Sydney Hi Fi Mona Vale's Blog

To all the people who might be ready to enter the wonderful world that is high fidelity audio, I wanted to share my experiences from the perspective of a novice coming into the store for the first time. Hopefully this will benefit anyone who may feel overwhelmed or intimidated by the process of narrowing down the right products for you. If our roll is to assist you in the process then the more informed you are the better the job we can do for you.

Most products have a technical life span of 5 to 7 years. This is the time where technology has moved on to a point of functional replacement and a physical lifespan of 9 to 12 years depending on where you live. Closer to water then you can take a few years off due to salt and humidity; in a cool clean climate add a few years. Speakers can last the longest up to and well beyond 25years; most speakers are replaced due to aesthetic deterioration rather than component failure.

Having recently purchased Devialet Gold Phantom's. I can say these are a breathtaking experience. Sleek and beautiful, these look as good as they sound. Even the packaging is a work of art, I was more excited than Golem finding ‘the ring’. Read my review and see why I can say these are even "fit for a king". 

I have often mentioned the problems of rooms when wanting a great sound system. The reflections and rebounds, finding the best seating location and placement for your hifi equipment and disturbing others in the pursuit of the escapism often provided by loosing yourself to music.

To keep things simple, there are a few steps we usually run customers through in the shop to make sure they're on the right path. These are factors that should be considered by anyone in the market.

The big black shiny 2-sided vinyl record is out selling the cd! or so they say. Either way, there is great interest in playing records; some will buy because its trendy, some will buy because it sounds better.