I know the Watford Richer Sounds well. The staff are excellent. I went with
my father to help him pick out a decent set of speakers (he wanted a second
opinion). Got an amazing sounding pair (which may appear on ebay soon as
he's now got a set of 11Ls) for £80. They really were good for the money.
Not a scratch on the Quad 11Ls but it was years ago.

May be popping back soon as he now needs a new AV receiver. It's great coz
he hates all the looking about. It's my favourite part but my hifi is as
good as I need/can afford, at the moment. You learn so much reading up on
the units and researching what the different values mean. Great stuff

The EggKing

"JustMe" wrote in message
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Go to www.richersounds.co.uk. On the first page of bargains you can
make
a pretty good system for £260 - there's a Sony AV receiver, a
Marantz
CD
player and a pair of Mission speakers. Hard to go wrong there
really.


Years ago (1981 I think) Richer Sounds had just one store somewhere
near
Waterloo Station if memory serves me correctly. I bought a Toshiba
power amp
(to use with a Quad 33 pre amp), a pair of LS3/5a lookalike speakers
and an
Aiwa tuner at what was then a good price. A little later I added one
of
the
first Marantz CD players, the top loading gold coloured one, and that
system
served me well for quite a long time. I have just looked at the web
site and
am amazed at how the company has grown!

Yes, I've been lucky enough to have lived in Hertfordshire until,
recently, and on the doorstep of the Watford branch. I have never been
anything less than impressed with their service.

What, you never went round the corner and drooled on the windowsills
at Acoustic Arts? :-)

When I worked there (for all of 4 weeks) I seem to remember it being
referred to as "Acoustic Farts".
It's all a matter of perspective, I guess.

If the components cannot function independently of the others they are
supplied with, then they aren't "separates".