Fanthorpes HiFi - The Week Ahead

[fanthorpes HiFi]

Hey everyone, we’ve got another jam packed week to look forward to. Plenty of installs and demonstrations to look forward too. Plus some visits from our industry colleagues with news about new products on the horizon…

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.

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…

Monday 22nd July

We start the week off with a trip down to Richmond to install a high end preowned Nagra DAC we recently part exchanged. We’ll be taking in a few items in part exchange such as a Chord Hugo, Pro Ac speakers and a Krell amplifier. So be sure to keep an eye on the preowned section of our website for updates!

We are also expecting a visit from our good friends at MIAN Distribution to talk all things Leema Acoustics. We can’t wait to hear what they have to offer…

Tuesday 23rd July

Our good friends at KEF are paying us a visit Tuesday. We’ll make sure the we have a mug of the finest Yorkshire tea ready! It’s always great to see members of the industry pop in, it allows us to turn our focus to a particular brand serving as a nice refresher course and to possibly learn about any new products on the horizon.

Wednesday 24th July

We have an instore demonstration booked in for Wednesday. Looking for a set of new speakers we will have the Quad Z3 set up alongside the PMC Twenty5 23 speakers on a Cyrus Pre2 DAC QXR and Stereo 200. We will be using an Innuos Streamer as the source.

This customer also purchased an Innuos Zen MK3 prior to the demo and is part exchanging his old Zen MK2. While the demonstration is going on, we will transfer his music library from his old Zen MK2 to his new MK3 Zen so it’s ready to use when he gets home.

Thursday 25th July

A busy day in terms of visits from manufacturers awaits us on Thursday. First up we have Pat from the Chord Company in the morning to talk all things cable related.

In the afternoon we will have Maurice from Chord Electronics in. We can’t wait to hear more about the new Chord products especially the new Ultima range of power amplifiers.

Friday 26th July

A local install is on the cards for Friday. This chap has purchased the preowned ClearAudio reference turntable with a Basis Vector 2 arm we had for sale. Our turntable guy will also be fitting an Ortofon 2MRED Cartridge to the deck to complete the install.

Saturday 27th July

We end the week with an install in Derbyshire. We are heading down to install a Sugden Sapphire pre/power set up. Which we are sure the customer will love.

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 shop@fanthorpes.co.uk

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 shop@fanthorpes.co.uk or call 01482 223096.

[fanthorpes HiFi]

Hey everyone, Summer has finally arrived! But that hasn’t stopped us racking up the miles up and down the country. We’ve been as busy as ever and next week is no exception, with trips to the south coast, London and Birmingham just to name a few of our destinations on the cards!

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.

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…

Monday 29th July

We start the week off with a trip across the M62. We are heading over to Liverpool to install a pair of Monitor Audio PL300 II Speakers. These floorstanders offer a clean, immensely detailed sound. Capable of loads of controlled bass, with huge scale and volume capability.

Tuesday 30th July

We have an epic day Tuesday. Three installs and an early start. Firstly, we are heading down to Southampton deliver an Anthem AVM60 Processor, four Cyrus Stereo 200 and three Cyrus Mono X300 Signature power amplifiers for this customers cinema room.

After the first job is done and dusted, we are heading up to Salisbury to install a Chord Hugo TT2 DAC and Innuos Zen MK3 Streamer. Once the new electronics are all installed, we are collecting a Chord Hugo in part exchange.

The last job of the day sees us head to south west London to install a pair of preowned Audionet Amp II mono power amplifiers.

Wednesday 31st July

Another day, another install is on the cards Wednesday. We are heading down to Lincoln to install a pair of Martin Logan Electromotion ESL X speakers. This customer popped up for a demonstration a few weeks ago, after listening to a few different speakers, opted for the Martin Logans. Once his new speakers are set up, we will also be collecting a pair of Sonus Faber Electa Amator II with matching stands.

Thursday 1st August

We have a trip to the Midlands booked in Thursday for a very exciting install. We are heading to Birmingham to install our first pair of PMC Fact 8 signature speakers. This customer is upgrading from a pair of Twenty5 23 speakers. An upgrade we’re sure he will love.

The Fact 8 signature builds on the balanced, engaging sound and life-like imaging of the original fact speakers. It takes to the next level the fact speakers’ ready ability to accurately reproduce all genres of music via its twin PMC bass drivers, ATL™ and soft-dome treble, a collaboration with precision Norwegian acoustic specialists SEAS. In short, it’s a meticulously engineered, stylish loudspeaker that delivers the optimum output for medium-to-larger rooms

We have another PMC install in Birmingham on Thursday too. This customer is upgrading from the Monitor Audio Gold 50 standmounts to the PMC Twenty5 21 speakers.

Friday 2nd August

We have a local install on the outskirts of Hull to install a pair of Kef R3 Standmounts. The R3 offers exceptional insight and resolution, with a balanced and entertaining sound. As you would come to expect by KEF the R3 are excellently built and finished.

Saturday 3rd August

To finish the week off we have an instore demonstration booked in. This customer is looking to listen to several CD Players up to £2000, with that in mind we will have Roksan Caspian M2 CD Player and Musical Fidelity M6SCD.


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 shop@fanthorpes.co.uk

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 shop@fanthorpes.co.uk or call 01482 223096.

[hifinutt]

Great thread , you certainly get about . wonder how the sugden sapphire pre /power getting on. you hear very little about this product

[Mand]

Top notch customer service.
I wonder how many other dealers travel as far as you guys to set up a pair of speakers or pre- power amp.
A credit to Hifi retailers.

[fanthorpes HiFi]

Hey everyone, as always we have another busy week to look forward to with plenty of demos and installs on the cards.

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.

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…

Monday 5th August

We have an in-store demonstration booked in Monday morning. This customer is looking at purchasing an Arcam AVR550 AV Receiver for his home cinema set up. He is specifically interested in how the AV Receiver performs in a stereo set up, the customer is bringing in his B&W Speakers, but we will have the AVR550 set up with a Project turntable and Arcam CDS50.

Are you looking to upgrade your AV Receiver?

Did you know you can trade in any make or model of AV Receiver against either the Arcam AVR390, AVR550 and AVR850 and save up to £1000! Click here to see the full offer. If this is something that interests you, don’t hesitate to get in touch.

We also have a home audition in Sheffield in the afternoon. We are taking one of the new PS Audio DirectStream Power Plant 15 Mains Conditioner to a customer’s house.

Tuesday 6th August

Tuesday we are set to have a visit from SCV Distribution. We’ll make sure the we have a mug of the finest Yorkshire tea ready! It’s always great to see members of the industry pop in, it allows us to turn our focus to a particular brand serving as a nice refresher course and to possibly learn about any new products on the horizon.

Wednesday 7th August

A free date in out calendar for now! If this fills up at a later date, we’ll update the post and let you know. Alternatively, if you want to take advantage of the services, we offer on Wednesday 7 th drop us an email or give us a call and we’ll try our best to make it happen.

Thursday 8th August

A free date in out calendar for now! If this fills up at a later date, we’ll update the post and let you know. Alternatively, if you want to take advantage of the services, we offer on Thursday 8 th drop us an email or give us a call and we’ll try our best to make it happen.

Friday 9th August

We have an interesting turntable demonstration booked in for Friday. This customer owns a big Luxman L-590AX II integrated amplifier and a pair of Klipsch Cornwall speakers and is looking to upgrade from his current Townshend Audio deck. We’ll have the AVID Sequel SP set up next to the SME Model 15 turntable, we can’t wait to see which one comes out on top.

Saturday 10th August

We end the week with a local install in Hull. We are setting up a Musical Fidelity M2Si and a pair of Monitor Audio Silver 200 speakers.

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 shop@fanthorpes.co.uk

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 shop@fanthorpes.co.uk or call 01482 223096.

[fanthorpes HiFi]

Ortofon MC Anna Diamond Cartridge Event

We'd like to invite you to store next Saturday 21st September for the rare opportunity to hear a vast selection of Ortofon cartridges in a back to back demonstration format.

Working with our industry colleagues from Henley Audio, we will demonstrate differences between Red, Blue, Bronze and Black cartridges across the 2M, Quintet and Cadenza models, finally reaching the pinnacle of their series with the new MC Anna Diamond.

There will be two demonstration sessions at 10:30am & 1pm.

This is a great chance to hear & learn what a cartridge can bring to a system, please contact us to reserve your place.

We will also be running on the day discounts too!

For more information about this event please call us on 01482 223096 or email shop@fanthorpes.co.uk

[fanthorpes HiFi]

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 shop@fanthorpes.co.uk

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 shop@fanthorpes.co.uk or call 01482 223096.

[fanthorpes HiFi]

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 shop@fanthorpes.co.uk

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 shop@fanthorpes.co.uk or call 01482 223096.

[Beobloke]

....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....

And just so you know, my work colleague and good friend Steve, is delighted with the PMCs!

[fanthorpes HiFi]

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 shop@fanthorpes.co.uk

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 shop@fanthorpes.co.uk or call 01482 223096.