After serving the westside of Vancouver for over 52 years, Pat has decided to retire on January 15th, 2024.
Pat wishes to thank all the clients and patrons who have supported us faithfully through half a century. Sharing my knowledge in music as well as audio equipment has been a pleasure for me.
There is nothing more pleasant for me to hear how my clients are enjoying their new audio equipment.
The store is permanently closed due to Pat’s retirement.
Our Vancouver boutique-style store has a friendly environment where you can relax, talk about music and enjoy listening to music. Our selection are all top-rated products by critical audiophile journals. Unlike most other retail audio stores which are there to sell you just any piece of gear, with us there is a passion to recommend audio equipment that reproduce music well. Our knowledge is backed up with over 100 years of involvements with the High-End Audio Industry.
We think of a music/sound system as a priceless time machine that will allow you to travel back to hear recording artists in their prime playing music and hearing it as though you were there. Our quality music/sound systems have an airy, open sound that brings out the acoustical space of small jazz club, a grand concert hall or a recording studio booth. The musical instruments and vocals should come alive, and the musical interpretations so spine tinkling that makes you want to hear more.
We are also enthusiastic about high quality and performance products that has few or no rivals in their price points. From $2K up, our recommended music/sound systems are chosen to offer music making that is involving with the hair standing at the back of your neck. Our music/sound systems are inspiring, lift your spirits up, and stir your passion to seek out more.
Pat has been a music lover all his life. When he was a child in Hong Kong, his parents used to have a restaurant that played opera arias for its patrons. The HiFi system there was so good that many guests would stay until the dining room was empty to request some of their favorite music.
Pat has been giving advice on audio and video equipment ever since his high school days in the USA when he worked part-time at an audio store in the Chicago area. While studying Electrical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Pat met Polk Audio founder Matthew Polk and Definitive Technology founder Sandy Gross, forming a friendship with both based on a common interest in HiFi.
In Vancouver, Pat founded a specialty HiFi store in 1974 which sold – you guessed it – Polk Audio and Definitive Technology products until later moving to more high-end audiophile favorites like Audio Research, Conrad Johnson, Mark Levinson, Krell and McIntosh. Pat was the general manager at that store until 1999, after which he went on to work for more than a decade at Sound Plus until it closed its retail store.
Feeling that not enough good quality audio products were being offered in Vancouver in recent years, Pat started Pat’s Audio Art in 2010.
Arthur has made Richmond his home for almost fifteen years. Before that, he specialized in technical training in both the photographic and audio fields in Hong Kong. He has traveled extensively in Asia, especially throughout China, where he has organized photographic and audio exhibitions in many cities. Arthur speaks English and many dialects of Chinese, including Cantonese and Mandarin.
Arthur worked for Sound Plus on Broadway and Ash along with Pat for almost a decade. During that time, Arthur helped many clients with the design, supervision and installation of a variety of home theater systems and high-end audio equipment.
All installation Projects for Audio and Home Theater by Pat’s Audio Art go through a process of planning, design, quotation, client approval, preparation, pre-wiring, inspection, project management, delivery, installation, implementation and client training. Pat and Arthur are veterans at this process. Our services include scaled elevation drawings for pre-wiring. Our quotations are accurate, and the pricing for labor and equipment is guaranteed when carried out within a reasonable amount of time. Our clients are happy at the end of project because completion is on time, on budget and backed up by the best in after sales services. Best of all, our passion in music and film ensures a final product that will perform beyond our clients’ expectations. When matched dollar for dollar, Pat’s Audio Art Installed Systems will outperform those from our competitors.
Only the best technicians and crafts-persons are used by Pat’s Audio Art. This ensures our clients get the best quality work. In all areas of design, drafting, documentation, wiring, installation, implementation for ease of use and after sales services, you can expect the best. Projects big or small are all welcomed. To qualify, you just have to be enthusiastic about films and music. We see your project through from beginning to the end with the utmost care and attention to detail.
Please phone 604-569-2883 and talk to Pat.
