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    Join Date: Nov 2012

    Location: Hull, East Yorkshire, UK

    Posts: 1,953
    I'm Marc.

    Default Fanthorpes HiFi - An Introduction


    Hi all,

    Thanks for having us on this forum! We're hoping to make a good contribution here, either through our Hi-Fi offers or by adding our input to forum discussions.

    Here is a quick introduction below...

    About Us

    We've been trading in Hull's Hepworths Arcade since 1948. Starting out selling ex-service radios & components, business over the years has progressed to being the high end audio retailer that we are today.

    The products that we sell may have changed dramatically over the years, but our customer oriented approach at Fanthorpes HiFi has remained unchanged.

    We deliver a customer experience to suit you, offering a range of services such as our Hi-Fi trade in deals, 12 month interest free credit and UK wide delivery and installation service. Home audition is a big focus for us; we try and personally see & hear as many of our customers systems as possible to help give the best advice.

    All of the brands we deal with have been carefully selected and profiled covering a host of stlyes and price points. We believe another strong point of our business is the stock we hold available for demo. Speakers from PMC and KEF to Martin Logan, amplifiers from Chord Electronics, Bryston, Devialet and Constellation Audio and Turntables from AVID and Pro-ject just to name a few manufacturers.

    Check out our full product catalogue on our site here www.fanthorpes.co.uk

    Where We Are

    We are located in Hull, which is at the end of the M62. All you need to do to find us is get on the to the M62 and head east. It's that simple. Once you reach Hull you will find us in Hepworth's Arcade in the city's old town.


    Contact Information

    Our opening hours are 9:00am - 5:30pm Monday - Saturday

    Telephone - 01482 223096
    Email - shop@fanthorpes.co.uk
    Marc

    Website - Fanthorpes Hifi
    Email - shop@fanthorpes.co.uk
    Tel - 01482 223 096

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    Interest Free Credit Available


    PMC Speakers, Chord Electronics, Bryston, Cyrus Audio, Martin Logan, Deivalet, Musical Fidelity, AVID HiFi

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    Join Date: Jan 2008

    Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK

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    I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.

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    Nice one, Dale. Your place looks great!

    Good luck, and I look forward to reading your contributions

    Marco.
    Main System

    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


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    Join Date: Oct 2012

    Location: NE England

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    I'm Jez.

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    85 posts at introduction
    Arkless Electronics-Engineered to be better. Tel. 01670 530674 (after 1pm)

    Modded Thorens TD150, Audio Technica AT-1005 MkII, Technics EPC-300MC, Arkless Hybrid MC phono stage, Arkless passive pre, Arkless 50WPC Class A SS power amp, (or) Arkless modded Leak Stereo 20, Modded Kef Reference 105/3's
    ReVox PR99, Studer B62, Ferrograph Series 7, Tandberg TCD440, Hitachi FT-5500MkI, also FT-5500MkII
    Digital: Yamaha CDR-HD1500 (Digital Swiss army knife-CD recorder, player, hard drive, DAC and ADC in one), PC files via 24/96 sound card and SPDIF, modded Philips CD850, modded Philips CD104, modded DPA Little Bit DAC. Sennheiser HD580 cans with Arkless Headphone amp.
    Cables- free interconnects that come with CD players, mains leads from B&Q, dead kettles etc, extension leads from Tesco

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    Join Date: Sep 2009

    Location: west mids, UK

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    I'm Phil.

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    ah well spotted , fanthorpes have been on aos before though

    http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...ght=fanthorpes

    some lovely kit and good to have a revived thread !
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