Another British favourite Audiolab was founded in the early 1980s by audio enthusiasts Philip Swift and Derek Scotland. The launch of their very first product, the 8000A Integrated Amplifier in 1983, was born out of their frustration that decent audio equipment appeared too expensive and was inconveniently sensitive to the system it was paired with.<
We have just invested in a super new camera so here are our latest photographic efforts!
Here we are showing the sales counter, our B&W Zeppelin demo area and one of our Loewe TV walls.
Since Peter Walker founded the business in 1936, all Quad products have displayed an originality in design, born from a full and proper understanding of every aspect of sound reproduction. A world leader in audio amplifier and electrostatic speaker design, Quad has, over the years, made a major contribution to the improvement of sound quality. This contribution has been recognised by awards from around the world including the Queen's Award for Technological Achievement in 1978- the only one ever presented to an audio hi-fi equipment manufacturer.
Grado has for more than half a century been one the leaders in design engineering for the high-end audio and recording industries. Grado is famous for its remarkable headphone and phono cartridge designs and holds over forty eight patents. In 1982 Company founder Joseph Grado, was inducted into the Audio Hall of Fame, an honor well-earned by a man who is credited with inventing the stereo moving coil cartridge and is responsible for more innovations in phono cartridge design than any other person in our lifetime.
The History of Bowers & Wilkins B&W
In 1966 following a bequest from an elderly lady called Miss Knight, John Bowers founds B&W Electronics Ltd. Because she was so impressed with John Bowers' knowledge of classical music, and so pleased with the loudspeakers that he had made for her, Miss Knight left him £10,000 in her will to develop a business.<!-
John Michell began his engineering career when he served an apprenticeship with Finchley Autos in the early fifties. Deciding to start his own business, he set up in his garden shed and quickly moved to a small industrial unit in North London. Working as a jobbing engineering company, he soon outgrew the premises so, during the mid ‘60’s, moved to Borehamwood, which is where the company is still based today. Although very much an engineering company, John also made scale models and it was during this time that he met Stanley Kubrick and built the space ship ‘Discovery’ for the film 2001 – Space Odyssey, later to become the inspiration for the GyroDec
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We have an amazing trade in deal which is valid until Christmas Eve 2011.
If you've been debating buying yourself an Arcam 7.1 AVR400 multichannel receiver, this may tip the balance.<!
There are many factors to consider when choosing your furniture, this should not be aesthetics alone. Here are a few Points to consider.
1. Is the unit going to be ergonomically correct, i.e. at the right height to experience comfortable viewing for the family.
Here is a video summary of our shop fit from the summer of 2009.
A brand which is Individual in mastering the Art of television
Television is something that we all love. In fact, it is something that some of us may possibly love too much.
