INDI Intermeet

The unofficial theme of Indi Imports’ 2018 ‘Intermeet’, conducted in Melbourne as a brief on development of its many brands, was ‘passion’. As we’ve previously reported, Indi Imports was started up three years ago by Paul and Denise Riachi to gather together a set of prestigious high fidelity and home entertainment brands, and give them the support the Riachis believe they deserve. Previously they’d had a couple of decades in retail with their two Melbourne-based Rio Sound & Vision stores.

The 2018 Intermeet is the first of a planned biennial schedule of future Intermeets. It brings together selected Indi Imports brands to show their wares and make announcements. The Intermeet is mostly to allow the brands to present themselves to Australian and New Zealand retailers, but a couple of us writer types were allowed to peek over their shoulders to make a few observations. And the key brands for this first ‘Intermeet’ were Cyrus, Loewe, Elipson, M&K Sound, Canton, Q Acoustics and QED.