Hifi

This film gives a fascinating insight into how the history of British broadcasting and HiFi are inextricably linked, and how this is still very relevant today. We know times have changed - and back in the not too distant past the BBC had an almost unlimited budget to spend on design and research....

The conundrum is that the second group know how to listen and they create equipment that they can’t fully hear, for a group of people who can hear better than them but who don’t fully listen.Clearly what we need is more younger people getting into ‘real’ HiFi because they have a skill that I would sooooooo dearly like to have again. A natural attribute that is seems shameful to waste - They have the upper 4kHz of dreams!!

Tony from Phonostage Records has the distinct pleasure of opening the first Quad Artera Solus to arrive at Phonostage HQ... The upshot? It is gorgeous! Reassuringly heavy, extremely well put together - and all together a joy to behold!

Here we go.. a straightforward guide to how to set up your turntable... Do you need to do this? Well absolutely!! You can learn just how easily your fancy turntable can become a glorified record carving machine!! This is not just the knowledge of the 'golden-eared'... this is everybody's business. There is no science here! There are no measurements, no...

'Don't be daft, of course everyone knows what Stereo is' you say. But they don't! Let's start with a bit of very unscientific, non-empirical and very loosely recorded (one post-it note of 'data') market research. Essentially I phoned a few people up and just asked 'Do you know what stereo is? I also asked (depending on the answer to the first...