Audio Affair

Audio Affair, audio and hi-fi equipment with a showroom in Birmingham

Audio Affair is a British retailer dedicated to the sale of audio equipment, with a catalogue spanning speakers, hi-fi systems, headphones and home cinema. The company handles online orders with free UK delivery and has a showroom in Birmingham where customers can request product demonstrations.

Speakers and sound systems

The speaker catalogue includes bookshelf, floorstanding, active or powered models, wireless and portable speakers, unique speakers and 2.1 systems. For home cinema installations it offers 5.1 packages, centre speakers, subwoofers, satellite speakers, Atmos and dipole speakers, as well as soundbars. The company also sells speakers for custom installation, such as in-ceiling and in-wall models, outdoor speakers, amplifiers and cables specific to this type of installation. Speaker stands and speaker stand filler are also available.

Among the speaker brands featured on the website are ATC, Dali, KEF, Klipsch, ProAc and Wharfedale.

Hi-fi, vinyl and digital audio

The hi-fi section brings together separates such as integrated amplifiers, pre amplifiers and power amplifiers, all-in-one systems, DAB and FM tuners, audio recorders and hi-fi packages. The analogue section includes turntables, phono stages, phono cartridges, turntable essentials, vinyl care, audiophile vinyl and audiophile reel to reels.

In streaming and digital audio, streamers, DACs, streaming systems, wireless adapters, music servers and CD and SACD players are offered, as well as audiophile SACDs. Hi-fi accessories include racks, wall shelves, isolation solutions, power supplies and other accessories, as well as gifts. The hi-fi brands cited include Arcam, Audio Technica, Cyrus Audio, EverSolo, HiFi Rose, Pro-Ject and Quad.

Headphones and headphone electronics

The store sells open back headphones, closed back headphones, wireless headphones, on ear headphones, in ear monitors (IEMs) and noise cancelling models. It also offers electronics specifically for headphones: desktop and portable headphone amps, DACs, digital audio players and streaming and media players. It has special collections of high end headphones, electrostatic headphones, stethoset headphones and the Sennheiser Club Orpheus, as well as packages, cables, stands and gifts. Among the headphone brands are Abyss, Audio Technica, Dali, FiiO, Grado, HiFi Man and Sennheiser.

Home cinema

The home cinema catalogue includes separates such as AV receivers, AV power amps and AV processors, movie players and movie servers, home cinema packages, 4K, 8K and short throw projectors, projection screens and video distribution. It is complemented by home cinema speakers, accessories such as digital coax cables, HDMI, optical Toslink, speaker cables and subwoofer cables, AV racks and speaker stands. The home cinema brands mentioned are Anthem, Arcam, JVC Projectors, Kaleidescape, KEF, Sony Projectors and SVS.

Lifestyle, furniture and cables

In the lifestyle section, DAB, WiFi and internet radios, alarm clock radios and portable radios, music systems, one box systems, turntable systems, wireless speakers, portable music players, gift ideas, discrete music solutions, in ceiling and in wall speakers, outdoor speakers, custom install cables, multi room music and wireless speakers are offered. The brands cited include Devialet, FiiO, Ruark Audio, Tivoli Audio and We Are Rewind.

Furniture comprises stands and racks for speakers, hi-fi, AV and headphones, wall brackets and shelves, product specific stands, isolation control, acoustic room treatment, furniture accessories, storage and displays, and speaker stand filler. The furniture brands mentioned are Atacama, Apollo, Glorious, Solidsteel and Stillpoints.

The cables section covers analogue cables, speaker cables, RCA and XLR interconnects, 3.5mm minijack cables, headphone cables, turntable and tonearm cables, DIN cables, subwoofer cables, digital coax cables, USB cables, HDMI cables, Ethernet cables, coax and S/PDIF cables, optical Toslink cables, mains cables and mains blocks and filters. Services and accessories such as connectors, HDMI distribution, grounding solutions, speaker jumpers, switch boxes, speaker cable termination and cable burn in service are also offered. The featured cable brands are Atlas, Black Rhodium, Chord, Inakustik and QED.

High end, deals and finance

The website dedicates sections to luxury and high end hi-fi, with speakers such as ATC High End, Canton Reference, Klipsch Heritage, Linn 360, Kef Reference, KEF Blade and ProAc K Series; high end hi-fi with Devialet Astra, Gold Note 1000 Range, HiFi Rose, Linn Klimax, Luxman, Mark Levinson, Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista, PS Audio PMG and valve high end; high end headphones such as Abyss AB-1266, Audio Technica ATH-AWKG, Grado Signature, HiFi Man Shangri-La, Sennheiser Orpheus, Sennheiser HE-1 and Yamaha YH5000SE; and high end home cinema with Anthem, JVC Projection, Kaleidescape, KEF speaker packages, Sony Projection and Trinnov.

The site features featured deals, special offers and ex demo, graded or pre-owned products, with specific sections for Naim Hi-Fi, KEF Loudspeaker, Quad II Valve, Cyrus Classic, Sennheiser and Mission QX Speakers. It also mentions staff picks and 0% finance.