Soundmachines

18 June 2012

When we first started our loudspeaker company (Ruark Acoustics) in 1985, record players were big business and Hi-Fi enthusiasts (including ourselves) would often spend large sums of money on specialist turntable platters, tone arms and cartridges to get the best possible sound from their vinyl collection.

Today record players are again making a resurgence but we thought the way that Berlin based company ‘The Product’ have used the turntable/tone arm concept to create a machine that can be used to manipulate and create hypnotic rhythms is absolutely brilliant! It’s probably not something you’ll have in your lounge, but as an original idea, it’s first class. Watch, listen and enjoy…

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