Equipment, considered
The Listening Room
Turntables, speakers, headphones and storage handsome enough to leave out in a good room — the equipment side of the Continental listening life.
Turntables
A record deck is furniture before it is electronics. Buy the one you are happy to look at every evening.
The walnut plinth
Warm wood, a proper tonearm and no illuminated nonsense. The deck that suits a drawing room rather than a laboratory.
See the options →The travelling case deck
For the house in the hills, the boat, the terrace. Handsome closed, useful open.
See the options →The first serious upgrade
When the entry deck has done its work and the collection has outgrown it.
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Speakers
Bookshelf speakers, properly placed, will always beat larger boxes badly placed. Give them air behind and ears in front.
Bookshelf pair, veneered
Wood veneer, cloth grilles, the kind of pair that disappears into a room until you play something good.
See the options →The single elegant speaker
One beautiful object for the kitchen, the dressing room or the terrace. Leather, brass, fabric.
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Headphones
For aeroplanes, hotel rooms and the hours when the house is asleep. Leather and metal, never plastic and neon.
Leather over-ear, travelling
Noise cancelling for the airport, but built like luggage rather than a gadget.
See the options →Open-back, at home
The pair for a chair, a whisky and a full side of a record.
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Storage and care
Records kept upright, sleeved and clean will outlive you. Treat them as you would a shelf of first editions.
Vinyl storage cabinet
Mid-century proportions, solid wood, holds a growing collection without announcing itself.
See the options →Cleaning kit and inner sleeves
A carbon-fibre brush, a proper fluid and anti-static sleeves. Unglamorous, essential.
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