Premium Sound

Premium Sound sells home audio equipment, headphones and home cinema products, including individual components and system packages.

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Quick overview

Its range extends from speakers and turntables to cables, racks and accessories. The retailer also offers listening sessions and audio services.

Speaker types include floorstanding, bookshelf, active and wireless models.
Hi-fi separates include integrated amplifiers, music servers and cassette players.
Home cinema products include 5.1 packages, AV receivers, projectors and screens.
The showroom has a listening room and a separate headphone area.
Home trials on most components, installation and repairs are offered.

Introduction

Premium Sound is a home audio retailer offering speakers, hi-fi components, turntables and headphones. It also offers listening sessions, home trials on most components, installation and repairs.

The range includes individual components as well as hi-fi and home cinema packages. Shoppers can also find furniture, cables and accessories alongside equipment for custom installations.

What Premium Sound offers

Premium Sound sells audio equipment in several formats, from active and wireless speakers to separate amplifiers, streamers and CD players. The range also includes home cinema equipment, vinyl playback components and personal audio products.

Alongside the online shop, there is a showroom with a listening room and a separate headphone area. The retailer offers system installation and servicing for modern and vintage hi-fi.

Product and service categories

Hi-fi speakers

Speaker types include floorstanding, bookshelf and active speakers. The active range includes desktop speakers, powered bookshelf speakers and wireless models. Some active speakers have connections such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, optical, USB, HDMI ARC or analogue inputs. Speaker grilles and supertweeters are also listed.

Home cinema

Premium Sound offers 5.1 speaker packages, centre channel speakers, subwoofers and surround speakers. Atmos speakers and soundbars are also available. Other home cinema products include AV receivers, AV processors and AV power amplifiers. The range extends to Blu-ray players, projectors, projection screens, TVs and cinema seating.

Custom installation speakers

The custom installation range includes in-ceiling, in-wall and on-wall speakers. In-wall subwoofers and outdoor speakers are also listed. Installation amplifiers, subwoofer amplifiers and installation streamers appear alongside the other audio components. The retailer also offers system installation at home.

Hi-fi separates

Amplifier types include integrated amplifiers, pre-amplifiers, power amplifiers and valve amplifiers. Source components include streamers, music servers, CD players and cassette players. The range also lists all-in-one systems and DACs. Other components include master clocks and power supplies.

Hi-fi packages

Hi-fi packages bring together components in a single system. The range includes amplifier and speaker packages, turntable packages and streaming hi-fi systems. Compact systems and stereo system bundles are also listed. Some packages combine pre-amplifiers and power amplifiers.

Turntables and vinyl accessories

Premium Sound sells turntables as well as phono preamps and phono cartridges. Shoppers can also find styli, headshells and tonearms. Dustcovers are listed alongside other vinyl accessories. The range includes vinyl care and cleaning products too.

Headphones and personal audio

Headphone options include in-ear, wired over-ear and wireless over-ear designs. The showroom describes open-back and closed-back over-ear headphones, as well as in-ear models. Headphone amplifiers, digital audio players and digital enhancers are listed too. Headphone accessories are also available.

Furniture and mounting

Furniture includes speaker stands, hi-fi racks and AV racks. Wall brackets are also available. The showroom displays racks alongside its audio equipment.

Cables and connections

Analogue cable types include speaker cables, headphone cables, RCA and XLR interconnect cables, and subwoofer cables. The digital range includes coax, Ethernet, HDMI, optical and USB cables. Mains cables and mains conditioners are listed as well.

Other audio accessories

The retailer lists isolation products alongside its other audio equipment. Wireless transmitters and remote controls are also available. The showroom describes displaying isolation products and mains conditioning equipment.

Browse the full range on the Premium Sound website.

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Brands named on the site

Brands named as stocked include Fyne Audio, Sonus Faber, Elac, Dynaudio, Klipsch and YG Acoustics. Products listed on the site also include equipment from Pro-Ject, Rega, KEF, Triangle, Wharfedale, Audiolab and Technics.

Using the website

The website has a product search and a sign-in option. It also offers a brand directory and a journal containing articles and guides.

Notable features

The showroom has a dedicated listening room and a separate headphone area. Listening sessions can be booked in advance, and visitors can bring music on vinyl or CD or stream music using a tablet. The headphone area has DAC and amplifier stacks, and visitors can bring their own source.

Premium Sound offers home trials on most components. Its home installation service includes system installation, levelling and calibration, with speaker placement and room optimisation.

For modern and vintage hi-fi, the retailer lists in-house servicing that includes set-up, alignment and diagnostics. It also says it can repair certain equipment in-house or send it to the manufacturer.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need to book a listening session?

Booking is not required, but Premium Sound recommends it. A booking reserves the demo room and lets the team prepare a shortlist in advance.

Can I bring my own music?

Yes. The showroom page mentions vinyl, CDs, audio files on a USB stick and music streaming accounts.

Can I bring my own electronics?

Yes, Premium Sound says visitors can bring their own electronics to try with its speakers. The showroom also has a separate area for headphone auditions.

Are home trials available?

Premium Sound offers home trials on most components. The retailer describes these as an opportunity to audition components at home with your own music.

What does the installation service include?

The home installation service includes setting up, levelling and calibrating systems. Speaker placement and room optimisation are also listed.

Does Premium Sound offer repairs?

Yes, the retailer offers repairs and testing. It says it can repair certain equipment in-house or send it to the manufacturer.

Key takeaways

Speakers include floorstanding, bookshelf, active, wireless and custom installation types.
Hi-fi separates sit alongside packages, turntables and home cinema equipment.
Headphones, digital audio players and headphone amplifiers are available.
The showroom has a listening room and a separate headphone area.
Services include home trials on most components, installation and repairs.

Summary

Premium Sound brings together home audio equipment, personal audio and home cinema products, with accessories ranging from cartridges to cables and racks. Its showroom listening sessions and services add options for auditioning, installing and servicing equipment.