We are now agents for Fyne Audio Speakers

It isn't often that a new speaker brand comes along nowadays that really makes people sit up and take notice. We heard these first at the Bristol Hifi Show and were really impressed ... so when Dave from Fyne rang us to see if we would like a closer look ... and listen, we jumped at the chance.

We listen to the small standmount Fyne 501 and the middle model of the range the F502, priced at £600 and £1200 respectively.  Both units have astonishing mid range clarity and really sang on the varied tracks we tried. They have a very 'musical' and engaging chararcter which usually isn't available at the price at all.

The F502 matched our demonstration room perfectly, but are quite clever designed in this respect having a downward firing port ... this has been done before to great effect, but Fyne also use a diffuser arrangement which controls how these frequencies exit into the room ... and it works well!

Production versions are expected soon,  give us a call to arrange a demonstration

Want to start using your Rega Turntable again???

With the resurgence of interest in Vinyl, we have had a lot of enquiries about refurbishing or repairing old turntables that have been pulled out storage. Most of these have been 80s or 90s Rega Planars, partly because they are so robust and partly as there are a lot of them out there!

Be assured, we have never had to 'write off' a Rega, they are easy and fairly cheap to service... and most repairs are simple and cost effective.

We supply everything you could need for your Rega right back to the 1973 original.....

Belts, Bearings, Arm Spacers, Bearing Oil, Hinge kits, Supply board repair kits, Lift Lower arms, Protractors and a large selection of compatible Cartridges.

Call for advice on 01270 580734

Stax SR L300 Limited Edition Headphones

To celebrate 75 years of making the worlds best headphones, Stax have introduced a new model, only a small number have been made and we have managed to secure three pairs. The SR L300 Limited is a combination of the L300 headband and ear pads, but with the drivers from the L700. At £645 these are just over half the price of a pair of L700 so are really good value!

I you would like a pair, please call on 01270 580734 as they will soon run out

Saturday 6th January

We are closing early on Saturday 6th Jan ... though we are opening a little earlier too. We will be here from 9.30 to 11 am

Apologies for any inconvenience

New Demonstration room open

We have now finished our second (small) demonstration room.  We needed a more compact space to recreate a small lounge / bedroom set up.

The large panels on the walls are too break up sound reflections,  normally not needed, but this room has very little furniture in it .

The small picture frames are 'Art Vinyl'  a neat way to display your LPs - these cost £99 for a pack of three

New Rega Brochure!

I'm trying to remember if Rega, in the 34 years that I have been selling them, have ever produced a brochure.  It's quite a Rega-esque move, just as most companies are pulling out of printed literature, to produce a glossy and expensive looking full range brochure ...

If you would like one, drop us an email with your address and we will send you one out

Stax SRM T8000 Energiser - review

When you have been in the Audio industry for a long time, you start to get a certain amount of intuition when it comes to new products. You can make a fairly accurate judgement, taking into account price, company ethos, previous models, before you even listen.  Every now and again though a product will come along that takes you totally by surprise ... it doesn't happen often, I can only think of a handful of occasions over the last 30+ years. The AR EB101 turntable in the 80s, the Krell KSA80 power amp also in the 80s...more recently the Tom Evans Groove Phonostage and the reworked Kiseki Purple Heart cartridge.. Each of these was a 'hang on.... do that again' moment, products that had you diving into you record collection.  Now we have a new member of the club. The new Energiser from Stax, the SRM T8000 is so far and away better than the previous 'Top of the Line' the SRM007iiKIMIK that at first I didn't actually believe what I was hearing.

Ok, at £4395 this has got to be very good, but even with that in mind this is still an astonishing product.
I've never heard this sort of level of detail and delicacy ever before. Even on a favourite CD of mine. one I picked up at a concert by the support band, Jake Cogan and the Liberty Roses, not an amazing recording, but well written and played. I heard so many new things, texture in the strings, extra layers in harmonies, the acoustic of the studio ... totally enthralling. With other material it became apparent that the 8000 was supplying quite a bit more body to the sound, fuller, but also faster, not an easy trick. There has always been a assumption that as Stax are Electostatic Headphones that they only really suit Classical or simple Folk music, the 8000 certainly puts that to rest, it will happily Rock, and does so effortlessly.

If you would like to hear the T8000, give us a call on 01270 580734

To see the range .. click here