Guys,
I worked at Christopher Hansen Ltd. from 1993 until its closure in 1994 when I left to go work for Mark Levinson at Cello.
The famous Christopher Hansen Ltd. was located on Robertson Boulevard in the design section of West Hollywood. It was a crowded store with all of the best, high end gear.
In the early 1990s, Chris got investors from Indonesia to help him convert the old Rolls Royce building (the new one was and is across the street) into what was one of the most fancy audio and home theater salons ever. It quickly went out of business. Audiophiles wanted that messy, cluttered look as it was more approachable.
Chris went on to a successful business in the custom installation world including owning part of Simply Home Entertainment up until last year.
I am not sure any one retail store sold more of the highest of high end products that CH. I was one of the top Wilson sales people in the world while I was there and that was in a recession. We were also hard hit by the 1994 "Northridge Earthquake" which Chris, his then wife and myself were in Scottsdale for. We come home to one hell of a mess. 9-inch CRT projectors launched off their mounts, THIEL CS5 speakers broken into pieces. It was ugly.
