HIFI Companies

• The Listening Post (Victoria Street, Hamilton, plus other locations).
• Lakeland Stereo (Alexandra St, Hamilton)
• Colin Walkington Audio is in Invercargill, but offers free shipping to anywhere in NZ.
• ProSound is New Zealand's largest online shopping site for audio gear. They aim to be NZ's most comprehensive independant on-line shopping site for PA, DJ and Pro-Audio equipment. They are based in Christchurch, but shipping anywhere in NZ is only $7.
• Kea Audio in Nelson manufactures High End Hifi Stereo Louspeakers and Amplifiers with the goal of achieving the best music reproduction. They develop new technology and materials, use NZ native timbers and hand-assemble their products in Nelson.

Component Manufacturers:

• Denon Electronics
• Yahama
• NAD Electronics.

Speaker Manufacturers:

• B&W
• Bose (sells computer speakers too)
• Cambridge SoundWorks (sells direct)
  They have computer speaker systems with subwoofers: MicroWorks US$250, and PCWorks US$70.
• Definitive Technology
• Energy Speakers (Canadian)
• Harman International
• Legacy Audio
• Miller & Kreisel Sound Corporation
• Mordaunt-Short (I bought a pair of MSi20 Pearl speakers in 1999).
• Paradigm (Canadian)
• Polk Audio

John Atkinson - Stereophile - Editor, says: Two web-zines I check out on a regular basis are TNT Audio from Italy, which has an excellent selection of interviews with high-end luminaries, and Doug Schneider's Soundstage!.

AudioWorld Online.

Reviews of mostly British speakers at Hi-Hi Choice.

Reviews of stereo components at E-Town.

Speaker reviews by customers.

Audiogon High-End audio HiFi stereo classifieds and reviews.

Big Matt's Audio Table of Contents.

Andrew's Music World has lots of components reviews.