It looked nice and well set up, carefully arranged and sounding good.  After the carrying, plugging, unplugging and pointing had given way to smiles, closed eyes and head nodding, it was obvious all the hard work had been well worth it.

At 5.30pm on Monday 13th of December at the Wellesley Boutique Hotel in Wellington, Hugo Van Son, Audio Visual Manager of Harvey Norman Tory Street, and I, were looking at each other wondering if an evening of hi-fi demos in 2010 was actually a good idea.  Was hi-fi still a thing that could capture the public’s attention?  Or were we living in the past, some of the last men on the ramparts championing good sound over convenience?

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Nir·va·na [nir-vah-nuh]: “An ideal condition of rest, harmony, stability, or joy.”

Richard Murry lives at lake Tahoe, Nevada. As a successful businessman, long standing Perreaux enthusiast and lover of music, Rich has recently built on his passion for quality by investing in 4 of our top of the line 750W Monoblock Power Amplifiers and the new SM6 MkII Balanced Stereo Preamplifier.

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“Rich Murry’s quest for Audio Excellence started in the early 1980’s in Southern California, when he refused to follow his dealers’ advice to purchase the in-stock Perreaux 2150B and had the 5150B special ordered. Through-out the years he experimented with various other Perreaux products such as: 2150B, 1850, 3150, SX1, SM2, SM3. Since the “speaker is only as good as the equipment driving it” Rich finalized his system in early 1989 with the Perreaux 5550 to drive his Apogee Caliper speakers.

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