New 40th Anniversary Record Cleaning Machine from Keith Monks

Forty years after hi-fi pioneer Keith Monks defined modern record care with the launch of the world’s first Record Cleaning Machine, Keith Monks Audio celebrates with the limited edition RUBY. The RUBY, with maximum sales worldwide limited to 40, includes new and exclusive features, many unique in record cleaning.

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September 11th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: All | Comments are closed

Naim Label – A new website, a new name and a new URL

The new Naim Label website supports downloads from 320kbs MP3s to 24Bit 96kHz wav and FLAC. Sign up and if you are in the UK you can download a free track from the Naim Label’s new signing William Fitzsimmons. Licensing restricts the download to the UK [...]

June 2nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: All | Comments are closed

Why 45rpm is essential

Elbow’s award winning album The Seldom Seen Kid is available on vinyl. It’s heavy, split onto two records and is 45rpm. [...]

April 11th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: All | Comments are closed

The Neats have been moved and moved

Now that the Neat MF9s have run in and stabilised it was time to spend some time moving them a few centimeters at a time to find a more ideal [...]

January 1st, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: All | Comments are closed

The LP12 is Funked

Friday was a busy day and my back is only just recovering. My older LP12 now has the Origin Live larger motor and power supply together with a comprehensive resetup.

The newer LP12 is now fully Funk Vectored complete with K Drive.

Both, after setup by my friend, bounce in a much more regular and controlled [...]

December 21st, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: All | Comments are closed

Record Cleaning Shocker

Last night I visited a friend who was borrowing a Keith Monks Classic Record Cleaning Machine. I arrived to find a large pile of cleaned LPs and a man excitedly playing a track from a record, cleaning it and then playing it again.
I know KM is a client and I’m therefore biased, but the [...]

December 2nd, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: All | Comments are closed