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Vinyl sale at Full Time Hobby

Society of Sound favourite, Full Time Hobby, have a vinyl sale in their online shop. Everything from White Denim and School of Seven Bells to Malcolm Middleton and The Accidental. All albums £4.00 and all orders receive a lucky dip 7″ test pressing from their... Read more

Classic Recordings: Wu-Tang Clan – Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan – Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Music On Vinyl/RCA LP By Paul Rigby During the mid-90s, it seemed that hip hop had already reached a pivotal moment in its history as Dr Dre’s G-funk made its mark but then the Wu-Tang Clan appeared... Read more

Binaural recordings available for perfect headphone playback

The recordings from the first Accidental Powercut gig in July are now available. Full members and P5 product registrants will be able to download all the tracks using the Download Manager or you can sign up for a free trial and download one track. Accidental... Read more

A history of binaural recording

‘Binaural’ simply means ‘relating to two ears’, and it’s only an accident of history that we don’t use the word instead of ‘stereo’ (which actually means ‘solid’). As it is, binaural recordings are basically recordings made specifically for listening to on headphones rather than loudspeakers.... Read more

Bowers & Wilkins and Abbey Road Studios help celebrate five decades of British cool – and you can be there!

Bowers & Wilkins is attending Vintage at Goodwood, and would love for you to join us. Together with the world-famous Abbey Road Studios, we are representing the very best that Britain has to offer in terms of sound recording and reproduction. This innovative festival of... Read more