|
|
|
|
|
In 1978 I visited a Local Home Show, during which I was exposed to HiFi equipment via "Bob Wilson's HiFi". Bob had a small stand cluttered with interesting pieces of real HiFi, such as Lux, Rotel, Cerwin Vega, Rogers etc. I was in love... |
|
|
|
|
|
The following year I was introduced to amateur radio and my interest in the more technical aspects of electronics was ignited. |
|
|
|
|
|
Early 1982 saw me gaining a "Radio and TV Mechanic" apprenticeship and I passed out of that four years later as a tradesman. A tradesman that knew a whole lot less than he thought...I also worked part time for Bob during these years. Hi-Fi selling was great fun back then....Agh the good old days! |
|
|
|
|
|
A stint working with a very talented tech on the Gold Coast for less than a year netted me more knowledge than I had gained in the previous four years. |
|
|
|
|
|
After a short period at managing a repair shop I started my own in 1988. I ran APH electronics for 2 years and when I purchased Bob Wilson's HiFi I rolled them into one business. |
|
|
|
|
|
Fast forward to 2002. I had run out of enthusiasm for retailing and returned to repairs (full time) and also started importing the marvelous speakers from Spendor in the UK. |
|
|
|
|
|
Last year I opened Audiofix to cater for music and HiFi fans who wanted their quality equipment fixed properly at a sensible price. In due course I will also build a decent demo room (probably not as over the top as the one pictured above that I had in a previous shop) for Spendor and the other High End brands I import or retail. |
|
|
|
|
While retailing I had the pleasure of selling many premium brands such as Denon, Pioneer, Yamaha, Sony, NAD, Rotel, Classe Audio, Martin Logan, Mission, B&W, Ortofon, Orpheus, Richter, Quad, Duntech, Van Den Hul, Luxman, Rogers, Spendor, ProAc, Aragon, Cyrus, Audiolab, Monitor Audio, Paradigm, Boston Acoustics, Naim, Niles, TOA, AKG, Sonance, Kef, JBL, Harman Kardon, Acarion Systems, Bose (yes thats right, Bose?), and a dozen others... |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Andrew Hutchison (thats me) is rapidly becoming old, but as the years wiz he still learns something about electronics everyday.
Although he is a little concerned that he maybe forgetting more than he is learning!
|
|
|
