THE HOME ENTERTAINMENT SPECIALISTS     

About Us


9, SILVER STREET
YEOVIL, SOMERSET
BA20 1HW
(GRADE 2 LISTED)

E-Mail:
mikemanning1@me.com
Opening Hours:
Tuesday to Friday
9.15am to 5.30pm
Saturdays
9am to 5pm
Closed Mondays

HOW TO FIND US

Click Here for directions.

OUR NEW STORE

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We have just moved into our all new store at 9, Silver Street in the middle of Yeovil after 24 years in our previous premises.
This Grade 2 Listed building used to be the 'Kings Arms' pub.
Now the only things 'on tap' are great sounds with fantastic home cinema and, of course, multi-room systems.

We have tried to make your experience as pleasant as possible with surroundings more in line with the your own home...i.e. 'real life', not just a shop filled with shelves and shelves of black boxes.
Great equipment demonstrated in realistic surroundings by knowledgeable staff who really care about the end result.....a happy customer!
See us on    YOUTUBE

HISTORY

Mike opened his first shop in Yeovil over 24 years ago, stocking and demonstrating a range of quality hi-fi products not before available outside of the larger towns.

Mike's enthusiasm for music, especially live concerts, led him along the road in search of a realistic and enjoyable sound system for the home. On his quest Mike admits that he made many mistakes, often being seduced by 'flavour of the month' magazine reviews and cosmetic appeal. The pressure of the commission based salesman also took it's toll.

In an endeavour to fulfil his desire, Mike decided to make a career change, leaving the security of a family based business, to work in a reputable hi-fi shop for over twelve years before branching out on his own.

The staff at Mike Manning Audio stores are all music and home cinema enthusiasts, NOT commission based salesmen. Between them they have amassed over 50 years experience of demonstrating, selling and installing 'quality' audio and video equipment. Their customer's have learned to trust their judgement and expertise.

Over the last few years Mike Manning have also become much more involved with 'custom install' of 'multi-room' systems both in domestic as well as commercial environments.

Demonstrations, of both Hi-fi and Home Cinema, are carried out in a relaxed and un-pressured manner, making it a more pleasurable experience choosing your heart's (and Ears) desire.

Mike Manning Audio is an independant company NOT a franchise!
The product range that we demonstrate and sell is carefully chosen
by us for it's performance. not review or commercially led.


Remember... Experience Counts

 

EXPOSURE ELECTRONICS

1010 Series Components


1010 cd

1010 CD Player £395.00

Available in Silver or Black

A no-nonsense design, high quality engineering, and an effortlessly natural sound = The Exposure 1010 CD Player!

At this price level even the Greek God Of Music would be envious!

 
 

1010 amp


1010 Integrated Amplifier £425.00

Available in Silver or Black

Clean and unflustered in sound and appearance, the 1010 Integrated Amplifier is the perfect complement to the 1010 CD.

Offering five clearly labelled line level inputs (no accidentally plugging a CD player into a phono stage input here!), and 50w per channel on tap, the 1010 can form a partnership of enthusiastic vigor with most loudspeakers!

 
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2010 S2 Series Components

2010 S2 CD Player £750.00

Available in Silver or Black

Taking the fine concepts employed in the 1010 Series and harvesting greater performance to rival and or beat the CD playing competition at under £1000 was a challenge on a planetary scale. However, with the 2010 S2 CD player, Exposure have done just that!

A high quality power supply, 24 Bit DAC, and incredible low jitter design, have helped to ensure the 2010 S2 can run rings around many of it's rivals.
 
 

2010 S2 Integrated Amplifier £850.00

Available in Silver or Black

The 2010 S2 Integrated Amplifier is set to eclipse many a big star in this price range!

It improves upon the 1010 Series in every department: sound quality, build, and power.

As you would expect at this level, the 2010 S2 features separate volume and input selectors, 75w per channel, substantial power supply, and a full-function remote control included (naturally).

 
 
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3010 S2 Series Components

3010 S2 CD Player £1350

Available in Silver or Black

The 3010 S2 Series really brings the true Exposure sound to the fore! None more so than the 2010 S2 CD Player.

Dual Mono 24 Bit DACs, battleship construction, and a large toroidal transformer with seperate windings for the transport and audio boards, ensure that music flows from your system without losing the ability to set the foot tapping!

3010 S2 Amplifier £1350

Available in Silver or Black

With a 110w per channel, bipolar transistor output stage, and Cascode circuitry to ensure power supply immunity, the 3010 S2 Integrated Amplifier draws out and brings forth a dynamic and vivid musical performance. All this, but with the legendary Exposure refinement to truly allow you to be engrossed by such an elicit performance.

 

Dear Mike,

Just a note to let you know how completely delighted I am with the Exposure 3010S2 CD Player/Amplifier combination which I bought from you last month.

As a recent (and reluctant) convert to digital I was despairing of ever finding equipment which would make CDs palatable to me, but this pair has confounded all my prejudices. I never imagined that a CD system could recapture the seductive, involving sound of good analogue replay, but driving my ProAc loudspeakers these Exposures come mighty close.

This sounds like a cliché, but I can honestly say that since installing them I’ve barely thought for one second about hi-fi – I’ve been too busy enjoying the music! The only caveat is that in my experience it certainly takes 30-40 hours of use before they are ‘burnt in’ and performing at optimum level. This pair were impressive straight from the box but after a few days the soundstage opened up, the pace and rhythmic sense (foot-tap-ability!) developed and the bass became more clearly defined. It was a pleasing process.

Overall the Exposures produce a smooth, full and rounded sound, a little warm but never cloying and always extremely musical. The bass is deep and controlled and both midrange and treble sweet and open – there’s a lovely silky sheen on strings. There’s plenty of detail but you don’t become preoccupied with it, my impression being that this is a system for music lovers and not one for hi-fi enthusiasts who are searching for every tiny point of difference.

Another aspect of their performance deserves a mention. One quality of fine audio engineering has always been the ability of a system to retrieve detail at very low volume and the Exposures excel at that, allowing me to enjoy listening late at night without disturbing her upstairs!

Finally a word of appreciation for the excellent service from the other Mike and yourself throughout, for sticking at it until you found the right equipment for me. Another satisfied customer!

Warm regards,

S.C., Ilminster

 

Hello Mike,

I love the Exposure sound, thank you for recommending them. (1010 Amplifier and CD Player combination.)
M.d'F
Somerset