Gold Winner Best Buy, Dartmouth Crossing Silver Winner Peak Audio Bronze Winner Glubes AVU Maybe it’s the Blu-Ray selection? Or those cool-looking Dyson vacuums? Whatever the reason, the blue-and-yellow chain store of expensive warranty plans and impossible Christmas shopping has won your votes as Halifax’s Best Home Entertainment Store, knocking former first-place champion Peak Audio […]
Peak Audio
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Best Home Entertainment Store
Gold Winner Peak Audio Silver Winner Best Buy, Dartmouth Bronze Winner Glubes AVU Turning it up to 11 for another year is the north end speaker-heads over at Peak Audio. Come on, don’t be that dude who puts his phone in a glass when the party’s going. Get yourself correct with some new toys from […]
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Best Home Entertainment
Gold Winner Peak Audio Silver Winner Best Buy, Dartmouth Crossing Bronze Winner Glubes AVU At the corner of Almon and Agricola, Peak Audio has been providing quality hi-fi, home theatre, video panels, projectors, furniture, custom installation, advice and repairs for over 25 years. This year, the store underwent an impressive renovation, brightening and widening the […]
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Best Home Entertainment Store
Gold Winner Peak Audio Silver Winner Best Buy, Dartmouth Crossing Bronze Winner Glubes AVU This year’s repeat as your Best Home Entertainment Store is Peak Audio’s sixth gold place win in our Best of Halifax. The almost 30-year-old audio powerhouse has earned its sterling reputation by offering top-of-the-line equipment with expert-level service from its comfy […]
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Best Home Entertainment Store
Gold Winner Peak Audio Silver Winner Glubes AVU Bronze Winner Future Shop, Bayers Lake After last year’s silver standing, this year Peak Audio has climbed back to the top spot for its fifth gold win. Serving Halifax for the last 28 years, the family-owned alternative to big-box stores has earned a solid reputation by combining […]
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Best Home Entertainment Store
Gold Winner Best Buy, Dartmouth Crossing Silver Winner Peak Audio Bronze Winner Glubes AVU Coast readers are stoked about Best Buy’s cheap prices and in-store credit but word is their customer service shines bright, too. One voter gives props to the massive entertainment mecca because they feel “no pressure” to buy while checking out gear […]
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Best Audio Store
Gold Winner Peak Audio Silver Winner Brooklyn Audio Bronze Winner Taz Records “I never thought in a million years that in 2011 I’d be talking to people about turntables every day of my life,” says Peak’s Chris Sweet. “There aren’t many days of the year I don’t touch one.” But he’s okay with that. Working […]
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Best Home Entertainment Store
Gold Winner Peak Audio Silver Winner Best Buy (Dartmouth Crossing) Bronze Winner Glubes If you step into Peak Audio’s north end showroom (which is really more like stepping into someone’s souped-up condo) you can see, and more importantly hear, just some of the things the Peak team are capable of doing to your pad. Home […]
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Local tech 2011
“Apple is very secretive and they’re very good at that. They don’t let stuff leak. We know as soon as the public does. But I suspect there’ll be a new iPad in 2011. They’ll probably put a camera in it or have a small version and a large version. And Apple TV will become more […]
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Best Audio Store
For 18 years, Peak Audio has been the destination for the Halifax audiophile, offering high-end products at competitive prices, and installing them for you. Of late they’ve also been getting into the home automation market. Want all your tech hidden? They can do that. Want to be able to control all your home’s functions from […]
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Best Audio Store
Everyone knows that Peak Audio is where you go for your high-end audio systems. These days a chunk of their business is concerned with home-automation. We’re talking recessed panels hiding controls for everything from lights to audio-visual equipment to hot tubs. Drop by their showroom for a demo and turn your home into a sexy […]
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Northern lights
King-in-exile of the local music scene, Sloan was the highest-profile band to come out of the mid-’90s Halifax music explosion. Though they’re longtime Toronto scenesters—it even says as much on their website—Sloan often sang of its hometown experience, as on a few key tracks from the 1999 release Between the Bridges. The bridges in question […]