Rare selections of pre-owned Hifi from the best brands in the world - to the United Kingdom.

“(Italian ɡran ˈkassa ) noun. music another name for bass drum. Word origin. Italian: great drum.”

Close-up of a snare drum with metal tension rods and a black finish, positioned next to a beige drumhead.

Why compromise on
our music?

Based on decades of experience of the finest products in music reproduction we know which brands and products genuinely reach the heart and soul of how we listen.

Our rare or pinnacle of hifi listings have not been through many hands. We aim to keep pricing realistic and transactions simple.

We deliver from the Far East directly to your door in the UK.

Our inventory changes regularly so please bookmark us and stop by to see what our current listing is.

Our carefully curated products are released as a single listing.

Current Listing

Kondo KSL-DAC
Digital to Analogue Converter .

Requiring little introduction, KSL DAC from revered maker KONDO AUDIO NOTE JAPAN.

  • Natural sounding, tube/valve, non-oversampling and filterless topology

  • Some marks and scratches consistent with careful use.

  • Coaxial signal Input. RCA out

  • 220v Version.

  • Serial number redacted for online images.

PRICE $17,000 USD

Shipping by negotiation.
Currently located in Hong Kong.

Current Listing

Kiso Acoustic HB-X1
Room-filling artisan Mini Monitors.

Manufactured by hand and meticulously finished in instrument-grade tonewood these channel not only the drivers but the music of the cabinets themselves, releasing energy for the most vibrant of performance. This modest sized monitor can fill 60sqm rooms.

  • Ex demonstration

  • Amongst the most capable, and highest performing compact, full-scale speakers in the world.

  • Meticulously handmade. Rare - for the true audiophile connoisseur

  • “Hibiki” reverberation concept. Mundorf Crossovers.

PRICE GBP £9,800 (excluding stands)
£16,000 RRP.

Shipping by negotiation.
Currently located in Hong Kong.

Kiso Acoustic HB-X1 - “This is the kind of loudspeaker that does one thing (the small speaker that doesn’t sound small) well, but it just happens to do that one better than every other loudspeaker on the planet, and the more you listen, the more you are drawn into how the Kiso plays music.”

— Alan Sircom - hi-fi+

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Vintage Lowther speaker on a Persian rug with another speaker and lamp in the background.
Vintage Kondo vacuum tube amplifier on a wooden surface, featuring multiple glass tubes and black transformers against a dark background.
Marantz stereo amplifier on wooden table against dark background

More about
Cassa Hifi

The Gran Cassa is the loud bass drum in an orchestra - we feel we have hifi we can truly shout about. An initiative to make high end and often rarely available products accessible in the Far East available to audiophiles in the UK.

High-end turntable with tonearm and platter on a black background.
Home audio setup with Boenicke wooden speakers and a smaller black speaker on a stand, CD shelf, and curtains in the background.

“Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.”

— Pablo Casals