Wilton Music Mall grew out of 30 years collecting and obsessing over Hi Fi (mainly British, and not too expensive, but well designed) and too may friends telling us how great their iPod dock sounded, or playing music through their TV. A half good stereo is a far more lovely thing, and when you get the right system (for maybe a few hundred pounds) for your room (the interaction is important) the effect can be entrancing. 

We love vinyl but we don't pretend that most vinyl setups sound better than an iPhone: they don't. An iPhone is a pretty good front end. As is a DVD player, but just don't mention the words 'home cinema' in here: let's focus on getting the stereo right and we swear you won't want Dolby surround and a bunch of subwoofers!

At the moment it's just a one man operation, mainly on sundays. Almost everything in the room is a clean, working, usually serviced example, and the prices reflect that. Buying on ebay is fine (and we do get some things from there) but amps, speakers and record players can all have their problems. We have bought 4 unworking sony PS-F9 record players in a row from ebay, all described as working fine... we're rebuilding them, but we'll end up with two. If you want to go that way please do bring us the repairs when they are needed! We're happy to spend some time putting a system together for you that sounds sweet, looks great and holds its value (most of our things are established hi fi greats and easy to resell). And if something does go wrong later we can arrange repairs by the proper person at a reasonable price. 

The one person arrangement has some drawbacks for you. I'm selling as a private individual, and in that way this is the equivalent of buying from ebay rather than Graham's Hi Fi: there is less implied warranty. But we will happily take back anything within a year for repair, or refund the full cost if you're not happy (and lend things out on trial to see if they work in your room). And come round and fit your system. Or just give some advice... we look forward to seeing you!