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In conjunction with Mark at BluTech, our electrical installation guru, and with the experience we have gained in developing MusicWorks products, we are pleased to offer a dedicated mains supply installation service. Using a double screened high current cable, you get the benefit of a dedicated feed to your Hi-Fi system, and a reduction in electromagnetic pollution. The socket, again selected for its audio performance is wired back to your consumer unit on it's own dedicated feed, wired to optimise system performance.

Typically the service will cost around £500, and will easily justify itself in the context of the improvement in performance. For those who wish to obtain a no compromise performance, cryogenically treated cable and sockets are available.

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Posted at: 10:09 on 17-06-2009

MusicWorks mains products are now available with the considerable benefit of Furutech's superb UK mains plug (FI UK 1363 Rhodium version) and FI 50 IEC socket. The ReCoil FT is now available at £295. A 'no holds barred' version of this lead (called ReCoil FT+)  comes complete with the Furutech FI 50 piezo ceramic  IEC plug at £460. ReFlex Blocks are now available wth the mains plug as ReFlex + FT at £690.

Existing ReCoil ReFlex (or IEC +) mains lead owners can have their leads fiting with the Furutech UK mains plug for £95. For mains lead owners, fitting the FI 50 IEC Plug costs £175.

We are also happy to supply Furutech products for other applications.

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Posted at: 13:15 on 14-06-2009

A true high quality 'all in one' system for £750. As recommended in the Sunday Times 'ingear' section (overall winner).

The Arcam Solo Mini is a genuine performance bargain raising the game at this price level. Choose a speaker package from Arcam, or go for the beautifully styled, and fine sounding Monitor Audio Radius HD 90.

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Posted at: 08:40 on 04-05-2009

Sugden are masters of refining what they already do well, this is their trtaditional strength. What we don't expect is a radical new product that throws a small bombshell into established performance hierarchies.

The new Mystro amplifier is such a product. Firstly, the power amplifier stage is not class A, but a substantial 50W class A/B design. This amplifier stage is capable of driving even very demanding speakers - most notably the Focal Diablo Utopias at the recent Bristol show. But this is not the most interesting bit. That would be the new preamplifier section, which is phenomenal.

Using superficially similar technology to the most recent Accuphase amplifiers (which start at 4 times the price!) the Sugden Mystro is a definitive product in the audio landscape. The fact that it retails at £1,225 including phono stage is remarkable.

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Posted at: 12:40 on 14-03-2009

In the current issue of Hi Fi Plus magazine is an article on the AudioWorks, and our approach to system set up. Link to Hi Fi Plus Article HERE .

Steve Dickinson does an outstanding job of describing how set up of a system can radically improve its performance, and hopefully will provide those people (and we know there are a lot of them out there) who are convinced that their system isn't performing as it should, with a way forward.

This system, or one very similar, will be on demonstration at the Sound & Vision Show in Manchester, and the Bristol Hi Fi Show.

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Posted at: 11:54 on 17-01-2009

The eagle eyed will have noticed a new link in our site navigator (top left), and some may even be wondering what this is all about.

For many years in the UK we have felt a little like a lone voice in the widerness. Ranting on about the importance of system setup, not, as most retailers see it, as a tweak to get another 5% out of a system, but as the foundation of a system's performance. When used in this way, a sort of bottom up approach, system musical performance can be transformed.

Our customers already know this, but getting the message out beyond our geographical boundary has been limited. Steve has been doing his best for many years at shows, in association with MusicWorks and Quadraspire, but progress has been slow.

To find a like mind, in the form of David Rapaport of Blade Audio in Surrey(Blade Audio), was an unexpected delight. I have invited David to contribute his experiences, shared with ours in the form of a Blog. By publishing our experiences and ruminations, it will hopefully be useful to those out there looking for musical heaven from their Hi Fi systems.

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Posted at: 10:17 on 25-11-2008

I wouldn't be surprised if speakers from the new Focal Utopia range are bought for their looks alone. Truly sculptural in appearance, they could be snook (snuck?) into Tate Modern and it would be months before anyone realized that they shouldn't be there - after all, they are a little too beautiful to be a true work of modern art.

Anyway, despite appearances, it really is the sound that's the thing. Focal have taken the previous ground breaking Utopia Be range, and improved everything.

If you are after one of the world's great speakers that happens to be a work of art (or vice versa) you need to audition this remarkable new range.

The Diablo and Scala Utopia are on demonstration.

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Posted at: 10:04 on 18-11-2008

Purity of form often comes from the pursuit of purity of function. The beauty in the shape of a Stradivarius violin is the inevitable consequence of making the world's finest sounding violin.

We have been asked which industrial design company came up with the design of the ReVo table. to the questioner's surprise, the answer is none. The ReVo table is the consequence of form following function!

The truism that a well set up modestly priced system can outperform much more expensive kit that is less well set up is easily demonstrated using the ReVo. In fact in a recent Thursday evening listening session, all seven listeners preferred the good £550 CD player on the ReVo to the excellent £4,000+ CD player on our previous reference!

ReVo 100% acrylic 3 tier equipment table £895 (10mm acrylic) £1250 (15mm acrylic).

For a short period, customers who have purchased a Quadraspire / MusicWorks acrylic reference table from us can save 25% on the above prices.

This could easily be the most important Hi Fi product that we have heard in the last 10 yrears.

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Posted at: 12:43 on 07-10-2008

There is so much happening at the moment that we can't give you all the details. Here is a flavour of what's going on:

Focal Utopia3 - imminent arrival of Diablo and Scala Utopias.

Focal / dCS Event - Meet the manufacturers, see new product (13th November tbc)

Avalon NP1 now on demonstration.

dCS Puccini wordclock with USB port, upsampling software for this input coming soon to Puccini!

dCS Scarlatti Upsampler has been announced, features USB input - Scarlatti upsampler

MusicWorks all acrylic ReVo table now on dem - even we were not prepared for what this brings to the party!

Sugden Masterclass integrated now on demonstration - a beautiful piece of kit!

MusicWorks plan to be at the Manchester (Practical / Audio T) Show in October (tbc) in conjunction with another manufacturer.

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Posted at: 14:00 on 27-09-2008

The new Paganini CD / SACD player has arrived and is now on demonstration. This system can be configured in 2 box (Paganini transport + DAC) or 3 box (adding the wordclock) packages in a similar fashion to the Scarlatti system. The difference is that the Paganini is substantially less expensive than the Scarlatti.

First things first, if Scarlatti did not exist, then the Paganini system would be, by far, the best CD playing system that we have heard!

Now, the million dollar question, how does Paganini fit in with respect to the Scarlatti, the one box Puccini, and the old 3 box Verdi La Scala (Encore) with Elgar Plus?

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Posted at: 11:18 on 20-06-2008