AVI has a small number of dealers in the UK and a number of overseas distributors most are extremely knowledgeable and helpful, however demonstrating the very best sound quality requires room acoustics appropriate to people’s homes. Cellars and storerooms, as used by many shops are rarely satisfactory and as a result, many customers either buy the wrong equipment or don’t buy at all. 

The recent introduction of ADM9s has further complicated matters because the majority of customers are using computers, which shops don’t have, don’t necessarily understand and cannot sell profitably. The situation has been made worse by wholesale condemnation of digital compression by some of the Hi Fi fraternity. Our customers are often getting poor or incorrect advice as we’ve explained elsewhere. Many people are beginning to discover that the correct amount of compression actually sounds as good as CD and that there’s a large amount of streamed music and radio available that’s more heavily compressed and sounds pretty good too. If they use it, they have access to a far great variety of music. It’s simply too good an opportunity to miss. 

Furthermore for many, it is hard to accept that putting an entire hi fi system in a pair of modestly sized, stand mount, loudspeakers and charging substantially less for them, can actually produce a dramatic improvement in sound quality (and reliability) as well as saving precious space. 

Therefore we operate alongside our dealers, not only selling direct, but also demonstrating here almost every day, thus we help people to buy and use the most suitable equipment and ancillaries. We sell direct all over the UK and the rest of the world (usually for UK prices that inc del.) so, if you don’t have a suitable dealer near you, please get in touch and come and see us, or if you’re overseas, please ask us how you can buy anything you want painlessly. 

AVI is extremely concerned to maintain its reputation for build quality and reliability, therefore we operate a special website that gives comprehensive service and build information and we supply anything that isn’t available locally as quickly as we can. Provided you have competent technician near you, you have no worries, failures are extremely rare but if they occur, we’re there to help. 

Please get in touch.