Fanthorpes HiFi - The Week Ahead

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Hey everyone, just thought we’d write a quick blog post about our installs that we’ve got lined up for today.

We’ve got three installs lined up for today, first off, we are heading to Welwyn in Hertfordshire to set up a PMC Twenty5 surround that consists of Twenty5 22, Twenty5 21 and Twenty5 Centre. While we are at the customers house, we will also be collecting a piar of PMC Fact 8, Cyrus CD XT Signature, Cyrus Pre-xPd Qx Preamp, Cyrus PSX-R2 power supply and two Cyrus X-Powers in part exchange.

After this install is complete, we’re heading down to the London to deliver the beastly Luxman L-509X integrated amplifier and also collect a number of Cyrus items in part exchange (a pre-2 dac, three psx-r2 and two x power).

Our final install of the day is in Tunbridge Wells to set up a pair of Bryston 7B3 Mono Power Amplifiers. We also have some part exchange to pick up when the install is complete that comprises of two Icon Audio MB90 power amplifiers, Bryston BP25 preamp and a Bryston 8 – ST power amplifier.

If we’re in your area and want to listen to something, let us know and to see if we can pop round and see you.

Hope you enjoy the read…

If you have any questions about the services we offer or equipment mentioned in this post, please call us on 01482 223096 or email [email protected]​

Trade In
At Fanthorpes we love to trade in, so if you want to trade in your existing HiFi against new HiFi, contact us and we will let you know what it is worth as a trade in.

Finance Available
We can also offer buy now pay later on orders above £400, allowing you to spread or defer your payments over a year.

Nationwide Delivery and Installation Service
When you buy equipment from Fanthorpes HiFi, we will provide a nationwide delivery and installation service within mainland UK. Our installer will drive to your house and install your new HiFi. For more information about our delivery and installation service email [email protected] or call 01482 223096.

 

[FanthorpesHifi]

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Hey everyone, as always, we had another busy week as we review what we have been up to this week.

The idea is to give you an insight into our working week here at Fanthorpes HiFi. With what demonstrations we are doing in store and in customers’ homes, services we offer, as well as give you an insight into the distances we travel over a working week.

Hope you enjoy the read…

Monday 14th February

We started the week off with a trip down to Hatfield, Hertfordshire to set up a preowned Chord Electronics Red Reference CD Player, on from there our installer headed to Addlestone in Surrey to deliver a Chord Electronics Coral stand to an existing customer. Our installer stayed over in a local hotel as we had a few more miles to rack up on Tuesday!

Back in the store we had a demonstration of some different amplification options for a customer. First up was the Chord Electronics DAVE and Etude Power Amplifier before listening to the Musical Fidelity M6s PRE and M8500s Power Amplifier. Both set of amps were hooked up to a pair of PMC Twenty5 26 speakers.

Tuesday 15th February

After spending the night in a local hotel our installer headed down to Broadstone, Dorset to deliver and install a set of Monitor Audio PL200 II speakers, once that set up was complete, he drove to Eastleigh to deliver a set of preowned PMC Twenty5 24 speakers and collect a set of KEF Reference 4 speakers that we took in part exchange.

Another demo was booked in the store, this time a speaker shootout between the Monitor Audio Silver 300 and Martin Logan Motion 20i. The speakers were hooked up to an Audiolab preamplifier/DAC and PS Audio S300 Power amplifier to match the customers’ existing electronics.

Wednesday 16th February

Another day another demo, this time on Wednesday we had the Exposure 3010 mono amps set up, which was the focus of the demo. The rest of the electronics consisted off a Sugden preamplifier, Chord Electronics Qutest DAC and Innuos Zen MK3 Music Server. PMC Twenty5 21i Speakers and Chord Epic cable completed the set up.

Thursday 17th February

Thursday our installer headed north of the boarder up to Linlithgow, West Lothian to deliver and set up a pair of Monitor Audio PL200 II Speakers and collect a trade in of Monitor Audio Silver 500 speakers. The customer was also interested in home auditioning a preowned Cyrus CDXT Signature that we have, so we took that up with us too.

Friday 18th February

On the last day of the week, we headed across the Pennines to Stockport to deliver and set up a set of Dali Epicon 2 Speakers with matching stands, we also collected some trade in too, a set of KEF LS50 Speakers and a Cyrus Lyric 09.

Hope you enjoyed the read. Fanthorpes HiFi.

If you have any questions about the services we offer or equipment mentioned in this post, please call us on 01482 223096 or email [email protected]​

Trade In
At Fanthorpes we love to trade in, so if you want to trade in your existing HiFi against new HiFi, contact us and we will let you know what it is worth as a trade in.

Finance Available
We can also offer buy now pay later on orders above £400, allowing you to spread or defer your payments over a year.

Nationwide Delivery and Installation Service
When you buy equipment from Fanthorpes HiFi, we will provide a nationwide delivery and installation service within mainland UK. Our installer will drive to your house and install your new HiFi. For more information about our delivery and installation service email [email protected] or call 01482 223096.

 

[FanthorpesHifi]

​

Hey everyone, as always, we had another busy week as we review what we have been up to this week.

The idea is to give you an insight into our working week here at Fanthorpes HiFi. With what demonstrations we are doing in store and in customers’ homes, services we offer, as well as give you an insight into the distances we travel over a working week.

Hope you enjoy the read…


Monday 21st February

We started the week off with a trip south of the River Humber to Boston Lincolnshire to install a Luxman L-505UX MK2 and Luxman D-03x CD Player and collect a Leema Tucana II Integrated Amplifier and Antilla 2 S ECO CD Player in part exchange.

In the store we had a demonstration of a set of KEF R5 speakers using PS Audio and Audiolab amplification.

Tuesday 22nd February

Tuesday, we headed over to Leeds to install a set of PMC Twenty5 26 Speakers and collect a set of Dali Rubicon 6 Speakers. Once that install was complete, we set off to Altringham to deliver a Devialet Phantom set up consisting of two Phantom I 108DB and two Phantom Tree pod stands. We also took a set of Art Expression Speakers in part exchange against the Phantoms.

We had another demonstration in the store, this time comparing the Cyrus One Amplifier and new Audiolab Omnia All In One System, speaker wise we had the PMC Twenty5 21 set up.

Wednesday 23rd February

We had a local install in Hull on Wednesday, of a Project Xtension 9 Turntable, Musical Fidelity MX DAC, MX HPA Headphone Amplifier and Sennheiser HD 660s Headphones plus Chord Shawline interconnects. This was all hooked up to the customers’ existing Roksan Caspain Integrated Amplifier.

Another demonstration was taking place in the store, the focus of the demonstration was the Synthesis Taurus valve integrated amplifier. For the rest of the system, we used the Marantz SACD 30n SACD Player & Streamer, Chord Qutest DAC, Dali Epicon 6 Speakers and Chord Epic Cable.

Thursday 24th February

Thursday saw us have two in store demonstrations, in the morning we had the Roksan Attessa Streaming Amplifier, which is quickly becoming a store favourite, on a set of KEF R3 Speakers.

In the afternoon we set up a few options for the customer. Again, we had the Roksan Attessa Streaming Amplifier set up alongside the Bluesound PowerNode. Speakers wise we had the KEF LS50 Meta.


Friday 25th February

Friday saw us back on the road again, this time heading down to London to deliver a Musical Fidelity M6Pre and M6 Power Amplifier bundle as well as a preowned Musical Fidelity M2 SCD CD Player. On the way back up to Hull we also made a stop at St Neots to deliver a pair of Exposure 5010 Mono Power amplifiers with a set of Chord Clearway XLR Cables.

In the store we had a whopping PMC Speakers demonstration, the customer currently owns KEF Reference 5, and wanted to see what the PMC IB2 SE speakers and PMCs flagship FACT Fenestria could do. Electronics wise we bi amped a set of Musical Fidelity M8500s Amplifiers, set up alongside the Chord Electronics DAVE acting as the preamp with a Chord M Scaler, Innuos Zenith MK3 Streamer and Innuos Phoenix Network Switch. Finished off with Chord Signature Cables.

Hope you enjoyed the read. Fanthorpes HiFi.

If you have any questions about the services we offer or equipment mentioned in this post, please call us on 01482 223096 or email [email protected]​

Trade In
At Fanthorpes we love to trade in, so if you want to trade in your existing HiFi against new HiFi, contact us and we will let you know what it is worth as a trade in.

Finance Available
We can also offer buy now pay later on orders above £400, allowing you to spread or defer your payments over a year.

Nationwide Delivery and Installation Service
When you buy equipment from Fanthorpes HiFi, we will provide a nationwide delivery and installation service within mainland UK. Our installer will drive to your house and install your new HiFi. For more information about our delivery and installation service email [email protected] or call 01482 223096.

 

[FanthorpesHifi]

​

Hey everyone, as always, we had another busy week as we review what we have been up to this week.
The idea is to give you an insight into our working week here at Fanthorpes HiFi. With what demonstrations we are doing in store and in customers’ homes, services we offer, as well as give you an insight into the distances we travel over a working week.

Hope you enjoy the read…

Monday 7th March
We started the week off with a demo of the AVM Inspiration CS 2.2 Compact Streaming CD Receiver. The customer was looking for a 'one box solution' in and around the £4000 mark, and the AVM fit the bill. The AVM was run alongside a set fo Martin Logan 35XTi standmount speakers.

Tuesday 8th March
On Tuesday we had another in store demo, this time of a Bluesound Node. The customer was looking to integrate a streaming solution into his existing system at an affordable price, and the Bluesound Node is the 'go to' streamer in our store for anyone looking to get up and running. The rest of the system was a Musical Fidelity M6si Amplifier and PMC Twenty5 22i Speakers.

Our installer was also on the road on, heading down to Reading to deliver and set up a preowned Arcam AV860 Processor. Once the Processor was set up, we had one more install in Reading before heading back up north, this time of a set of PMC IB2SE Speakers and a Luxman C-700u pre amplifier with matching M-700u power amplifier.

On the way down to Ready, we also stopped off in Derby to drop off a Chord Electronics Mojo2 Headphone DAC and Poly Streamer bundle.

Wednesday 9th March
Another in store demo was booked in for Wednesday. This customer wanted to listen to the difference between the Innuos Zen Mini MK3 and Innuos Zen. We had both units set up side by side alongside the Chord Qutest DAC, Exposure 2510 Integrated Amplifier and Klipsch RP-600M Speakers.

Friday 11th March
For the last day of the week we had a couple of local installs, first up is a delivery and install of a set of KEF R5 Speakers and collection of a set of B&W 603s2 speakers we have taken in part exchange.

Lastly we are dropping of the AVM Inspiration CS 2.2 for the customer who demo'd it on Monday, so they can listen to it in his system.

Hope you enjoyed the read. Fanthorpes HiFi.

If you have any questions about the services we offer or equipment mentioned in this post, please call us on 01482 223096 or email [email protected]​

Trade In
At Fanthorpes we love to trade in, so if you want to trade in your existing HiFi against new HiFi, contact us and we will let you know what it is worth as a trade in.

Finance Available
We can also offer buy now pay later on orders above £400, allowing you to spread or defer your payments over a year.

Nationwide Delivery and Installation Service
When you buy equipment from Fanthorpes HiFi, we will provide a nationwide delivery and installation service within mainland UK. Our installer will drive to your house and install your new HiFi. For more information about our delivery and installation service email [email protected] or call 01482 223096.

 

[FanthorpesHifi]

​

Hey everyone, as always, we had another busy week as we review what we have been up to this week.
The idea is to give you an insight into our working week here at Fanthorpes HiFi. With what demonstrations we are doing in store and in customers’ homes, services we offer, as well as give you an insight into the distances we travel over a working week.

Hope you enjoy the read…

Monday 14th March
We started the week off with a trip down to Kings Lynn to install a pair of Quad Z3 Floorstanding speakers and collect a set of KEF R7 Speakers we have taken in part exchange.
Once the first delivery and install were complete, we headed down to Leasingham (a village in Lincolnshire) do deliver a pair of PS Audio Stellar M700 mono block amplifiers, which we are sure the customer will love, since he traded in his PS Audio S300 stereo power amp against them.

Tuesday 15th March
Tuesday saw us head north of the boarder up to Selkirk to deliver and install a set of PMC Twenty5 23i speakers. Once the new speakers were installed, we collected a set of PMC Twenty523 and Neat Motive SX1 Speakers in part exchange.

The customer was also kind enough to treat Steve our installer to a local delicacy, the Selkirk Bannock!

Wednesday 16th March
We headed over to West Yorkshire on Wednesday for a couple of deliveries. First up to Morley, Leeds to deliver an Exposure 3510 amplifier and Chord Qutest DAC. We also collected a Denon AVR-2803 AV Receiver in part exchange.

We had another job in Leeds before we headed back to Hull, this time to install a set of Klipsch Cornwall speakers for a repeat customer. This is the second set of Cornwall’s we have installed for them. The customer now has a Klipsch surround speaker package with Arcam AVR30 Receiver and REL Predator Subs.

Which makes for an impressive surround system.

On the way back to Hull we delivered a Bryston B135 Integrated amplifier to a customer for a home audition too.

Friday 18th March
The end the week we had an in-store demonstration. The customer was looking for separates system based around vinyl. We had the Audiolab 600a Play Amplifier set up alongside the AVID Ingenium PNP Turntable and Dali Opticon 5 speakers, with Chord Clearway Speaker Cable.

Hope you enjoyed the read. Fanthorpes HiFi.

If you have any questions about the services we offer or equipment mentioned in this post, please call us on 01482 223096 or email [email protected]​

Trade In
At Fanthorpes we love to trade in, so if you want to trade in your existing HiFi against new HiFi, contact us and we will let you know what it is worth as a trade in.

Finance Available
We can also offer buy now pay later on orders above £400, allowing you to spread or defer your payments over a year.

Nationwide Delivery and Installation Service
When you buy equipment from Fanthorpes HiFi, we will provide a nationwide delivery and installation service within mainland UK. Our installer will drive to your house and install your new HiFi. For more information about our delivery and installation service email [email protected] or call 01482 223096.

 

[FanthorpesHifi]

​

Hey everyone, as always, we had another busy week as we review what we have been up to this week.
The idea is to give you an insight into our working week here at Fanthorpes HiFi. With what demonstrations we are doing in store and in customers’ homes, services we offer, as well as give you an insight into the distances we travel over a working week.

Hope you enjoy the read…

Tuesday 22nd March
After a quieter Monday, with no deliveries or demonstrations booked in, we were back to it Tuesday. This time with two vans on the road!

First up for one van was a local install of an Audiolab Omnia to install. After that was completed, we headed down to Nottingham for two installs.
Firstly, was a delivery and install of a set of PMC Twenty5 23i speakers, once that install was complete we had another delivery in Nottingham, this time for a set of preowned Bowers & Wilkins 603 S2 speakers.

The second van headed down to Welwyn, Hertfordshire to deliver a set of Dali Epicon 2 speakers with matching stands along with some Chord Epic XLR and RCA interconnects. We also collected a set of B&W 606 and matching stands.

Wednesday 23rd March
Wednesday saw us head down to Norwich for a beefy looking install. This customer had purchased a Synthesis Roma 753 AC Amplifier, Lehmann Black Cube SE II Phono Stage, Chord Epic Speaker cable and interconnect as well as an Ortofon Quintet Black Cartridge that we fitted to the customers’ existing turntable.

In the store we also had a demonstration of a set of preowned Focal Clear headphones.

Thursday 24th March
We took to the road again on Thursday, this time down to Tilehurst, Berkshire to deliver a preowned Audio Research Dsi200 Integrated Amplifier for a customer.

Friday 25th March
To end the week, we had an instore demonstration booked in. This customer was looking to hear the difference between a Chord Hugo TT vs a Hugo TT2, as well as what the Chord M Scaler could do alongside the Hugo TT2. On top of this, the customer had also expressed an interest in a preowned CPA 5000 Preamplifier that we had part exchange, which we were more than happy to set up too. The rest of the system comprised of PMC Fact 12 Speakers, Chord Ultima 5 Power Amplifier, Innuos PhoenixNET switch and Innuos Zenith MK3 Streamer.

Cable wise, we used Chord Company Signature throughout. Plus, their new PowerHAUS M6 mains block.

Hope you enjoyed the read. Fanthorpes HiFi.

If you have any questions about the services we offer or equipment mentioned in this post, please call us on 01482 223096 or email [email protected]​

Trade In
At Fanthorpes we love to trade in, so if you want to trade in your existing HiFi against new HiFi, contact us and we will let you know what it is worth as a trade in.

Finance Available
We can also offer buy now pay later on orders above £400, allowing you to spread or defer your payments over a year.

Nationwide Delivery and Installation Service
When you buy equipment from Fanthorpes HiFi, we will provide a nationwide delivery and installation service within mainland UK. Our installer will drive to your house and install your new HiFi. For more information about our delivery and installation service email [email protected] or call 01482 223096.