History
06.09.1982 | Founding of the company hifisound loudspeaker distribution Saerbeck & Morava OHG in the Jüdefelderstr. 35 in 4400 Münster | |
1983 | Start of remote selling through advertising in technical journals like Funkschau, Elektor etc. | |
1984 | Publication of the first "Loudspeaker Book" from Michael Gaedtke and Raimund Saerbeck, first edition | |
1984 | First direct import of brand marks HARBETH ACOUSTICS with models LF 5 and LF 8 as well as E.J.JORDAN 50 mm module etc. | |
1985 | The hifisound team already consists of 8 employees: top row : Jörg Hoffmann, Raimund Saerbeck, Dipl. Ing. Karl-Heinz Hofacker, Hans-Jürgen Schelllewald bottum row: Thomas Schütte, Thomas Kühn, Axel Gersdorff, Heiko Schettler |
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1985 | Publication of the "Loudspeaker Yearbook" 1985 | |
1985 | Further direct import produkts from CORAL, Japan - Horn HF and MF , Fullrange and Woofer , STRATHEARN AUDIO - Stratec Ribbon SLCIII. |
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1986 | Purchase of all production parts and copyrights of STRAHTEARN AUDIO, Nord Irland, Mr. Dowling | |
1986 | Test in Hifi Vision STRATEC SYSTEM III Plus Editor: Karl-Heinz Fink | |
1986 | Company expansion to the Jüdefelderstr. 52 mwith large opening celebration, where following persons were present: Michael Brieden, Manfred Zoller, Karl-Heinz Fink, Adrian Bankewitz, Wilfried Stahl, Michael Ryzimbowski, Herr Geukes from Dynaudio, H-D. Pizonka, Uwe Flügel, Michael Arndt, Foundation idee of the technical journal Klang + Ton from Michael Brieden | |
1986 | Gigantic show room in ESSEN with presentation of the brands STRATHEARN AUDIO, HARBETH ACOUSTICS, E.J.JORDAN | |
1986 | Publication of the "Loudspeaker Yearbook" 1986 with personal introduction of book author Michael Gaedtke | |
1987 | USA trip with Ulrich Ranke from ETON Germany. Visit importer of Focal speaker Mr. Kimon Bellas in Los Angeles - Beverly Hills, CES visit in Chicago, visit of Ed Dell publisher of the journal Speaker Builder and Audio Amateur. | |
1988 | Direct import of the english products APOLLO speaker stands and hifi-racks. | |
1989 | Publication of the "Loudspeaker Yearbook" 1989 | |
1989 | Bus advertisment in black - never had been until then: hifisound the hifi-specialist makes it possible. |
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1990-91 | Strathearn Audio GERMAN TOUR with Jürgen Heinzerling. Presentaion of new products to 12 important dealers in Germany | |
1992 | Takeover of the business shares from partner Hüsnü Morava Company name now hifisound Lautsprechervertrieb Raimund Saerbeck | |
1992 | Publication of the "Loudspeaker Yearbook" 1992 | |
1996 | Meeting with Ted Jordan on the High End Show in Hotel Kempinski, Gravenbroich | |
1997 | We are reachable online under www.hifisound.de First Webaite rapid growing content - Webmaster Reinhard Wachowiak, Berlin |
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1997 | Renovation of the office in the Jüdefelderstr. 52 with product expansion in Hifi-Stereo systems and Dolby Surround components as well as high end ready build speakers. | |
1997 | First integration of an online ordering system into our website. | |
2003 | Publication of a CD-ROM with all information availible on our website www.hifisound.de, including an offline ordering routine. | |
2005 | New, modern and easy to use webshop with over 3500 aricles including shopping cart function as well as credit card payment system via VISA/MC ! | |
2006 | PAYPAL payment integration in our Webshop, over a half of million yearly visitors with over 6 million page views. | |
2007 | New service module for warranty reperation and returning of orders, Now it's possible to return shipments using the new functions availible under "MY ACCOUNT"! | |
2010 | New payment system with VISA Verified, Mastercard SecureCode and Direct ebanking.com Artikel amount exceeds 5000. Publication of HARWOOD ACOUSTICS MONITOR AM 13 kit in HOBBY-HIFI 2-2010 |
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2012 | Publication of HARWOOD ACOUSTICS MONITOR AM 23 kit in HOBBY-HIFI 2-2014 | |
2014 2015 2016 2017 |
Publication of HARWOOD ACOUSTICS REFERENCE kit in HOBBY-HIFI Complete relaunch of hifisound Webshop by free-commerce, Münster with new corporate Identity from Design Schauder, Münster Quality management of our weshop through Trusted Shops Payment on account or payment by installment with Klarna Inclusion of newsletter for our registered customers Payment with Amazon Pay now without extra registration possible |
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2017 | 35 years hifisound speaker distribution 35 years in the same city: Münster 35 years swift and reliable service 35 years the same adress: Münster, Jüdefelderstr. 35 35 years the same owner: Raimund Saerbeck Qualitycheck by Trusted Shops Payment via invoice enabled by Klarna |
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2017 | Introduction hifisound in LowBeats: Article as PDF | |
Brands | Harwood Acoustics (aktive) Strathearn Audio (expired) |
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Patents | Strathearn Audio (expired) |