Record players are the ultimate piece of equipment for anyone who appreciates and digests music in any serious manner. They bring life to the inanimate, inject soul to the lifeless, and the cartridge attached to your tonearm digs music from the grooves like a miner and gold... but they aren't invincible.

Whether you need to protect your deck from kids prying fingers, over-zealous cleaners, dust building up, or simply want a stylish lid to compliment your pride and joy, The Frazer Company has you covered. 

They offer bespoke lids of all shapes and sizes, clear or tinted, to fit any record player, especially recommended for use with Well Tempered Lab decks. The photo above is a Frazer Co cover recently made for a Well-Tempered Lab Simplex II turntable. It looks great, it's strong, and it'll protect your deck!

Check out more covers here from The Frazer Company, our trusted and highly recommended bespoke record player cover maker.

"There are a lot of things to like about this turntable and arm combination, voices and instruments 'pop' out of the soundstage with uncanny realism and it's so nimble that the tune, rhythm and melody are always coherently presented. Despite all its quirks of design this is an easy turntable to live with and use, and more importantly it has the all-important quality of musicality, it draws you into each song so that your troubles and cares fade away"

The latest offering by Well Tempered Lab has hit our shores and is a force to be reckoned with. A dual multi-layered plywood plinth isolated and suspended by truly intuitive means and sandwiched in aluminuim, it can withstand any recording, no matter how difficult, and present it with ease. We love it, and it's recent 5-star review from The Ear can testify- please follow this link to read the full review, or click here to go straight to The Ear's website version. 

The 254 is available in the Aluminium GT version, or in the eco friendly Bamboo version, both of which will astound. Find your nearest dealer here.

The new version of the Simplex is out now, the Simplex II, and it's had a make-over to both sound and appearance.

The plinth is now made from multilayered Birch plywood, just like the Versalex, which looks great and improves markedly on the sound. 

There are two versions available, one is finished in a sleek matte black top, with a dark blue pivot golf ball (see above), while the other has a bold white finished top accompanied with a red ball (see below). Both designs look great and sound even better with the birch plywood plinth.  

The Simplex mk II is available in both black and white versions at all Well Tempered Lab dealers, get in touch with yours and have a listen.

Now in its 14th year, the P75 has been upgraded to the mark 4. Let's run through some of the changes-

The first and most obvious change is the appearance, both inside and out. The chassis itself is larger than previous models, has an all new glass front panel, and a custom made DV gold earth terminal at the back.

Now for the meat... totally new ultra-low noise internal power supplies, electrically isolated from the AC power adaptor; power efficiency has been doubled; "bleeding edge" precision custom components providing extreme RIAA accuracy, and with more loading options available, the new mark 4 is compatible with virtually any cartridge on the market.

We have sent out demo units to nearly all of our trusted dealers, so get in touch with yours and have a listen.

Robert Ritchies Hi Fi in Montrose now has a couple of pairs of Shahinian Acoustics Loudspeakers in the shop which are available for demonstration.

The 2 pairs are the Shahinian Acoustics Arc 2 & the iconic Obelisk 2 loudspeaker.

If you've never heard these speakers before then you really should get yourself over and have a listen, your ears will be very grateful!

This week John travelled to Loud & Clear in Glasgow to help set up a real treat of a system.

There is now a Dynavector Systems XX2 mk II mounted onto a Well-Tempered Lab Versalex Turntable, playing through a pair of Shahinian Acoustics Arc Loudspeakers.

Pay Loud & Clear a visit to listen to this wonderful ensemble in action and experience music as it should be.

The Royale 400 is to visit Midland Audio Xchange near Birmingham, for a few weeks, commencing on Friday the 21st of October 2016.

Accompanying the Royale will again be its bedfellow, Dynavectors top of the range cartridge, the DRT XV-1t.

Get in touch with Midland Audio Xchange and arrange a listening session with this breathtaking turntable.

Your chance to see and hear the beast in person. We're heading up to Loud & Clear on Vincent St. Glasgow, to showcase Well Tempered Lab's flagship turntable, the Royale 400.

Accompanying the Royale will be Dynavectors top of the range cartridge, the DRT XV-1t and Dynavector Amplifiers P75 phono stage.

Book early for either the 12pm or 3pm showing as tickets are likely to go fast. Booking details can be found here- Loud & Clear. Come along and join us on the 8th of October in Glasgow, and experience the way your vinyl should sound.

Bill Firebaugh, Well Tempered Lab chief designer has been designing and developing his unconventional turntables for many decades. The Royale 400 is his latest 'piece de resistance'. If you are new to Well Tempered Lab turntables then the most striking things about the Royale 400 are the 16 inch or 400 mm arm and it's necessarily gigantic plinth. However these count as almost conventional compared to features like the zero clearance main bearing design and the bearing-less tonearm design. Not to mention the fixed geometry that makes fitting a cartridge almost as easy as using a plug in the headshell.