Where to buy HIFI equipment

paulrenn · Post by **paulrenn** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:58 am

I'd like to find some shops in Helsinki area (or netshops even) that have some decent HIFI equipment.
I can mostly only find home theatre type stuff from the usual suspects (musta porssi, expert, etc).
Any suggestions? I'm not deeply into this stuff but I read, for example, Marantz is excellent for the price,
but I have never even seen this brand in Finland.

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sammy · Post by **sammy** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:19 am

Hmm... there's one rather high-end shop (can't recall it's name) at Frederikinkatu - IIRC close to Iso-Roobertinkatu crossing... but as far as I know that's really high-end (24-carat gold plated gloves for handling your records, styluses made of Chinese dragon's teeth, loudspeaker units designed by Picasso and carved out of a single block of Carrara marble... so they're pricey)

Just recently I went hunting for some AKG hifi headphones and got them from Kruunuradio http://www.kruunuradio.fi ; not that their headphone selection was so big but they happened to have what I was after - however I couldn't help noticing the big stacks of hifi equipment lying about (turntables 'n all)- that's in Kruunuhaka, Liisankatu) - I also popped in at Hifi Studio 17 (Eerkinkatu) - http://www.hifistudio17.fi/... apparently they stock Marantz
http://www.hifistudio17.fi/kotiteatteri-ja-hifi/marantz

So, I've spotted those, but it's likely there are others. Expert, Musta Pörssi etc mostly have the home theatre kind of stuff...

hanj · Post by **hanj** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:51 pm

if i am not mistaken....marantz is distributed by the sister company that has its retail outlet named Helsinki Sound+Cinema
http://www.helsinkisoundandcinema.fi/
the people there are knowledgeable and friendly...and speaks good english.
there's a whole list of other retailers like

Mr Hifi http://www.mrhifi.fi mrhifi also carries marantz
HIghend Studio http://www.highendstudio.fi
Audio star http://www.audiostar.fi
Videotykki http://www.videotykki.fi I had good experience from videotykki also

i am currently using marantz myself...I am happy with it. and for the sake of sounding neutral...those others in the competing range are...
Onkyo, Yamaha and for a few more bucks, Denon

hanj · Post by **hanj** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 8:00 pm

http://www.helsinkisoundandcinema.fi/co ... 2348125121

the link is a pdf file of the items on sale in Helsinki sound+cinema not sure if the products are sold out by now or not.
the stuffs listed here are mostly display units but they have standard warranty.

paulrenn · Post by **paulrenn** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:43 pm

Great replies folks, thanks!
I remember drooling at the hifistudio17 in Oulu, I might drop in there one day.
Will check the other links too and see what might suit.

hanj · Post by **hanj** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:23 am

what sort of marantz stuff are you looking for?

riku2 · Post by **riku2** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 8:35 am

I tried to order a rotel power amp a couple of years ago and the stores in hki were pitiful. one completely lost the order, the second had to be almost forced to order it and take my money. none had it in stock of course. Finns don't put their money into high end audio gear so there is not much competition here.

you're better off flying to the UK and buying the stuff there. you easily save the price of the plane ticket.

last time there I picked up:
sony BDP-S350: 170e. at least 240e here.
denon AVR 2809: 680e. 1100e in finland.
panasonic DMR-EX768: 200e. not sold in finland. DMR-EX87 is similar for 400e.

hanj · Post by **hanj** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 8:52 am

yeah...i agree prices for these things are kinda ridiculous in finland. then again, at least one can go and have a look and audition these things before purchasing them.

by the way...S350 is USD160 in US, how's that? heh

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