Music haven

Here’s a fine-looking stereo installation in Western Australia which has been comprehensively upgraded by Frank Prowse Hi-Fi in Perth from an original CD-based system to add vinyl replay — but which also evolved in the process to add Roon-controlled digital streaming. This final combination of turntable and digital streaming seems to be the synthesis of a thoroughly modern music solution, as we suggested to Mark Hyland, Audio/Visual Consultant at Frank Prowse Hi-Fi.

“We think so, yes,” he replies. “Simplicity counts for a lot too. Vinyl has been strong for a number of years now, so any idea that it’s a fad is false. And it’s great to see people liking the idea of having a music collection they can curate. Meanwhile streaming quality has really come into its own especially in the last few years, and with services like Tidal and Qobuz in many cases offering better-than-CD music, it bodes well for the future where both vinyl and digital audio can co-exist and complete the hi-fi circle.”

Adding analogue

This customer already had a CD-based system playing in this area, the