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It's All Happening At Rega!Following the arrival to rave reviews of the Rega Planar 3 in the last month there is lots more news from Rega of 2 more models that have had ground up design implemented to achieve great sound at their price point.The next few weeks sees the arrival of the Rega Planar 2.The original Rega Planar 2 turns 40 in 2016.In 1976,3 years after Rega's creation,the Planar 2 launched as part of one of the brand's first turntables.It's S-shaped tonearm was then replaced in 19 …

Tidal,the streaming service bought by Jay Z back in 2015,is reportedly in talks with Apple over a possible acquisition.Tidal currently the primo streaming service with a minimum of CD quality streams and plans to go further.It would seem that they have got Apple's attention,considering the fact that whilst Apple's non-lossless streaming service is doing OK,their i-Tunes download figures are disastrous and could be over by 2020.........yes!......2020.Apple and Tidal are said to be at an early sta …

Japanese Audiophile Takes Power Conditioning To A New LevelThe Paris Gramaphone Museum contains an unprecedented display of over 250 phonographs,gramaphones,jukeboxes,and turntables charting the technological advances that defined the recording industry.Among it's array of horns abd platters are the first tinfoil phonographs from 1878,Thomas Edison's Talking Doll invented 2 years later,and the first machine to ever play a recorded disc created in 1890.The sad thing is that the Museum has had to …

Japanese Audiophile Takes Power Conditioning To A New LevelA Japanese audiophile has had an electricity pole installed in his backyard to improve the sound of his records.In the ultimate quest for audio purity,an 82 year old retired lawyer has become a contender for the world's most dedicated audiophile.He has been nicknamed "The Rock Grandpa" by his local record store.He spent $10,000 to plant a 40 feet high power pole in his garden that he has connected to the power grid to give him his o …

The Beatles' First Recording Has Sold For $150,000An ultra rare Beatles record has sold at auction for a staggering $150,000,fetching over 7 times it's $20,000 price tag.Recorded in 1962,and discovered in the attic of Les McGuire,the keyboardist in fellow Liverpool act Gerry And The Pacemakers,it features the first song John Lennon ever wrote "Hello Little Girl" and was cut just a few months before "Love Me Do" announced the Fab Four on the scene.The first recording to carry The Beatles name scr …