Author Archives: François

A modern interpretation of la Revue de l’Audiophile… Part 1 – Western Electric 755A

Jacques Ledauphin stereo six way active set-up

I do remember quite well my first encounter with Jacques Ledauphin in February 2013. He is some kind of tutelar figure in the pantheon of French audiophilia. For those who do not know him, Jacques is a well known French audiophile who developed among other things horns, multi amp with analog and digital crossovers speakers and of […]

What about a potentially 100% jazz record in vinyl ? Do not worry there is only one French guy on it.

I just discovered this Kisckstarter project : Jérôme Sabbagh limited edition vinyl album of the Turn and I thought that I should share it with you. These are the opening words of Jérôme : “Last year, I recorded The Turn, my third album with my longtime jazz quartet featuring Ben Monder, Joe Martin and Ted […]

Come On Die Young seems to be lasting longer than what the Young Team had in mind…

  We all have some fond memories, some teenage dreams. Mine were partly Scottish : something about the monster of the Loch Ness mixed with heavy malted odors of brewery and distillery during school trips when we were only allowed to drink glasses of concentrated orange juice that would feel as bad in my stomach […]

New Uwe headshell in bubinga wood and Denon 102 body

In-between the Lenco Heaven Belgium meet and my trip to the German audio mafia. I did a stop by Uwe‘s place. And guess what… I had some surprises. Bubinga Uwe  headshell First one is that a new wood for headshells is available : the Bubinga… Here are the first photos: This new headshell has very close […]

Photos of Schick Plinths for Garrard 301… Black or grey?

I had quite a few requests about Schick plinths designed for the Garrard 301. Here is one of the first plinths photos. It is designed for a 12″ tonearm with, here, a Schick tonearm armboard. Armboards can be designed to fit nearly any tonearm fixation pattern. As you can see the plinth  is CNC cut to […]