We often get asked what cartridges we use when developing and testing our phono stage range. The whole whest audio phono preamplifier range are listened to at several stages along the design phase using mainly high-end moving coils like the Ortofon MC Anna, Cadenza Black, Audio Technica ART1000 and ART9, Hana ML, Lyra Delos and […]
MORE INFO >>Well it was bound to happen but the whestTWO.2 has hit a milestone… 1500 units sold since its introduction. It is not hard to see why. It is the only phono stage below at £1500 that truely competes with ANY £2500 phonostage and often beating them. It is also the only phono preamplifier at £1500 […]
MORE INFO >>I suppose this is really where the action is. The testimonial page will give you a REAL insight into what it’s like to live with one of our phono stages or phono preamplifiers. Our B-graded phonostages all include a 3 or 5 year warranty and FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING. If you don’t find the deal you […]
MORE INFO >>I hope you are all keeping well. I thought I’d mention that we ship our phono stages worldwide and we also ship FREE OF CHARGE !!! Unlike other manufacturers who religiously increase their prices by 6%-8% a year due to “inflation” and charge for shipping, we at whest audo decided a very long time ago […]
MORE INFO >>I hope you are all well during this strange time. As you know we offer trade-ins on ALL new products and have some great deals on ex-demo and B-graded phonostages. If you can’t find the deal you are looking for then just email us. We will try our hardest to meet your budget. Have a […]
MORE INFO >>For the next few weeks we will be updating our website. The online purchasing option has been disabled. If you would like to purchase a product here then just drop us an email
MORE INFO >>I hope you are all well out there. Because of the times we now live in we have had to modify the way we operate. We are still open but are following very strict guidlines in our work practises. We are taking orders and are shipping orders but we do estimate there to be a […]
MORE INFO >>If you are in the Vienna in Austria you can listen to our range of products at Audio Perfect. As well as the highly regarded TechDAS turntables, Audio Perfect have some very nice turntables and cartridges along with some great budget phono stages too. Check them out .. .. ..https://www.audioperfect.at/
MORE INFO >>If you are in the Essen area of Germany you can listen to our range of products at HiFi Pawlak. These guys are specialist vinyl product sellers. As well as some very nice budget phono stages, HiFi Pawlak have some very nice turntables and cartridges too. Whest Audio are high on their list of top […]
MORE INFO >>We often get asked whether we charge shipping. The simple answer is ‘we ship free of charge’. It makes a BIG difference because when we ship to the USA or anywhere across Asia is could cost as much as £200. That is quite a saving which could go towards a new cartridge, a meal for […]
MORE INFO >>We get asked this question at least twice a day. Why buy ‘used or ex-demo’ from whest direct and not on eBay or any other audio market place. 1. We make sure all of our used units are fully up to date. Even a 2010 PS.30R will be bought upto 2018 30 Series wiring spec, […]
MORE INFO >>We have updated our ex-demo sales list. All of these units are MINT and come with a full 5 year warranty and free shipping. All of our phono stages go through a 48 hour bench test before shipping. If you have a slightly lower budget then NO PROBLEM 🙂 Just call us or email us
MORE INFO >>The whestTWO.2 has won yet another award in Guangzhou – Best overall Vinyl Product for 2019. Although the award was given in Dec 2019 we offically received it in late February 2020. The award for the best product across the whole vinyl related category – turntables, cartridges, phono stages, cleaners etc. There was only 1 […]
MORE INFO >>We have updated our testimonial page recently and have a few more to input over the next few days. This ever growing page is great to get a real ‘feel’ of what you can expect when moving to a whest audio phono stage. Whether you run a vintage Thorens or Rega turntable or a high-end […]
MORE INFO >>You can now download your operating manuals here including Legacy Products. We will soon have a page for Product Registration but for now please drop us an email with your full name, whest dealer name and serial number of the product you purchased. This will go into our database for your warranty record.
MORE INFO >>Fantastic news for anyone wanting a MINT whest phonostage in 230vac or 115vac. We have several units – whestTWO.2, whestTHREE Signature, 40 Series and 1 x TITAN Pro that have been used in recent shows around the world. These are VERY LOW HOURS units and will require running in. If you haven’t got a distributor […]
MORE INFO >>We are VERY pleased to announce that Ibex Audio, the premier TechDAS, Ikeda and Oracle Audio distributor are now one of our partners. Ibex Audio are also one of Germany’s best known distributors having built up an amazing repuation with some of the leading high-end audio brands in the world. Now with Whest Audio entering […]
MORE INFO >>Great News. We will be offering AT cartridges (moving magnet and moving coil) here from 1st Oct 2019. As well as offering these amazing cartridges which have won multiple awards, we will be offering ‘matched deals’ on a whest phono stage PLUS an Audio Technica MM or MC cartridge for certain territories – please email […]
MORE INFO >>We currently have several ex-demo and B-graded units for sale. Just contact us if you’d like to know more. Remember that you will get a full warranty here, new box, cables and manual. You can rest assured that these units we have are all current 2019 specification, MINT or near MINT and come with all […]
MORE INFO >>It’s 2019 at whest audio and we have audio and video on the whestTWO.2 page. Just scroll down. We will be adding more video content to this site over the next 6-8 months so watch out !! Check this out – https://whestaudio.co.uk/product/whesttwo-2-2/
MORE INFO >>Check out our whestPRO LiMi page. We have now added video so you can HEAR what it does for your audio when shooting videos live.
MORE INFO >>If you are in Hong Kong on the 9th August to the 11th August come and visit us in the LiMin room. We will be showing our mighty TITAN Pro running into BAT electronics. We have been using this combination for the last 5 shows now and have won BEST SOUND in all 5 shows […]
MORE INFO >>All whest audio products have a 1 or 2 year warranty with the whest audio dealer the unit was purchased from. This would normally only apply to the first owner – ask the whest audio sales person in the shop you purchased the unit from. The extra 2-3 year warranty with us at whest audio […]
MORE INFO >>Well we did it again at the Beijing Audio show this month. We won Best Sound of the show AGAIN in China (3rd time) and with the mighty TITAN Pro stealing the show. A one-box phono stage that really does outperform phono stages costing 3-4 times its price. Well done to my Chinese distributor LiMin […]
MORE INFO >>WOW… what an amazing spring we have had. What with multiple units going to single clients, hitting the 200 units sold of the versatile whestPRO Limi and now we have a couple of ‘special’ B-graded but MINT examples of the whestTWO.2 and whestTHREE Signature. These are VERY special in that they contain a specially designed […]
MORE INFO >>New to the whest audio stable is the whestPRO LiMi (little mixer). It’s a fixed gain device that connects to your smart phone. It accepts a line level input and will output this to your smart phones’ mic input. You can shoot a live video with the audio feed coming from an external source. Check […]
MORE INFO >>We had a wonderful time at the Munich HiFi Show this year. Although we were not exhibiting ourselves we had 4 rooms using various whest audio models. The TITAN Pro, 40RDT Special Edition and whestTWO.2 were all available to see at the show and playing some amazing sounds through some amazing turntables. TechDAS showed their […]
MORE INFO >>What’s new for 2019 apart from our new website? The 40 Series NOW in Black or Silver consists of the all discrete PS.40RDT Special Edition 48v and hybrid PS.40RDT both running in Class-A. The new whestTWO.2 NOW in Black or Silver is a scaled down whestTHREE Signature and as you can see by the […]
MORE INFO >>Testimonials The Testimonial pages are making for very popular reading. They give an insight into individual experiences with our phono stages. A lot of these comments were left from users changing over to Whest Audio from another manufacturer and some – their first venture into REAL vinyl playback. Whatever the reasons, you can read some of […]
MORE INFO >>News for 30th April 2019 – TITAN Pro. Apart from marking our 400th PS.30RDT Special Edition leaving the Whest Audio premises, we are also celebrating the 100th TITAN Pro phono stage being shipped. The TITAN Pro is currently the ULTIMATE one-box solution for anyone wanting high-resolution vinyl playback. As one MC REF V MK4 customer said […]
MORE INFO >>The best phono stage range in the world Are you looking for a nearly new example of a Whest Audio phono stage? Then look no further. Our B-graded units come with a full warranty from 2 to 5 years. These products are generally traded-in units due to the original owner wanting to upgrade. If you don’t […]
MORE INFO >>Transferring to digital? Do remember that the quality of your transfer is directly related to the quality of your turntable/ arm/ cartridge and phono stage setup. Rubbish in – Rubbish out really does apply here. The whole range of Whest Audio phono stages are used by archiving libraries throughout the world because of their superb […]
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