EP 026 HiFi retail evolution. A unique perspective in HiFi past, present & future with Len Wallis Audio.

Chatting to Len and Tim, they answer some questions that only 47 years in the industry can answer. Does HiFi gear really sound better than it ever did? Do younger generations appreciate music differently with the resurgence of turntables? Do modern HiFi purchasing habits help or hinder the musical experience of the listener? Where to now?

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Len Wallis and Tim Wallis from Len Wallis Audio - 47 years

Len Wallis Audio was voted one of the Top 5 Audio stores in the World in 1990. Len Wallis himself has received many accolades for his service to the HiFi industry through retail and wholesale. Son, Tim Wallis adds a different perspective to the business and their collective knowledge and enthusiasm is forging a new path in HiFi into the future.

Tim Wallis - Len Wallis Audio

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“Basic fundamentals of a good HiFi system – a speaker is a speaker, an amplifier is an amplifier, a source is a source but how you put them together and balance the system…there isn’t a right or wrong. You can’t say one is better or worse it’s what sounds good to the customer…” - Tim Wallis - Len Wallis Audio

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Thanks to these fine Global HiFi Brands for their Support.

PEOPLE MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Len Wallis

Tim Wallis

Brad Serhan

Andrew Hutchison - Host

Geoff Haynes

BUSINESSES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Len Wallis Audio

Serhan Swift

Dellichord Loudspeakers

 HeyNow HiFi

Stereonet

BRANDS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Stax Earspeakers

Musical Fidelity

Dellichord

StereoNet

Dohmann Helix 2 Turntable

Fischer & Fischer Loudspeakers

Supatrac Blackbird Tonearm

Hayabusa Mutech Cartridge

THE LEN WALLIS HIFI SYSTEM

NAD Master Series amplifier

Bowers & Wilkins 800 series loudspeakers

Oppo CD Player

THE LEN WALLIS AUDIO AWARDS

Awards LEN WALLIS - LEN WALLIS AUDIO

1990 High Fidelity magazine Len Wallis Audio one of the five best audio stores in the world.

2001 Len Wallis Audio became the first company outside of the United States to be named the CEDIA (Custom Electronics Design and Installation Association) ‘Dealer of the Year’. Len was given a Lifetime Achievement award by CEDIA Australia the same year.

2005 Len Wallis Audio named the ‘Best International Integrator’ by Crestron USA – the first company outside of the USA to receive this award.

2007 Len receives the inaugural Sound and Image ‘Lifetime Achievement’ award.

2017 Len inducted as a ‘Fellow’ of CEDIA International (the first Australian to do so) at an awards ceremony held on the deck of tBRANDS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

THIS EPISODE

Andrew Hutchison - Host

Brad Serhan - Co-Host

Sharron Hayden - Editing Copywriting