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A bookshelf loudspeaker in dark wood and metal, lit from the side
-60 dB
volume · off

Listening before branding.

Two pieces of hardware. The numbers on the front, the logo on the back.A bookshelf speaker and the amplifier that drives it, in brushed aluminium, built to be measured before they're admired.

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01 · M1 · Measured, not described

Flat from 42 Hz to where you stop hearing.

20 Hz422001 k10 k20 k +3 dB0−3 dB
20hertz · sweeping
Below the box.A 14-litre cabinet can't do 20 Hz honestly, so we don't claim it. The port is tuned to 42. Below that, the curve rolls off, and the graph says so.
02 · The blind test

Forty people. Two speakers. No labels.

A
0%
A pair that costs three times as much. The one with the name.
B
0%
The M1. Grille on, badge on the back, nothing to see.
Same room, same amp, same track, curtain up.Nobody was told what they were listening to. Each person heard both, in random order, three times, and wrote a letter down. We've run this every year since 2019. The numbers below are last October's.
Rows of vinyl records in a crate, spines worn from use

Built for the records you already own.

No app, no room correction, no firmware. A phono stage that's good, a volume knob that's heavy, and a speaker that tells you the truth about a pressing. Some of your records will sound worse. They were always worse.

Two pieces

M1 and M2. That's the catalogue.

We make a speaker and an amplifier, and they're designed together. You can use either with something else. They're better together, and cheaper, and we'll say so once.

M1 · Loudspeaker · pairThe speaker

Two-way, 14 litres, a 165 mm paper cone and a 25 mm soft dome. Brushed aluminium baffle, oak sides. Grille on or off; the curve's the same.

  • Response (−3 dB)42 Hz – 24 kHz
  • Sensitivity87 dB / 2.83 V / 1 m
  • Impedance6 Ω nominal, 4.2 min
  • Weight8.4 kg each
£1,400 · the pair
M2 · AmplifierThe amplifier

Class AB, 2 × 60 W into 8 Ω, a phono stage for moving-magnet, one line input, one knob. A relay clicks when you turn it on. That's the interface.

  • Power (8 Ω / 4 Ω)60 W / 95 W
  • Distortion at 1 W0.004 %
  • Signal to noise104 dB
  • Weight11.2 kg
£1,100
Why the logo's on the back

The name is the third thing.

Most hi-fi is sold on the first thing you see. We'd rather you saw the graph, then heard it, then found out who made it.

01
Published, not promised.Every unit is measured before it ships and the plot is in the box with a serial number. If it doesn't match the website, send it back.
02
No firmware.Nothing in either box runs software. Nothing will need an update, and nothing will stop working when a server does.
03
Repairable by a person.Screws, not glue. A circuit diagram in the manual. Drivers held in stock for twenty years. We've been asked why; the answer is on the front of the box.
04
Sold by listening.You can order online. You'll get more from an hour in the room with your own records, and we'd rather you did that first.
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An hour in the room, your records, the M1 and M2 and, if you ask, the pair that costs three times as much. Curtain up or down. Nobody stands behind you.

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