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The Audio Art Café is the place where my search for a decent audio shop in New Zealand finally ended. Having bought a pair of new speakers last year in Auckland, I decided to replace my almost 20 year old CD player and Amplifier.
Research on the internet and reading hundreds of reviews can become quite overwhelming considering the amount of gear that is out there. And since there are many personal factors influencing the final decision which components work best for one, the only way is to go and listen, listen, listen.
I had been already to several shops, but I got the impression the salespeople wanted to sell what they thought is the best system rather than giving me options to compare for myself. Others were only selling online and didn’t even have auditioning rooms anymore.
And that is where I feel lucky to have stumbled across Terry and his Audio Reference company. There is a vast amount of gear available for auditioning, from entry level to heart desired expensive audio components.
I find the set up and ambience very inviting. May be that’s why I spend two whole afternoons listening to all kind of different systems, Terry most of the time helpful by my side, introducing me to tube gear, exchanging components and cables I don’t know how many times and reacting to my preferences whilst giving the odd valuable advice.
It’s been now 2 months that I bought the amp and the CD player and I enjoy listening to my music more from day to day, something that Terry had predicted as I would start to appreciate the qualities of my new stereo. As a priceless bonus comes that even my wife started to sit down and just listens to music (as it said in one of the many review articles: an indicator that you bought the right system, a HiFi that delivers atmosphere and emotion!).
Thank you very much for the experience
