Probably the best Hi-Fi dealer in the world!
I came across Elite audio whilst watching reviews online for the Eversolo DMP A8. I ended up on the Elite audio channel which i highly recommend by the way.
Mark the owner of Elite is an excellent reviewer in that his descriptions I later came to learn are in my opinion extremely accurate.
I decided to give Elite Audio a try and pulled the trigger on the Eversolo DMP A8, Mark was extremely helpful throughout, I had a slight reservation as Elite Audio are around 230 miles away from me. I soon realised there was no need for any reservations when my A8 arrived the very next day!
The same week I decided to upgrade my amplification to an Eversolo amp F2. Again I spoke to Mark and as if by magic the F2 was in my possession.
My first F2 had a slight problem ( which is not a common thing ) just bad luck I guess. I spoke to Barry at Elite, I believe Barry is the engineer at elite and deals with technical issues, Barry instantly asked me to return the amps, well actually that's not what he said, What he said was we will have the amplifier collected at the earliest convenience, within minutes I got an email from the collection company regarding the return, again a lightening fast response.
I later spoke to Mark again and asked him if I could maybe try a different power amp, I opted for the quad artera. Mark allowed me to have a Quad Artera on a 30day trial, again next day delivery! 😲
Having run the quad for around 400 hrs I really wasn't happy with it, I decided to give the eversolo f2 another chance knowing that the original issue was a one off, also I really loved the sound of the F2s, again I spoke to Mark and he arranged for the quad to be collected and two eversolo F2s to be delivered at the same time, basically a same day swap!
The delivery and collection of equipment is the most streamlined I have ever experienced, I believe this is thanks to Martyn who is Elite Audios logistics man. Totally awesome, these guys have really got customer service nailed!
I have been buying hifi equipment for almost 40years and during this time have had some good and not so good experiences. I have to say that the team at Elite Audio are truly out to give you the best buying experience possible, and they are succeeding in a big way!
Sat listening to my A8 and my F2 monoblocks as I type this review, it sounds great! I'm still astonished at the level of service I have received. In hi end Hi~Fi terms I've not even spent a lot of money, I've been in dealerships where you only get good service if you're spending big money but not at Elite, In fact the service made me feel like I was buying a 20k hifi.
Elite Audio also have a fantastic not new department where you can buy second user equipment that has a better than new warranty and after sales service.
What's not to love!?
Really wish I had found Elite Audio years ago.
Well done guys! This is exactly how you do it!
With many thanks
Stephen Batty
21 June 2024
Unprompted review