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The Beatles - Revolver - 50 Years OnRevolver is a seriously iconic album and it is currently celebrating it's 50th birthday.The Beatles and George Martin certainly took their recording sessions seriously.Revolver was recorded at Abbey Road studios in London and it took 300 hours of studio time to complete the album.It spent 7 weeks at the top of the UK album charts and 34 weeks in the charts.Revolver is placed 3rd in Rolling Stones' 500 albums of all time list.Revolver was a turning point of sor …

Rega's New Planar 2 - 40 Years Better!Following the hugely successful release of the Planar 3 turntable recently,Rega has continued it's release schedule with the current release of the Planar 2.It was developed alongside  the Planar 3 and features a brand new RB220 tonearm which is packed with groundbreaking new features.In 1976,the original Rega Planar 2 was released as one of the brand's first turntables.This new model benefits from 40 years of research and development.The new …

Stereophonic Welcomes Bowers and Wilkins.....To say we are honoured at Stereophonic to announce that we are now presenting the range of Bowers and Wilkins speakers is an understatement ....this is a very special moment in the history of Stereophonic.Bowers and Wilkins are a truly an iconic brand of loudspeakers,honoured by being present in the BBC studios in London and truly passionate about their design principles and product and highly respected for their continuing research and deve …

Sonos- Convenience and Sound - SolutionYou can now stream music from a range of devices to speakers around your home using a wireless connection - with no great compromise on sound quality.There are different ways to do this,different products and technologies,but one of the companies to lead has been Sonos,carving out a niche as a niche mass market,mainstream solution.Sonos is an American company founded in 2002 with a simple aim  - to transform your home sound system for the digital age. …

Streaming Services - The Future Of Digital Music?Music streaming increased by 96% in 2015 and has lead to a drop of 42% in 2015 in digital downloads from sites such as i-Tunes.It is predicted that music downloads will not exist by 2020.In the news Spotify has announced that it now has 39 million paying subscribers - a figure made even more significant when you take into account the ad-supported free tier that it also offers.Apple Music in comparison had 15 million paying subscribers and was add …