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Ringmat Developments: A Company Profile
John Rogers is the founding member of QR Design. Drawing
upon over 40 years' experience in sound reproduction, he
leads the company's research and development programme.
By profession John is a chartered accountant and at one
time was the youngest partner in one of the world's
largest accountancy practices. In 1982, at the age of
40, he changed direction to indulge his love of music
and to pursue an earlier interest in the reproduction of
recorded sound. He immediately co-founded with his wife,
Angela, the Quality Records (QR) Group, to establish
shops offering a wide range of products and services
specifically for music lovers, including records,
compact discs and quality hi-fidelity equipment.
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During the late 1980’s, John became increasingly more
involved in the issues determining accurate sound
reproduction and related research. He believes the
professional experience and discipline he gained over
many years in resolving a wide range of very complex
issues, both national and international, enabled him to
bring a fresh approach to many of the inherent
difficulties.
QR Design, part of the QR Group, was founded in 1989 to
introduce new ideas and better solutions to problems
relating to sound reproduction and which build upon the
many excellent hi-fi products already on the market
rather than to replace them. By incorporating in each
hi-fi system, however modest, the appropriate products
or modifications, the listener may effectively
experience the original recorded performance in his
listening room, with all the feeling of a 'live'
occasion. The company also provides related consultancy
advice.
Ringmat Developments (founded 1992) is the manufacturing
and marketing arm of the QR Group. "Ringmat
Developments" has become a household name among music
lovers around the world, owing to the success of
RINGMAT, its flagship product in the field of LP record
sound reproduction.
By 1996, demand for new Ringmat products had grown to
such a point that we had to concentrate all our
resources on the manufacture and development of our own
products. As a consequence, the shops had to be closed.
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that followed, the Ringmat brand was
further enhanced by a succession of
equally distinguished products in the
fields of isolation support,
electromagnetic control and new cable
technologies. As a result, thousands of
our products are now in daily use with
music lovers around the world, including
musicians and music and hi-fi reviewers,
and are recommended by hi-fi companies.
In developing many of the new products
and other ideas, John was ably assisted
by other designers, including Russ
Andrews, Max Townshend, Tim de
Paravicini and Tony Faulkner. But above
all, he is deeply indebted to his
co-designer of RINGMAT, and of our CD
Statmat and Vivacity AR Platforms, Denis
Morecroft.
Like many companies, we have evolved and
research is playing an increasingly
greater role. We are now primarily a
sound reproduction research and
development organisation that shares
with others the fruits of our
endeavours, so that anyone can improve
the reproductive sound (and sometimes
the picture) quality obtainable from
their music and moving picture sources.
This is achieved in two ways.
Firstly, and most importantly, will be
the publication of our research work
dealing with the essence of accurate
sound reproduction and many of the
problems involved in achieving such
accuracy. Many papers on this subject
have been written and they now need to
be collated and in due course published
on this website under the Hi-Fi Advice
section. Some of our earlier research
work has already been included on this
website under the headings ‘The Story of
Ringmat’, ‘The Story of Statmat’ and
‘The Story of Ringmat cables’.
Secondly, of course, there are our
Ringmat ‘Essentials’, which can be found
on our Price List. As a result of our
research, a number of exciting new
products are also currently being
developed.
Most of our products are sent overseas
to distributors and dealers. This
enables them to be purchased locally and
for buyers to receive local advice.
However, where our products are not
available locally, we will be delighted
to send them directly to members of the
public overseas. This is especially so
as not all our distributors and dealers
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◊ BOOKS & ARTICLES |
John Rogers has written
a series of articles
entitled ‘How to get the
best out of a hi-fi
system’ in collaboration
with some of the UK's
leading hi-fi designers.
The series appeared in
the enthusiasts'
magazine 'Common
Ground'. Articles on
'How to set up and fine
tune a turntable' are
available in booklet
form from Ringmat
Developments. It is
hoped to reproduce other
articles on the Ringmat
website. |
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◊ JOHN ROGERS |
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