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HeimkinoWelt relies on Accuphase

The complete range of the traditional Japanese HiFi manufacturer Accuphase Laboratory Inc. can now be found at the Viennese specialist retailer HeimkinoWelt. Once again, Austria's largest specialist retailer is expanding its product portfolio to be able to offer customers an even wider selection of different solutions.

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  • The Viennese specialist retailer HeimkinoWelt is expanding its range in the High-end HiFi sector with the traditional brand Accuphase Laboratory Inc.

The HeimkinoWelt company can not only justifiably be described as by far the largest specialist retailer in Austria, it is also clearly one of the largest specialist shops of its kind in the entire German-speaking market. Under the management of Thomas Chuchlik and Roland Scholz, a dozen highly trained employees work to fulfil the wishes of customers in all areas of consumer electronics.

The spectrum has long extended far beyond the eponymous home cinema sector and thus covers the entire world of modern consumer electronics, from personal audio and HiFi to complex custom installation solutions. All of this can be demonstrated to customers at any time in several studios, from TV sets with a wide range of audio solutions such as soundbar systems to reference home cinema, from headphones to sophisticated HiFi systems.

Broad product portfolio – from entry-level systems to reference solutions

HeimkinoWelt always endeavours to cover a very broad spectrum, offering very attractive entry-level solutions in both the home cinema and HiFi sectors, as well as products that are the absolute reference in their respective categories. Based on this, HeimkinoWelt realises solutions that are second to none and that can hardly be found in this form at any other specialist retailer.

A very important aspect from HeimkinoWelt’s point of view has always been the ability to actually present the most diverse solutions, right up to solutions at the absolute reference level, be it in home cinema, HiFi or custom installation.

Accuphase as a new brand in the High-end HiFi sector

In the High-end HiFi sector, a very special brand can now be added to the product range, namely Accuphase Laboratory Inc. The Japanese High-end HiFi manufacturer is clearly one of the most renowned brands in the HiFi sector, with a history dating back to 1972. Initially founded as Kensonic Laboratory Inc. in Tokyo, the company moved to Yokohama just one year later and presented its first products under the Accuphase brand name in 1973. This was a preamplifier and power amplifier combination consisting of the Accuphase C-200 and Accuphase P-300, rounded off by the Accuphase T-100 AM/FM tuner. In 1982, the decision was made to make this brand name the name of the company and since then it has traded under the name Accuphase Laboratory Inc.

The fact that the long history of the Accuphase brand began with a classic preamplifier and power amplifier combination is indicative of what was to follow over the decades, as Accuphase Laboratory Inc. is still regarded today as a specialist for exquisite amplifier systems, with the product range also being rounded off by CD and SACD players and D/A converters. Incidentally, it should also be mentioned at this point that Accuphase Laboratory Inc. actually has an independent FM tuner in its range…

One of the outstanding characteristics of the Accuphase brand is its consistency over the years. It is a very special virtue to feel committed to classic values and therefore to resist many a trend on the market, to wait and see some developments in order to decide with a cool head whether they are actually relevant to one’s own corporate strategy.

Broad spectrum of amplifier systems

What is particularly exciting at Accuphase Laboratory Inc. is that they always rely on two approaches for their amplifier systems, namely Class A and Class A/B. This applies not only to the Japanese company’s preamplifiers and power amplifiers, but also to its range of stereo integrated amplifiers.

This means that customers can always select the optimum solution for their requirements and personal taste.

And interested parties can now see for themselves what a serious difference this can sometimes make at HeimkinoWelt in Vienna.

Exciting listening comparisons at HeimkinoWelt

As part of the presentation of the entire product range and the training of HeimkinoWelt employees by the Austrian distributor of Accuphase Laboratory Inc., the Klagenfurt-based company R.M.S. State of the Art Audiovisual Products, we had the opportunity to make this particularly exciting comparison.

One by one, the different stereo integrated amplifiers were used, Class A/B followed by pure Class A, as well as the different preamplifier and power amplifier combinations from Accuphase Laboratory Inc.

It is remarkable how significant the differences are in some cases, whereby the listening session showed that there is no such thing as the only right solution, that tastes fortunately cannot differ, and that it is therefore quite justified that manufacturers such as Accuphase Laboratory Inc. can offer such a wide range of products in order to be optimally equipped for the various requirements.

Of course, you can see this for yourself at any time, as HeimkinoWelt offers its customers the opportunity to test all products directly in the optimal environment of a listening studio with living room characteristics, ideally by making an appointment in advance.

Getting to the point

It is extremely gratifying that there are specialist retailers such as HeimkinoWelt who can actually present High-end HiFi products in such a way that they can realise their full potential. With Accuphase Laboratory Inc., Austria’s largest specialist retailer is now adding a particularly prestigious, traditional HiFi brand to its range, whereby the decisive differences can be worked out for customers directly in listening sessions through an appropriate product presentation of the entire product range, providing them with the optimum basis for their purchase decision.

ThemeHeimkinoWelt relies on Accuphase
HeimkinoWelt – „1080p“ Audiovisuelle Systeme GmbH
BrandAccuphase Laboratory Inc.
ManufacturerAccuphase Laboratory Inc.
Distribution AustriaR.M.S. State of the Art Audiovisual Products
Distribution GermanyP.I.A. Hi-Fi Vertriebs GmbH
Distribution Switzerlandcebrands.ch AG
More about this manufacturer at HiFi BLOG

Michael Holzinger

Michael Holzinger, founder and editor-in-chief of HiFi BLOG and sempre-audio.at, has been working for years as a journalist in the fields of IT, photography, telecommunications and consumer electronics.

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