FixedThats a shame, not used them for a few years but did have some good deals back in the day and staff always seemed to know what they were on about. Getting less and less places to actually touch and feel products before buying them online instead now.
Dont know what the other stores were like, but I found the Derby one to be pretty lacklustre. TBF I have not visited them a lot, I did find the staff were enthusiastic, but not what you would call experts. Fans I guess is the best choice.
That's the problem...people want to see things in the flesh,and want a demo,but then dont commit to buying from the place where you have taken up someone's time...and could have lost them a sale in the meantime....
However their demo room was very poor. Messy and with stuff not working and just very unprofessional.
But it's still sad to see yet another bricks and mortar shop close and now even less places to demo stuff or even see it in the flesh
I know and I don't know why they do that.dts said:That's the problem...people want to see things in the flesh,and want a demo,but then dont commit to buying from the place where you have taken up someone's time...and could have lost them a sale in the meantime....
My recent dealings with superfi are detailed in the Arcam avr thread in detail. However,it’s very sad if those staff have lost their jobs. I go past the Nottingham store every morning on the way to work and there is hardly ever anyone In there. Brought my first ever 2 channel separates from there of arcam amp and CD player and mission 760 speakers. Seems a lifetime ago,but was 25 years ago. Back then they were enthusiasts but as the market moved towards home cinema,I think they lost their magic as all the original staff moved on. I am wondering where it leaves the warranty on my five day old arcam A390 which I bought from there last Sunday. Will fire an email to arcam tomorrow. On a larger scale,it makes you wonder what will become of the mid to high end 2 channel and home cinema market. At this rate it will be niche geeks like us on here who will pay for quality products,then £100 sound bars at the other end of the market with curry’s et al taking that part of the market. Very sad.
A bit of info for anyone, buying with Paypal online and paying with a credit card. You get NO section 75 recourse using PayPal. Basically I only ever use PayPal if the purchase is £100 or less.
Get your credit card out of your pocket and pay direct if its over £100 and you want protection from your credit card.
As for Superfi, I got all my original setup from the Manchester Branch they guy was great and super knowledgeable and helpful. That must be 20 years ago now though.
In fairness my recent view hasn't changed that much, always helpful, great when I was demoing some KEFs a short while ago but in the end the R series just didn't sound good enough to my ears and I went in another direction.
Shame to see them go, not great to demo something online and in my experience they always matched those online anyway when asked.