Today's Gap Finder is Luke Tyson from Fell Audio, a start-up manufacturing British Hi-Fi electronics.
Today's Gap Finder is Luke Tyson from Fell Audio, a start up manufacturing and selling Hi-Fi separates. It promises its electronics are British made and cheaper than their "British made" rivals.
Fell Audio is the brainchild of the Tyson family, the family business behind Peter Tyson chain of electronics shops in the North of England and are known for being specialists in Hi-Fis.
Luke, the grandson of Peter Tyson who has worked in the Hi-Fi floor of the shop saw that there was an appetite for British made products from customers, but they were often out of their price range, especially younger people. He also saw that young people wanted to invest in high quality speaker systems for their homes, as vinyl and CD sales have boomed in recent years.
Many audiophiles seek out British companies because of the "British Sound" - a reputation for producing high quality speakers, amps and other equipment to make records sound their absolute best.
Other Hi-Fi companies from overseas offer cheaper products, but the reputation of it being "British made" set Luke the challenge to see if he could make an amp and CD player at a lower cost.
Using their Hi-Fi expertise and thinking outside the box Fell Audio found manufacturers outside of the Hi-Fi world where parts are expensive. For example they use recycled plastic from a firm that makes shower heads.
Having only launched in November the company has seen sales of its amp and CD player match its closest rivals.
PRESENTER: WINIFRED ROBINSON
PRODUCER: LYDIA THOMAS
