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Speakers - Dali Speakers
Loudspeakers come in lots of different types, styles and sizes - whether that's passive bookshelf or floorstanding hi-fi speakers, active desktop speakers to play music from your phone or portable player, more discreet in-wall or in-ceiling custom installation solutions or home cinema speakers including 5.1 speaker packages and soundbars.
Speakers are a key part of any hi-fi or AV system and making the right choice is crucial, so we're here to make your buying decision as easy as possible. Whether you're a complete novice or a seasoned audiophile, our staff can offer expert advice on matching hi-fi speakers to a suitable hi-fi amplifier and we also offer home cinema AV packages too. Call or e-mail us if you need assistance, or select a category below to browse each speaker range...
DALI (Danish Audiophile Loudspeaker Industries) has designed, developed and made hi-fi speakers since 1983. Driven by a never-ending desire to create only outstanding speakers, the current DALI range includes Zensor, Oberon, Opticon, Mentor, Rubicon and flagship Epicon.
DALI offer a wide range of loudspeakers, aimed to cater for the entry-level and budget consumer, as well as the high-end reference user and audiophile market. DALI products are as highly regarded for their AV excellence as they are for their stereo usage and are available in a variety of our 5.1 and 7.1 AV Speaker Packages.
DALI's attention to detail and design is frequently rewarded by the hi-fi press, who have given exceptional reviews to many of DALI's speakers, earning DALI its place among the top hi-fi brands.
We are confident we have a speaker model to match every taste, requirement and budget, and we are here to offer advice on what speakers are right for you and your hi-fi system.
Hi-Fi is our speciality, and as such we have selected a range of bookshelf and floorstanding hi-fi speakers to suit every taste and budget, with an emphasis on brands and models that offer exceptional performance and build quality. If you're looking for something a little different, check out our range of unique speakers, a gathered selection of speakers that exude artistic style as much as they do excellent sound quality.
In addition to this website and your option to call or e-mail for advice, we also have dedicated demonstration facilities in Birmingham where you can listen to a wide range of hi-fi speakers along with matching equipment. We also allow you to bring your own equipment in to make sure the speakers you're listening to are a good match.
Its all about the music for us and whether you're spending £50 or £5000, we'll help you find a pair of speakers that sound fantastic. So in addition to passive hi-fi speakers, we also offer a large range of active speakers, wireless speakers and 2.1 speaker systems, all of which have been cherry picked as they sound fantastic as a good value alternative to a full hi-fi separates system.
If it's a home cinema you're after, as well as 5.1 AV speaker packages, we also offer centre speakers, subwoofers and satellite speakers individually, so we can help you build a home cinema to your specifications. Many of our customers for example wish to put some of the speakers in the ceiling or on the wall and have others out in the room, and we can help with that too.
If space is an issue, our speakers range also includes a range of soundbars, which still giving you a taste of real home cinema surround sound, without the number of speakers and cables necessary for a full 5.1 or 7.1 speaker system and many of these models now also feature Bluetooth connectivity to play music from your phone or portable player, and this section also includes soundbases, which are designed to sit underneath rather than in front of your screen.
If you're looking to get a conservatory, pool or outdoor area set-up, we also offer a range of outdoor speakers and our custom install speaker range includes weatherproof and splashproof speakers suitable for such applications.
We appreciate though that there are lots of models in each category and if you're new to buying high quality speakers, or if you haven't heard them before, or if you haven't read a review or recommendation - which one should you choose? That's why we can't emphasise enough that we are here to help, so if you get stuck, please call or e-mail us and we'll be happy to offer advice and make a recommendation.
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In her own words: living with emphysema
Sandy, a 50-year-old woman, is married with three grown children. She started smoking at age 14, and continued until age 48. She quit for a full year, but has recently started smoking again. She says that one cigarette was all it took to fall back in. Right now, she is struggling to quit again. She is retired because of her emphysema.
What was your first sign that something was wrong? What symptoms did you experience?
My first sign was being short of breath. I had been short of breath for years, but it became much worse over two years ago. I found it increasingly difficult to climb stairs or walk for any distance. I noticed that I could not even walk a whole city block without having to stop and rest. Surprisingly, it was after I had quit smoking for a month that I really noticed an increase in my shortness of breath. It was strange to me that I was more short of breath when my expectation was that I would be breathing easier.
What was the diagnosis experience like?
I saw my primary care provider first. I wasn't referred to a specialist right away. My doctor felt that I probably was in the early stages of emphysema, and decided to treat me first with medication and inhalers. He didn't feel that my condition was severe enough to require a specialist. I wasn't completely happy with that, but felt that he must know what he was talking about. It wasn't until eight or nine months later, when I had a cold and possible lung infection that I was referred to a specialist, and given a pulmonary function test (PFT). When the tests results came back, my primary care doctor admitted that he had not realized how bad my condition was.
What was your initial and then longer-term reaction to the diagnosis?
My first reaction was, ok, so what do we do about this. I wasn't told that the disease was not reversible and that it could be deadly. Therefore, at first I wasn't too awfully concerned. Now that I have been diagnosed and have researched emphysema, I have learned that this is a serious, progressive disease, and usually fatal. Now, I look to the future in a much different way. I am nervous, scared, and still to some little degree in denial that this is really happening.
How do you manage your disease?
I am currently seeing a pulmonary specialist. (This is my second pulmonary specialist; I was not happy with the attitude of the first specialist, so I switched.) I am seen every three months and usually have a spirometry done in the office. I am on three different inhalers: Advair, Combivent, and Flovent. I also use Accolate twice a day and I keep Prednisone on hand for flare-ups. I have had blood work, chest x-rays, and a dobutamine stress test. Next month, I will have a CAT scan on my lungs to see what kind of condition they are in.
Currently, I am operating at 30% lung function, and the doctor has told me that this is as good as it gets. I have been fortunate to not need supplemental oxygen yet. Recently, the doctor has mentioned the word "transplant". He explained that at 50, I am young enough to endure a transplant. By the time I'm 60, I may have only 15% lung function left.
I am also taking an anti-depressant. So you can see that this illness has caused some stress and depression.
Have you made any lifestyle or dietary changes in response to your illness?
I have made several changes: I quit my job in August 2000 because I couldn't continue my duties in the shape I was in. I'm no longer able to carry anything of any weight for any distance, which includes carrying laundry baskets up two flights of stairs.
In terms of diet, I try not to eat so many carbohydrates, because they tend to make me more short of breath. Other than that, I have no real dietary restrictions.
Did you seek any type of emotional support?
I have a good support system in my husband and children. My oldest daughter is a critical care nurse, and is very helpful in terms of understanding and explaining what the doctor prescribes, and running interference if I need it. My friends are also very supportive.
Did/does your condition have any impact on your family?
My family pitches in more now with the household chores. My husband and sometimes my children do the grocery shopping, because I can no longer load the car with groceries and carry everything into the house when I get home. I found that out the hard way. They also do the heavy cleaning jobs.
Naturally, they are very scared for me. I have an aunt who just died within the last year from emphysema, and they know how devastating this disease is, and how it devours a person. They are worried for me and very protective.
Recently, I started smoking again, and they became very vocal when they found out. I know, I know - it should never have happened. Now I am in the process of quitting again. It is a nightmare, the disease and the smoking.
What advice would you give to anyone living with this condition?
I would tell anyone who is living with this disease to make sure they have competent medical care. Make sure to see a pulmonologist and ask questions, ask questions, ask questions. Don't allow the doctor to just prescribe treatments for you without understanding what it is that has been prescribed. Stay on top of your disease. Do not be a medical couch potato. Be proactive and learn as much as you can on your own about emphysema so that you can monitor your disease in a more informed and educated way. Even in medicine, we are still consumers and need to be up on what we are purchasing in terms of good medical care.


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So today I had a lady tell me she can't afford her $25 visit co-pay, and could I PLEASE write it off? She used the "I need the money more than you do" line.
I know she has legitimate financial hardships, but I refused.
Do I need the $25 that badly?
I did it because she smokes 2 packs a day. And ADAMANTLY refuses to quit.
Let's look at this:
The average price of a pack of cigarettes in the U.S. right now is $5. This varies by brand & your state taxes, and whether you buy them by the pack or case. But roughly $5 a pack.
So for her, that's $10/day. Or $300/month. Or $3600/year.
I told her that. If she quits smoking, that would be like her getting a $3600 annual raise, without any additional taxes. Ignore the health benefits, just look at the money alone.
All that money for making one life change. That would help her financial situation A LOT. It's a hell of a lot more money than making a $25 co-pay once or twice a year.
She got pissed off and left. Told me that I "don't understand".
She's right. I don't.
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For employees, the impact of a workplace retirement plan is undeniable. More than 70% of respondents in a study by Bank of America Merrill Lynch said their employer-sponsored retirement plan will be their largest or second-largest source of income. However, just 34% said their employer does a good job of helping workers transition into retirement.
That lack of transition help could also be contributing to more workers postponing their retirement, the study found. More than three-quarters of respondents said they will work into their late 60s and 70s, up from 72% last year.
But, of course, many workers will work longer simply because they don't have enough saved to retire. Just 38% of respondents said non-workplace accounts will provide their largest or second-largest source of income, so it's troubling that one-quarter of workers within five years of retirement said they expect to have less than $250,000 saved by the time they retire. The large majority of workers overall think they aren't saving enough, and 60% don't think they'll ever have enough to maintain their standard of living in retirement.
"Corporate benefit leaders, the retirement services industry and legislators must continue to work together to improve and protect the effectiveness and health of our country's retirement system," Kevin Crain, head of Institutional Retirement and Benefit Services for Bank of America Merrill Lynch, said in a statement. "We see many employers actively working to empower employees to take greater control of their financial success, as well as enhancing their financial benefits to ensure they are results-based, easy to use and encourage healthy behaviors."
Nearly 60% of workers said they need the most financial help with retirement planning issues. When asked what financial planning resources they'd like their employers to provide, more than half wanted access to a financial planner who could work with them one on one. Online tools were the second most popular resource. Nearly 40% of workers said they were interested in seminars that address their life stage and personal financial situation.
Unfortunately, health care may be taking money out of workers' retirement pockets. Eighty percent of respondents said their health care costs have gone up in the last two years; of those, 56% say they're saving less for retirement.
The survey found HSAs are becoming increasingly more common, if not necessarily more popular. While 76% of employees said their company offers a plan, just 38% of them said they participate in it. Participation is largest among workers closer to retirement (50%), but over a third of younger workers participate as well.
The good news is younger workers may have gotten the message that they need to start saving early. The report found the majority of younger workers may be comfortable with a default deferral rate of 5%. Over half are already contributing at least that much, and just 8% contribute less than 3%.
Among pre-retirees, 56% are contributing at least 10% of their salary and almost 30% contribute 15% or more.
Most employers offer a match, and 78% of respondents said they contributed at least enough to meet it. However, few participants are contributing the maximum amount allowed. Just 20% of all respondents said they contributed the maximum allowed last year. Among pre-retirees, just 37% contributed the maximum.
The report found respondents are clearly interested in guaranteed retirement income, and are even willing to give up some of their current income for guarantees in retirement. Nearly 80% of respondents said they'd give up 5% of their current income for a guarantee that they could live comfortably in retirement, and 38% would give up 10% or more. Over half of pre-retirees said they would give up 10% or more of their current income for such a guarantee.
When asked what they would do with an extra $1,000, over a third of respondents said they would pay down debt and about a quarter would put it toward retirement. Fifteen percent would use it to meet day-to-day obligations, and just 8% would use it on something special. The under-30 crowd was especially likely to say they would use a bonus to pay down debt, while pre-retirees were more likely to save it for retirement.
The report surveyed more than 1,000 employees at companies of various sizes in March. All employees were enrolled in a 401(k) plan.


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At a recent conference of independent financial advisors, Martin Smith, president of Bowie, Md.-based Wealthcare Financial Group, was the only African-American present in the room.
This, of course, was no surprise to him, he says, since there are barely any black independent financial advisors. But the absence of African-Americans in the independent advisory space is certainly food for thought, Smith says, and it's a reality he believes is going to take some more time to change.
"The wirehouses have been more interested in hiring African-American advisors because many have recognized the potential that Baby Boomer African-Americans present," he says. "Many firms have hired African-Americans to reach out to these people, but on the independent side, we're just a handful and I don't see that changing very soon."
Of course, going independent isn't an easy thing to do for anyone, particularly for the young people coming out of college that the wirehouses tend to focus their hiring efforts on, Smith says. Regardless of color and ethnic community, the thought of launching into the independent space is daunting, yet African-Americans and, to a certain extent, Hispanics, are even farther away from an independent career than others, he believes, because their communities just don't have the kind of financial make-up that warrants, requires or encourages independent advisors.
"Many of those who do get into the independent space early on can and do because they have a family business or practice already established," Smith says. "African-Americans and Latinos are not in this business generationally—you don't see grandfathers and fathers in our communities handing over their businesses because they just don't have businesses to hand over."
But even though the road to an independent practice may be harder for African-Americans and for Latinos than it is for others, Smith still believes this is a goal that young people entering the profession should aspire to.
He credits his success as an independent to hard work, knowledge, education, and above all to his desire to be independent.
Smith got his start by selling mutual funds and term life insurance before moving onto A.G. Edwards, where in a short period of time, he became the first African-American advisor to earn an award for his performance. But despite this, Smith was convinced that the independent route was the one he wished to take, and after a short stint at Merrill Lynch, went out on his own.
That wasn't an easy thing to do, and Smith lost many of his clients when he left Merrill Lynch. "But in a year and a half, I built my book back up from $1 million to $22 million just by cold calling," he says.
In general, African-Americans and Hispanics have not had a great deal of experience with independent advisors. Those who do seek out advisors are more likely to want to work with someone at a large, brand-name firm, Smith says, and this is one more reason why the bigger firms are beefing up on their recruitment of minorities, and also why there's so few minority independent advisors.
But even if there's been an increase in the number of African-Americans and Latino advisors at these firms, the level of financial knowledge within the communities themselves is still very low, Smith says.
Education is key, he says, and it's only when there's sufficient education that the approach to finance and financial planning can change enough to eventually reach a level at which more minorities would seek out independent financial advisors.


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Shipping Policy
- FREE SHIPPING on U.S orders over $49 & up, before taxes.
- Our fulfillment center is in Los Angeles, California so if your shipping state is close to us, standard shipping time will be 3-5 days.
- We process and ship packages Monday through Friday. We do not offer shipping on the weekends or holidays.
- We will send you shipping confirmation email when your order has been shipped. You will be able to track your package the entire way. From the carrier first scan to delivery day.
- Please allow USPS & UPS from 24-48 hours for the tracking information to correctly display.
- Please make the necessary arrangements to be present at the time of delivery, because we aren't responsible for stolen/lost orders that shows as delivered.
- Orders over $100 will require a signature upon delivery, please make the necessary arrangements to be available to sign for your order.
- Fashion Effect Store does not hold or accept responsibility for packages that have been stated as delivered by the carrier. We do not issue refunds or credits for packages that the carrier confirms as being delivered. You must contact the delivery carrier and address the issue directly with them.
- Please note that any orders placed on Friday after 2:00pm PST, Saturday, or Sunday are processed the following Monday. (If Monday is a Holiday, then the order will be processed on Tuesday)
- Note: you will receive your order 2-3 business days from the date that it is shipped out, not necessarily from the date that it is placed. After your payment is authorized and verified, it can still take a day to process your order. This is just an estimate, and doesn't include weekends or holidays. When your order has been shipped, you will receive an email with tracking information.
- Shipping fees are non-refundable.
- In the case of a packages is returned to our warehouse for the next reason: Insufficient/wrong shipping address provided at check out, a $6.95 flat rate shipping cost payment will be required to re-send your order.
- In very rare instances/locations priority shipping could take one more day for delivery, please allow up to 3 days.
- If we are unable to fulfill 100% of your order, you will be contacted and have the option of exchange for an item of the same price, store credit in the amount of the items missing, or refund of the items not fulfilled.
Domestic Orders
- Within the US The Standard Shipping Cost is $6.95 3-5 Days, 3rd Business Day Priority $9.95, and 2nd Business Day Priority is $11.95 (WILL BE TEMPORARY DISABLE OUT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA) (Tracking Information is Included) regardless of the package weight or quantity of items shipped.
- Free domestic shipping on orders over $49 ( USA ONLY)
- If your order (priority or standard delivery date falls on a Holiday or weekend your order will be delivered the following business day.
- The length of shipping can be longer depending on where it is being delivered to in the US.
International Orders
- Please be aware that International orders placed without a valid Phone Number could be retained at customs!
- Standard shipping to Canada is $14.95 flat rate via USPS or UPS. (10 to 14
- Please be aware that in some countries UPS is the only shipping method offered.
- When shipped via USPS the tracking number we provide you will show progress information only when the parcel is within the US territory. United State Post Office can't provide Tracking Information on parcels outside of US However, you can track your order on Canada post website as well. (Except some regions in CANADA).
- International returns are responsible for return shipping costs.
- Fashion Effect Store is not responsible for applicable customs fees, import duties, taxes, or any other charges. The customer is responsible for the charges, even if the shipment is refused upon delivery.
General Information:
- Please allow up to 2 business days for your order to be processed/sent out (weekends are not business days).
- Please note shipping speed mentioned above are estimated only. Non-major Urban Regions, Northern Regions, and Remote Regions may expect longer delivery time. International shipment may expect a delay due to customs clearance. We ship as quick as possible but we have no control over the delivery time.


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