Halford Loudspeakers

For people who love beautiful music this is THE place to go.
As good quality speakers anywhere
For audiophiles or people who want to just get a basic system.
Friendly, honest, reliable and experienced
Staff.
Just go by and listen great experience

I don’t know how I’m going to justify repetitious visits to this niche sonics/​electronics store without wearing out my welcome, just to hear what music is spinning out the speakers. Part retail store and part workshop, this modest but stylishly equipped studio is my inner music lover’s dream living room: the «store» part of the room consists of just a loveseat facing a wall of sound equipment and speakers. I can foresee a tedious, weeks-​long experiment of bringing in my own music to «shop» these speakers.
I first met David Halford at Speaker Services on Cooper, where they refurb and occasionally sell vintage audio equipment and speakers. Having a new turntable, I stopped by a few times to browse and get advice. The problem is, my new equipment may not get along with the vintage equipment. This week, the owner of Speaker Services referred me to David’s new store, Halford Loudspeakers, and informed me that David makes his own line of modern speakers.
I drove down to Cooper Young and found him in his new digs, talking with tourists. And it’s gorgeous — the room, and the products. The art on the walls varies from fine (local artists?) to functional (lattices of acoustic foam panels). But the gear was the most aesthetic part of the room to me. In addition to crafting his own speakers and cabinets, David is reworking vintage equipment for sale. Bizarre old electronic equipment with tube amps, lights and dials, metal housings with holes that hint at the mysterious inner workings, and rich sounds somehow emanating from them.
At this point, pretty much everything in the store is for sale, and it’s all unique, vintage equipment. It’s like a Bojo’s for sound. That will be changing. However, David told me that, besides the normal speaker repair jobs, he’s not even sure what his primary merchandise will be. He’s in the process of obtaining new equipment such as amplifiers, but none were in store when I visited.
Until then, I’m going to be nursing a tax refund and patiently perusing the wares.