Reopening!

We are planning to reopen on the 15th June.  Assuming the Government keep to the current plan.

We are expecting to be very busy over the first couple of weeks, so to allow us to keep sensible Social Distancing, please ring before you come over.

There will be hand sanitation and bacterial wipes available

See you soon!

Mail Order

Due to the Corona Virus the shop is closed.  But we are still shipping items by Mail Order and have been fairly busy.

You can ring us on the shop number 01270 580734,  most products are available, only some imported products are becoming more difficult to obtain.

Keep safe ... stay in and listen to music!!

Rega Ania Pro cartridge

Rega have just announced a new MC cartridge. The Ania Pro is an upgraded version of the popular Ania cartridge. The new 'Pro' uses the Vital profile nude diamond stylus previously on found on the £1000 Rega Apheta 2 cartridge.

Price £750

 

The new Rega Planar 10 is here!

We now have the new Rega Planar 10 on demonstration .. As with the Planar 6 and Planar 8 models, the 10 is a serious step up in performance over the model it replaces

Our 10 is also fitted with the new Apheta3 cartridge. This is not a replacement for the Apheta2, but an new model. The 3 used the 'running gear' of the 2 but has a much better tip profile

If you would like a demonstration, give us a call ..... but be warned! :-)

Stax SR L700 Headphones Special Offer £995

We have managed to secure the last few pairs of Stax SR L700 Headphones.  These are a real bargain at around 20% off normal price.  These became available due to the impeding release of the Mk2 version. No actual change to performance or design with the Mk2 ... other than the new version will have a removable headphone cable

For sale at  £995

Call us on 01270 580734 for more information

Stax SRM D10 Energiser

We have just taken delivery of one of the new Stax SRM D10 portable Energisers. You can now take your Stax Headphones out and about.

The D10 also includes a  DAC and standard analogue 'Line in' so covers all the usual connection requirements.

Price £775

Our youngest customer

Welcome to our youngest customer. Max may only be 11 years old but he’s got a very good ear and can identify
differences between turntables quickly... he already owns an impressive Hifi system and today bought his first Rega to replace an old Bang & Olufsen .... you will never meet a more positive and enthusiastic young man.. and then he mentions that he recently had a heart transplant... Max you are an inspiration and always welcome here...particularly if you bring that Yello album 🙂

Rega Planar 8

Coming very soon!

The long awaited Rega Planar 8.   The new 8 takes Rega's 'ultra lightweight' philosophy to new levels. Give us a call for more information

01270 580734

Secondhand and Ex demonstration stock

We have now created a secondhand / ex demonstration page on the Website. 

All Demonstration stock is in excellent condition, unless stated otherwise and comes with all original packaging.

If you are looking for anything specific, always give us a call on 01270 580734

Click here to see Secondhand page

We are now agents for Fyne Audio Speakers

It isn't often that a new speaker brand comes along nowadays that really makes people sit up and take notice. We heard these first at the Bristol Hifi Show and were really impressed ... so when Dave from Fyne rang us to see if we would like a closer look ... and listen, we jumped at the chance.

We listen to the small standmount Fyne 501 and the middle model of the range the F502, priced at £600 and £1200 respectively.  Both units have astonishing mid range clarity and really sang on the varied tracks we tried. They have a very 'musical' and engaging chararcter which usually isn't available at the price at all.

The F502 matched our demonstration room perfectly, but are quite clever designed in this respect having a downward firing port ... this has been done before to great effect, but Fyne also use a diffuser arrangement which controls how these frequencies exit into the room ... and it works well!

Production versions are expected soon,  give us a call to arrange a demonstration

Want to start using your Rega Turntable again???

With the resurgence of interest in Vinyl, we have had a lot of enquiries about refurbishing or repairing old turntables that have been pulled out storage. Most of these have been 80s or 90s Rega Planars, partly because they are so robust and partly as there are a lot of them out there!

Be assured, we have never had to 'write off' a Rega, they are easy and fairly cheap to service... and most repairs are simple and cost effective.

We supply everything you could need for your Rega right back to the 1973 original.....

Belts, Bearings, Arm Spacers, Bearing Oil, Hinge kits, Supply board repair kits, Lift Lower arms, Protractors and a large selection of compatible Cartridges.

Call for advice on 01270 580734

Stax SR L300 Limited Edition Headphones

To celebrate 75 years of making the worlds best headphones, Stax have introduced a new model, only a small number have been made and we have managed to secure three pairs. The SR L300 Limited is a combination of the L300 headband and ear pads, but with the drivers from the L700. At £645 these are just over half the price of a pair of L700 so are really good value!

I you would like a pair, please call on 01270 580734 as they will soon run out

Saturday 6th January

We are closing early on Saturday 6th Jan ... though we are opening a little earlier too. We will be here from 9.30 to 11 am

Apologies for any inconvenience

New Demonstration room open

We have now finished our second (small) demonstration room.  We needed a more compact space to recreate a small lounge / bedroom set up.

The large panels on the walls are too break up sound reflections,  normally not needed, but this room has very little furniture in it .

The small picture frames are 'Art Vinyl'  a neat way to display your LPs - these cost £99 for a pack of three

New Rega Brochure!

I'm trying to remember if Rega, in the 34 years that I have been selling them, have ever produced a brochure.  It's quite a Rega-esque move, just as most companies are pulling out of printed literature, to produce a glossy and expensive looking full range brochure ...

If you would like one, drop us an email with your address and we will send you one out

Stax SRM T8000 Energiser - review

When you have been in the Audio industry for a long time, you start to get a certain amount of intuition when it comes to new products. You can make a fairly accurate judgement, taking into account price, company ethos, previous models, before you even listen.  Every now and again though a product will come along that takes you totally by surprise ... it doesn't happen often, I can only think of a handful of occasions over the last 30+ years. The AR EB101 turntable in the 80s, the Krell KSA80 power amp also in the 80s...more recently the Tom Evans Groove Phonostage and the reworked Kiseki Purple Heart cartridge.. Each of these was a 'hang on.... do that again' moment, products that had you diving into you record collection.  Now we have a new member of the club. The new Energiser from Stax, the SRM T8000 is so far and away better than the previous 'Top of the Line' the SRM007iiKIMIK that at first I didn't actually believe what I was hearing.

Ok, at £4395 this has got to be very good, but even with that in mind this is still an astonishing product.
I've never heard this sort of level of detail and delicacy ever before. Even on a favourite CD of mine. one I picked up at a concert by the support band, Jake Cogan and the Liberty Roses, not an amazing recording, but well written and played. I heard so many new things, texture in the strings, extra layers in harmonies, the acoustic of the studio ... totally enthralling. With other material it became apparent that the 8000 was supplying quite a bit more body to the sound, fuller, but also faster, not an easy trick. There has always been a assumption that as Stax are Electostatic Headphones that they only really suit Classical or simple Folk music, the 8000 certainly puts that to rest, it will happily Rock, and does so effortlessly.

If you would like to hear the T8000, give us a call on 01270 580734

To see the range .. click here

Monitor Audio, the new Silver series

We have finally had our stock of the new Monitor Audio Silver series .... On demonstration we have the Silver 50 standmounts and the 200 and 300 Floorstanders.  Even after just a couple of days playing background music in the shop you can tell that these are going to be something special.

 The above picture shows the 200 and 300  .... and also just in, a pair of Ophidian Minimos in Natural Oak, that also needed a bit of running ready for the demonstration room.

Nottingham Analogue Turntables with SME and Kiseki

Listening to this at a customers house last night .... the sort of sound you can't drag yourself away from

Nottingham Analogue Hyperspace / SME IV / Kiseki Purple Heart

Michell Orbe for sale

We have just taken in a Michell Orbe SE with QC (Never Connected) power supply. Very good condition and comes with an SME armboard. We can supply alternative armboards if needed.

Price £1650

Call us on 01270 580734 for more information

New products!

Now that we have more space, we have been expanding our range to include more electronics and speakers ... We are now agents for Sugden, Kudos, Monitor Audio, Ophidian, and Unison Research

The new showroom should be complete just after the Easter break .... so give us a call