The best value in HiFi today.
What do you do if you own a fantastic 1998 Stereophile Class A CD Player that won’t play discs anymore? You take it to John Sampson. Straight away, John knew the entire laser mechanism needed to be replaced. He also suggested upgrading the Meridian as he could wring out even better performance with “more of […]
Happines
In July 2017 my pre amp had failed after many years of faithful service. Only problem it is in Barbados. Anyway I travelled and brought it with me. I met with JS and agreed have to the upgrade that he recommended. Its now February and a few months of running in, I truly say the […]
Great service again
I’ve used John before, some five years ago, when I wasn’t entirely satisfied with the performance of my amplifier. He both repaired and upgraded it and the improvement was dramatic. Cut to just December just gone. Following redecorating I foolishly left a set of speaker leads in a short circuit position, so that when I […]
Night and day difference
A few months after purchasing a secondhand Musical Fidelity A3.5 CD player I decided it sounded a bit flat so decided to get John to upgrade it. Wow, what a difference it has made. I don’t know all the hifi jargon but I do know it has better bass, better seperation of instruments and it […]
Sampson The Great!
Lost for words (almost). I have dealt with John for a number of years now – he has proved himself not only a reliable guide through the hi-fi thicket but generous spirited, utterly professional and a consummate craftsman. I have had amplifiers upgraded by him and now purchased wonderfully restored Musical Fidelity MA50 monoblocks and […]
Outstanding
I decided to upgrade my AMS35i at the same time as fixing the volume control issue. I wasn’t particularly expecting much as i was already pleased with its sound but John was confident enough he could improve it that i decided to put my trust in him. 3 weeks later I am still just blown […]
Transformation
It’s a tall order properly driving stonking great come-and-have-a-go if you think your hard-enough type speakers (B&W 801D). However, the supreme A370 on bass duties (John even biasing sonic delivery to favour lower registers) now weighs a gazillion tonnes and gives truly heroic performance (and I’d imagine is edging into crazy SA470 territory). I dread […]
Better than new
After 15 years in storage and not working JS repaired and renewed my lovely MF tube CD player, complete with super Russian valves. After such a transformation I had to get the equally old Cyrus 2 and PSX upgraded. The combined effect is astonishing. Great advice, follow up calls, very efficient. Highly recommend!
Awesome transformation KW-550
After years of not being content with my system I let John do the full upgrade of my KW550. Being curious after John I picked it up when it was ready, which was quite a trip living near Amsterdam. But meeting John made it all worth wile. What a nice and knowledgeable guy he is! […]
My X-A100R
What a contrast… I had John upgrade X-A100R amp which has been part of life since 1999… I decided that vintage is the way forward and luckily enough Ebay seller Clifton from Eastcote had a set of near perfect MC-5 speakers up for sale… The upgraded X-A100R and these MC-5 speakers are unreal… Task… How […]