The Spinning Room

The Spinning Room trades from Sunny Bank Mills, a former textile mill turned cultural hub in Farsley on Leeds' western edge, positioning itself as what founder Paul and his team call "a refreshing take on what a destination HiFi showroom can be." The stock runs the full two-channel chain — turntables, tonearms and cartridges, integrated and separate amplification, speakers and subwoofers, CD transports, DACs, streaming components, cabling and acoustic treatment — from brands including Pro-Ject, Technics, REL Acoustics, Ortofon, Quad and Hegel.

What distinguishes the shop beyond its catalogue is a dedicated listening lounge for booked demonstrations and a house sideline in handmade wooden audio furniture, built by the same team that sells the equipment it will sit under. That combination — an in-house cabinetmaking practice alongside the retail floor — is a genuine specialism rather than a marketing flourish, and it puts The Spinning Room closer to a craft workshop than to a chain electronics counter.

The shop frames its approach explicitly against high-pressure retail: hands-on expertise and personal guidance over a sales script, with demonstrations built around what a customer already owns or listens to rather than a fixed showroom playlist. For a city with no shortage of record shops selling turntables as an accessory to vinyl, The Spinning Room's combination of full-chain component depth, a purpose-built demo lounge and its own furniture workshop marks it as a dedicated hi-fi specialist in the fuller sense.