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On this page HIAudio is adding a personal touch. Over the years I have had a love of all things vinyl, from my first Pioneer deck, through Thorens, SME, Garrard, Rega, and more recently Graham Slee, Len Gregory, Hadcock and Origin Live.
This obsession came about after growing up with a professional musician as a parent, and the subsequent exposure to quality music from birth! Initially this music was all live from acclaimed musicians from around the globe. I therefore give to you a few of my favourite websites both from within the trade (those offering high quality products) and those organisations where you can hear and see live music. After all in the hi fi industry, the high fidelity music we listen to, is merely a reproduction of a live performance. See the performance live and re create it at home? Is this possible? All I can say is we are definitely getting there.
| Manufacturers | |
| Graham Slee | Phono and headphone amps of serious distinction |
| The Cartridge Man | A UK cartridge maker you shouldn't miss out on, Also the voice of the Hi Fi News Test record |
| Storm Audio | Quality DACs and source equipment from Hong Kong |
| Hadcock Tonearms | UK Manufacturer of wonderful Unipivot tonearm's |
| NuForce | A new manufacturer from the USA, a name to watch |
| Usher Audio | Loudspeakers of note, and front end hardware to match. |
| Frozen Solid | A treatment of staggering consequence. |
| InVideo | Superb Quality Screens from Adeo in Italy for Home install use |
| MetaVision UK | Wireless Music Server and client devices |
| Black Rhodium | Super Audio and Video Cables |
| Acoustic Solid | A manufacturer of fine High Quality Turntables. |
| Nottingham Analogue | Uk manufacturer of some truly excellent solid turntables |
| Rega | UK manufacturer of some classic tonearms' and turntables waiting to be tweaked. |
| Thorens | European turntable manufacturer of budget decks offering excellent sounds |
| Origin Live | Uk manufacturer of tonearms and suspension turntables that are truly superb |
| Vinyl Resources | |
| Diverse Vinyl | UK LP store and LP label of excellent quality and our local main vinyl supplier |
| Simple Vinyl | UK LP pressing company for 180gms vinyl |
| Ebay | take a look at what you should have brought 20 years ago. Available now for a steal |
| Classic Records | A superb resource for those classical rareties no collection should be without |
| The Vinyl Engine | The Vinyl Engine pictures, technical information, manuals and articles from around the world |
| Shows | |
| Chesterfield | Chesterfield Group Regional Hi Fi Shows |
| Concert Venues | |
| NEC | Excellent venues in Birmingham, although extreme seating postitions are not great sonically |
| Brighton Dome | A great venue steeped in history and showing all types of music |
| St Davids Hall | A great venue in Cardiff covering all music tastes |
| Wales Millenium Centre | The all new home for the Welsh National Opera, a stunning new venue with accoustics befitting a modern design in the 21st Century - well done Arup |
| Manchester Bridgewater Hall | Home of the Halle orchestra |
| The Sage Gateshead | Purpose-built music and arts centre by the River Tyne in Gateshead |
| Royal Albert Hall | |
| Royal Festival Hall | |
| Barbican Arts Centre | |
| Wigmore Hall | Wigmore Hall, aims to be the national concert hall for chamber music and song |
| Colston Hall | 1700 seat concert venue run by Bristol City Council |
| Usher Hall | Major Edinburgh Concert centre |
| Online Reviews and Magazines | |
| 6Moons | Excellent Objective Online Review Magazine |
| TNT Audio | Informative european online magazine - excellent vinyl coverage |
| EnjoyTheMusic | US based online resource |
| Hi-Fi World | Objective Uk mag, with a passion about vinyl, good in depth reviews. |
| HiFi News | Objective Uk mag, with a passion about vinyl, good in depth reviews. |
| What Hi Fi Sound & Vision | Top selling UK Hi Fi and AV magazine |
| Hi Fi+ | Well written prose about all things Hi Fi, can be a little esoteric |
| Gramophone | The definative magazine for music lovers |
| Hi Fi Choice | UK Hi Fi Magazine |
| The Absolute Sound | US based Hi Fi magazine with seperate vinyl section "absolute Analogue" each month |
| Stereophile | Excellent US magazine with a passion for vinyl. |
| StereoTimes | Excellent US online magazine, carrying extensive archive material |