Huge array of Hi Fi Old and New in London Town

[@graemeguthrie2054]

Brilliant that the shop exists. I will visit when next in London. When you zoomed in on that Revox it filled me with great memories from the 1970s. My father always wanted a Revox, he had an Ampex and a Tandberg reel to reel. All long gone now sadly. Thanks once again.

[@DrOz-007]

Will visit the next time I am in London. Thanks for the tip!

[@frederikjacob1985]

amazing stuff in this little store! Like you i'm drooling over the accuphase amps and preamp! and those big Tannoys!

[@viewfinder914]

What a time capsule. Linn Sondek LP12, Quad and ReVox! Wow. Thanks for sharing.

[@stereoreviewx]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@budgetaudiophilelife-long5461]

🤗 THANKS KELVIN,FOR SHARING A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE 😎,….so much we could not afford £😅💚💚💚

[@Velvet_Torpedo]

Great store! So much nice stuff! I'd be itching to hook those Leban amps to the Tannoy Super Gold's or the Tannoy Super Red's😊

[@PaulDoldenDetails]

I’ve got the Mk1 Mercurys with the white woofers hooked up to a Arcam SA10

[@Michael-xz1nk]

Love seeing the vintage Quad kit….which I owned years ago.

[@MustangBoss1973]

I have two Stereo 30's and I love them, its the amp I use most, pairs with Celestion' very well. Loved the video thanks Kelvin.

[@thomasalexand]

Three months ago that amp was on my shortlist. I ended up buying a Rotel a11 tribute amp instead.

[@MustangBoss1973]

I have the a11 tribute as well but hardly listen to it, nothing wrong with it just doesn’t seem to please as much as the leak. Did you update the firmware yet?

[@thomasalexand]

@MustangBoss1973 No. I would be grateful if you could tell me how to do it. I didn't know I could update it. Thanks.

[@TheDjcarlos67]

I hooked up my son’s Leak Stereo 30 to my system last as I’m selling my Quads. They are a really decent amp. I’d have no trouble listening to it for longer🎵🎶

[@MustangBoss1973]

@@thomasalexanddid you see my reply? I think KZbin removed it because of the url’s

[@mlblue5355]

Great sights in that shop!

[@allanellis5827]

This is just mouth watering gear!

[@SimonBrowneNZ]

While I was in Tottenham Court Road, one day in 1981, I bought a Luxman Amp 114A , 90 pounds, a Luxman Tape deck, 90 pounds, and Acoustic Research AR16s also 90 pounds - to keep it simple I guess - my name is Simon, so figures. Lovely stuff. Sent them home in tea chests - to Aotearoa, NZ. Now enjoy 2.1 Minirigs Minis plus Sub - wired to AirPort Express and DAC and Tidal.

[@keplermission]

You know Luxman and AR is later on but there were speakers in the 70s that made the deepest possible bass and n small cabinets, with a fraction of a watt! These were the EMI (the record company) and WERC, which was better known as Stentorian but this place in London never had any of these, it mostly sold Bowers & Wilkins, Bang & Olufsen and Japanese speakers ... but it never had any elite stuff.

[@briancampbell7712]

Nice trip to the vintage shop...enjoyed...thank you

[@artyfhartie2269]

Just imagine working in that environment. Escapism and simplicity are the best antidote to the harsh bland realities

[@mister_bojangles]

Quite like these shop browsing videos. Do another, for sure!

[@stereoreviewx]

Will do!

[@GrahamAtDesk]

Ooooh, nice to see that place again. I used to live just up the hill opposite the shop, and (needless to say) I spent a few quid in there. Cheers Kelvin.

[@anoksf216]

I must never go in that shop with my credit card.

[@jameslynch7826]

I have been there once. It’s not cheap. I laughed when a millennial asked if they could repair his I pad or something. He was politely told no. They have some lovely stuff.

[@Kulumuli]

Of course they have to jack up prices to get their business going. Find sellers online. And Have audiophile friends.

[@keithposter5543]

When they were further down in the middle of Crouch End they didn't take credit cards as the philosophy was that as great as hifi was it wasn't worth getting into debt over 🙂

[@franciscorompana2985]

Pay once, take 10.😅

[@MustangBoss1973]

@@keithposter5543if only banks had the same decency.

[@superkev]

thank you kelvin for sharing your visit to audio gold. up north we don't have anything like that hifi shop what a experience looking round i remember a few of the things you have filmed , keep your content coming and thank you again 😁

[@hifi.david.]

Up north theres hifi vintage Middlesbrough

[@stereoreviewx]

thanks

[@Cujo_OG]

Lovely to see around such a well stocked shop. We sadly have nothing like this over here in Northern Ireland so we’re stuck with Facebook, Gumtree, eBay and the like.

[@matthewtaylor7355]

And Ali express

[@numinousbookofreview]

Back in the day Cash Converters in Belfast used to carry some old hi-fi, but very little these past few years. The stuff always sold so I'm not sure why they dropped it. Or maybe they're just not getting it offered to them considering the pittance they give you for it.

[@Cujo_OG]

@@numinousbookofreview aye, I got a couple of Cambridge amps from the one on Newtownards road back in the day

[@markseymour5558]

I would love to see a video of your collection 👍

[@kymvalleygardensdesign5350]

This was fantastic my kind of shop modern stuff leaves me cold, what I would give for my old 3-way Armstrong 602's speakers back they were awesome.

[@SP-vw3cz]

I live just a few miles from here. Great shop, lovely gear, both old and new + sound and friendly advise from the team. Good new and used record collection too. Definitely worth making an effort to visit.

[@jeffsimon9594]

You forgot to mention they charge like a wounded bull!

[@thisisnev]

Honourable shoutout to the small-but-perfectly-formed Technics SB-F1s - great little speakers for a bedroom system or as desktop monitors.

[@26Jorgeb]

Thanks for the mouth watering video Kelvin.

[@robturner3065]

1:40 Seas tweeters, got them in my ditton 44s, sound great

[@James-tf8vg]

Wow. What a range. Audiolab, real awesome amp

[@TheSoundrookie]

A church for the true hifi believer. Thanks for showing. Ps. I for one would bring my credit card. Otherwise I would end up a drooling wreck if I had to leave that place empty handed.

[@stevezeidman7224]

Watching from the US. Nice shop. I love seeing many brands we don’t see much, excluding Wharfedale. I have a pair of Diamond towers. I get the impression there are more shops left there than here.

[@admiralhipowa7158]

I had one of those Leak amps, beautiful round sound with Goodmans RB65 speakers.

[@nasdkhan254]

A fantastic shop . A mixture of old & new. Its variety is unlike any shop . I have bought many things there. Recently I bought a pair of Yamaha ns 1000m, boxes slightly tatty but nothing to worry about , superb sound for the money ❤

[@jim586]

Ah, the Revox B77. I was a Taoe op in studios for a few years in the 80s. They were the standard machine to mix down onto. Wonderful machines.

[@DrOz-007]

You're right, if I read you correctly, the first Blade Runner is a masterpiece, the second one... just a bit on the dull side, no edginess.

[@stereoreviewx]

totally

[@paulmurray6071]

That was very entertaining I always look forward to watching your content And it’s great looking around hi-fi dealers and imagine what you would buy if money was no object but you can get the same buzz just buying new music Keep up the good work Kevin 🍻

[@MustangBoss1973]

Hi Kelvin, I noticed your comment on the bass of the stereo 30. In my garden room I have a stereo 30 (not the plus) paired with some cell estion county c and I don’t know if it’s the amp or the speakers but the depth of the bass literally paints pink Floyd in the room with me(bit cramped). Never experienced sonics like it. Thinking of moving it all to the living room instead.

[@stereoreviewx]

great description

[@atom6277]

Great shop very good at repairs too, when you walk in you do not want to leave.

[@tonyjedioftheforest1364]

Brilliant shop and excellent video thank you.

[@stereoreviewx]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Ricky-cl5bu]

Them missions 770 are class looking

[@janath9118]

Yes, they are beautiful!

[@lincoln3x7]

Watching from Missouri... I recognized several items at the shop that I have! As you enter in the front window is a Sony FM Tuner that's an upright shoebox shape with a round dial, I have that gem.... and inside you pass over the venerable Technics 1100, I have that table with a SME arm. Both were part of my uncles collection, who was a fan of English history and culture, Im sure his system choices were influenced from over the pond. Cheers and thanks for sharing.

[@stereoreviewx]

see arm is a a winner hi from a cloudy `London

[@sachinthakaabeywardena581]

Thanks for sharing the wonderful video Kevin. Love to see the vintage stuff which is far superior than new Hifi equipment. I watched the video very closely to look out for Luxman equipment. By the way very good collection of speakers, specially Tannoy....

[@stereoreviewx]

Strangely there were some luxman speakers which I didn’t know about Not in the film though

[@sachinthakaabeywardena581]

@@stereoreviewx Thanks for the update on Luxman speakers. I am from Sri Lanka. I have come across couple of Luxman speaker models selling in vintage Hi-fi shops in Sri Lanka, those were imported from Japan. But I hadn't purchased. However when I checked, Luxman speakers were produced by using OEM. Some were manufactured by an Australian company. Came to know this details through a hi-fi blog. Lastly, Looking forward a review in the future form you for my favourite Luxman amplifier L-10.

[@attrktmarketing4582]

They have a great vinyl section. I’ve bought a few albums from here and found some rare ones.

[@armoris66]

It's a great shop to wonder through when in that part of North London. They also have a great vinyl department where you can dig out all sorts of gems.

[@jeffsimon9594]

At a price.

[@shaneonpole]

Blade Runner...have you played the movie soundtrack by Vangelis?...I use it as one of my test albums when evaluating new HiFi kit)...love "Tears in the Rain".

[@thomasalexand]

Mary Hopkins and Demis Roussos providing vocals on two tracks.

[@stereoreviewx]

wow

[@noelg3384]

I have not been to this shop yet but would love to visit. I did buy a pair of ATC SCM7 speakers off them to use for parts to put into a pair of KEF 105 4 speakers that I have. The project worked very well. I am well happy with the results and they sound fantastic. I use a Akai Psm200 pre power amplifier for them. Great service communication and packaging. Brilliant shop. Highly recommend.

[@TheOffertonhatter]

Oooh the audiolab 8000C and P. with the TAGMclaren underneath. Lovely.

[@ianstreeter5291]

Excellent shop loved it 😁

[@dougedwardsyachts]

That’s a proper blokes sweet shop! I lived in that area for yrs but never knew of it.

[@joeyjustin6895]

THANKS BUD. VERY ENJOYABLE. WE LOVE YA TAKE CARE TILL THE NEXT ONE💯💯👌👍

[@brucetungsten5714]

Very nice!

[@lorenzosoldi]

I could live there for a month or so. Great vid, thanks Kelvin (will you review some horn speakers at some point? That would be great)

[@lilpony200]

Thanks for the video and a bit of memory lane. Eltax is a Danish brand and probably the biggest producer of speakers in Scandanavia.

[@CypherAod]

Oh damn, I've been past this place loads of times as I live about ten minutes away and assumed it was just an independent RicherSounds kind of place! I'll have to visit soon

[@keithposter5543]

Wonderful place - I used to live very near and had much stuff from them over the years, including the loan of a QUAD amp while mine was fixed/serviced. Well worth a visit if you're in the area

[@kloug2006]

I really enjoy your videos !

[@4p-is-3]

Oh my, I did enjoy that. Thank you for sharing.

[@chriswilson1853]

My dad bought a Garrard 401 and that SME arm from new. He still has the original SME box with the original price label on it, £19/19/6 or something like that!

[@EtonieE25]

WOW l didn’t even know this place existed!!! 30 miles from where l live!!!! 👍

[@Ricky-cl5bu]

Class shop I’d love to go in there , with no wallet of course lol

[@noelmajers6369]

Ermigahd...all that cool gear and also vinyl. This is a 'pinch me' shop. Heaven.

[@stereoreviewx]

Rock on!

[@jakedavila4468]

Good field trip! Something different!

[@garypoole716]

We have a shop up here in the North called Wilkinsn's HiFi Nelson, a great shop for second hand and new, very friendly staff. Highly recommended! even Taran from A British Audiophile visits.

[@stereoreviewx]

interesting thanks

[@llucrescu9058]

Hi, Kelvin Maybe you can make a collaboration with a shop like this. They lend you some gear for review and you put a little add for them at the end of the video.

[@robertyoung1777]

I am off topic but: Could you create at show and tell about PHASE? I am a longtime audio enthusiast. Lately I keep hearing people talk about phase. I have always understood that it simply meant keeping the red and black speaker wires attached to their corresponding red and black connectors. Can you provide more detail if it is relevant? Thank you.

[@stereoreviewx]

sure interesting thanks

[@bryanpaulgilbert7308]

I've never seen that much gear I'd personally want to own in one place 😅

[@keithneal5369]

I'm still using a garrard 401 sme 3009 arm . The arm is fitted with a fluid damper and it sounds absolutely fine with a range of pickup cartridges, including moving coil. Also using old tannoy 609 mk2s . Amazing sound quality.

[@mrpositronia]

Beautiful!

[@janath9118]

This video of the "Audio Gold" shop is very good. This video shows mostly the very expensive, used, top of the line high end hi fi stereo equipments. That is very good, but i want to mention here that the other hi fi equipments like Japanese Amplifiers, Receivers etc. which are available here at this shop are not focused and not given the necessary attention. Thank you!

[@hayno7066]

I’m online, in the shop. Help…

[@The-Chrystalmachine]

Question that tweeter on the Mission 770's was it a Scan speak or SEAS or something else.

[@SurnaturalM]

I like the tannoy speakers. They sound incredible. I don't like the quad 3 serie. I thought they're incredibly overrated, but I would like to have the older quad II monoblock for sure. Accuphase is the Japanese Mcintosh. Very high quality stuff. You're right, these revox reel to reel are the best analogue source, way, way ahead of any turntable. The albums in this format aren't exactly cheap, but they worth the price.

[@TheDjcarlos67]

I replaced my disappointing 33 / 303 Quads with a 34 / 405-2 and couldn’t be happier. I love the way the 33 / 303 looks but it didn’t live up to the hype

[@keithposter5543]

Never heard the 303 (or 33), but like with most Quad amps they tend to be listened to with the corresponding Quad pre. IME the pre's aren't great and using a better one will get a lot more out of the power amps

[@ar_xiv]

Question from an American: how often have you heard people using the word “tannoy” as slang for speakers in general? I watched a film about dub sound system culture in London and this detail was interesting.

[@malcolmcann2738]

Most PA speaker systems in sports grounds or open public spaces are normally referred to by the British as 'The Tannoy' or ' The Tannoy system'.. Just as 'Hoover' is used to describe any make of vacuum cleaner

[@MustangBoss1973]

@@malcolmcann2738 I couldn't have explained it any better, still not sure if it will translate to the American understanding of English though sadly.

[@ar_xiv]

@@MustangBoss1973 yes unfortunately it is incomprehensible to me :P

[@stereoreviewx]

to me tannoy would refer to railway station stuff like that .

[@TheMamosians]

wow!! Next time i go and see my mate in London I'll be stopping off here. I've had recurring dreams sinnce being a teenager of walking into shops like this and everythings priced at £2. obviously a good dream

[@stereoreviewx]

you might have nightmare if you go there 😅

[@TheMamosians]

@@stereoreviewx lol, I spotted a couple of the price tags. Though i suspect its all very well looked after gear in there

[@Duggy171]

Great video, thanks for sharing. I have inherited my dads Quad 303 and wonder if I should have it 'done up'. There's a chap with great reputation that will renovate it. Do you think I should? What speakers should I pair with it? Will have to be small speakers unfortunately due to lack of space.

[@stereoreviewx]

303 is class

[@adrianred236]

I think i was in there, pass it if heading from the Ally Pallie entrance heading towards Crouch End?

[@jomil8847]

Would love to visit your shop where is it located ?

[@mikeherbert1343]

Hifi heaven 🎉

[@shaunhagan1610]

Great shop

[@ディーカサワ]

Leben amps are all developed and made in Japan by a Japanese engineer.

[@squirrelarch]

Blimey. I think Eltax is From Denmark. Could be wrong. Good stuff in there.

[@iancatchpole5223]

A walk down memory lane, you should check out the pinewood museum where they filmed such greats as the "Sweeny" and "Z cars" apparently its on Letsbe Avenue....

[@stereoreviewx]

😎

[@thomasalexand]

The follow-up to the original 1982 Blade Runner was a disappointment. The original is in my top ten of best films. It had been some time since I watched a film in the cinema, watching Blade Runner was an amazing experience. The soundtrack was wonderful. A lovely shop. I lived in Muswell Hill in the late 1970s. Loved it.

[@njp100]

Brilliant channel, many congratulations! You spun like a true enthusiast, rather than some of those other rather “shouty” commentators. Do you come across much AVI equipment? Mainly active speakers, made in the South West and Wales.

[@WalterDavidRiffmon]

Thanks, Kelvin. All, or mostly made before the age of measurements!

[@stereoreviewx]

yes where's the progress😅

[@MaxellAdGuy]

Can I live here? Just a corner, promise I won’t annoy anyone.

[@stereoreviewx]

you could easily be a huge power amp

[@asx1248]

Come on Kelvin, tell us! What did you buy?

[@garethparr9482]

What a shop. It would be worth a 400 mile round trip just for a look. Leave my credit card at home just for safety sake tho 😛

[@stereoreviewx]

you can have this video removed via hypnotherapy

[@socksumi]

That Seas plastic dome tweeter in the Mission 770s did have some issues. It was chosen because it had good power handing, dynamic range and went low enough to use in a two way speaker. But it had some resonances and small peaks in the mid/lower treble lending an explicit quality and a forwardness to female vocals that some users liked while other users like me felt it a bit too fatiguing for extended listening. But tweeter are like that... a matter of preference and taste.

[@stereoreviewx]

sure I get what your saying thanks

[@Terry-ed1pi]

Love to go there day.

[@MustangBoss1973]

I want a set of Cornwall's so bad

[@Smog104]

I used to live on Pembroke road off Conley hatch lane . Before I got into BnO I had separates at the time Acoustic Energy speakers and Arcam Cd Arcam Amp and Thorens deck Really should of had a look in here

[@colinbenfield326]

Tannoy started in south London but the factory is now in Scotland

[@stereoreviewx]

apparently they went to china but the Chinese want there speakers made in uk . that's what I heard

[@johnorourke1636]

If I ever wandered into that shop I’d end up divorced. 😅 What an Aladdin’s cave of hi fi.❤

[@davidmorgen4558]

No ads ?

[@donwest5387]

We have a great vintage shop in Surrey, B.C.: Innovative audio

[@florinmoldovanu]

you know there is another planet in this universe called England where there is a Surrey country. I'm guessing the English copied the name from Canada when the indigenous North American population flew over the pond in search for new land and to spread the word of god?!?

[@user-il3nn1vl4w]

No Scan dyna A25 or A30 to be seen. I still use my A25's with its 10 inch base and 4 inch tweeter. They were on loan for years to friends of mine, and about 4 years back they returned. I did prefer the A30's (tweeter, mid and base), they were an all rounder for any type of music. I refurbished them and the wood has come up as new after being nourished. They had not been touched with any form of wax in many a year. The cloth was changed from the gray and now has black open cloth. The long gray cable needs to be changed to posts on the back, when I get round to it with a wood baffle over the back of the post holders.

[@stereoreviewx]

nice speakers for sure

[@daz6572]

There's no way you came out of that shop empty handed!

[@andycope6683]

Please do another - maybe an hour long :)

[@stereoreviewx]

yes I know here is too much

[@bobby666666]

Amazing. I would spend hours in this shop, but not spend much moneywise.😊😊.

[@bongofury3176]

do they do credit ? also do they employ debt collectors ?

[@stereoreviewx]

🤣

[@alexmacdonald2644]

Next trip to London will be to that Mecca…meanwhile, Tannoy = Scotland. Least for a long while…

[@DrOz-007]

Founded in London. Moved to Scotland in the seventies. Still made in Scotland, apparently, or at least some of it.

[@narabdela]

@@DrOz-007 Only assembled in Scotland now. Made in China.

[@rakosipeter7446]

I'm sorry I only had a short time for one reel-to-reel tape recorder.

[@Exgol2005]

No Sugden?

[@stereoreviewx]

yes