15 Audio

15 audio is the latest incarnation of "Sounds of Music/Metropolis Music" ran for many years by John Jeffries and his father before him who was owner of "Jeffries HiFi" since the 1970's. Since John's retirement in 2010 the company was bought by ex-music recording engineer Peter Woolliscroft and ex-SOM employee and technical manager Brett Hunnisett.... It was clear after many 'golden' years of high-end HiFi activity - seeing ultra-quality custom built products being bought, such as their own 'Lumley' design brand 'Stratosphere' turntable for £20,000+, things were going to change against the background of the financial uncertainties of 2009. Severly diminished was the market for such products and along came new callenges of a more economically minded market that included the latest digital products that could deliver almost as good performance as the expensive analogue turntables but at a fraction of the cost. 15 audio therefore had to change the model and cater for such new products and hence rebrand itself as a modern flexible company to move with the contours of the market. After a period of setting up shop in Lewes, near Brighton the 'footfall' shop concept, due to high overheads, had to give way to a more on-line sales approach with internet customers being more aware of what they want and what they are prepared to pay. HiFi remains Peter's passion and has now established the company on-line based in Ticehurst in East Sussex for private demonstrations - adding that all important personal service not found easily on the internet. He has also refreshed the range to reflect the latest exciting products now available from a worldwide source. "Technology has moved on so we have to reflect that in what we are offering - a £5,000 speaker today would set you back £10k+ years ago and established bespoke manufacturers such as Vienna based piano makers 'Brodmann' have a range of speakers finished to the same beautiful standard as their very expensive pianos - for a fraction of the cost but with sonic performance to ...Read More