System $399.95

The Zeppelin, B&W’s integrated iPod speaker system, revolutionized the portable music world with their ability to fill a room with crisp, deep, lifelike stereo sound, and deliver musical detail that you’d never believe an ip\Pod could deliver.

Now B&W’s Zeppelin Mini gives you everything you loved about Zeppelin — advanced acoustic technology, intelligent design, elegant connectivity — in a streamlined, compact sound dock package that’s perfect for desktops and bedside tables. Because even when your space is limited, it doesn’t mean your sound has to be.

B&W Bowers & Wilkins introduced this little beauty just in time for the holidays. Now, after finding the perfect gift for everyone else on your list, why not treat yourself to a little something sleek and musical? SCI is your Bay Area source for the Zeppelin Mini and all things B&W.

 

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