Saul Robbins, HiFi House Founder
Saul Robbins, 89, who turned a business selling stereophonic electronic components in the back of his father-in-law’s haberdashery in Wayne, Pennsylvania, into the Mid-Atlantic regional AV specialty retail chain HiFi House, died Friday after a brief illness. HiFi House focused…
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on lines that were not broadly distributed but were considered premier. HiFi House differentiated itself early on by having showrooms where salespeople could demonstrate systems, and Robbins was one of the first specialty AV retailers to embrace video. Robbins’ sense of emerging trends led him to carry the Advent Video Beam large-screen projection system, becoming an early retail pioneer of big-screen TVs. HiFi House was one of the first specialty AV retailers to embrace custom installation, another business opportunity Robbins identified early on. Robbins is survived by his wife and four children, including his son Jon, executive director of the Home Technology Specialists of America.