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NEWS 
08/06/2010
KUALA LUMPUR INTERNATIONAL AUDIO &
VIDEO SHOW (KLIAV-2010)
KLIAV-2010 takes place on FRIDAY
23RD to SUNDAY 25TH JULY 2010 at the JW Marriott Hotel in
Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
Ringmat Developments will be represented at this Show by our
distributor, Electrades Audio, who will again be found in Room
7037 (Level 7). Electrades Audio will be demonstrating the full
range of Ringmat products, such as the Ringmat Vivacity AR
Anti-resonance Equipment Platforms, Ringmat Feet & Domes,
Statfeet, Speaker Cables, Interconnects, Power Cables, Ringmats and
CD Statmats, etc. Also, Ringmat products will be on sale at
special Show prices.
21/04/2010
Ringmat Orders
We have now settled happily into our new business premises and as
from Wednesday 21st April 2010 we will resume handling all new orders as
usual. We much appreciate the help given to us by Moth during the move
and settling in period. Any overseas orders from countries where there
is a local distributor will, of course, be referred to that distributor,
in line with our normal policy.
08/04/2010
Ringmat have Moved!
We have now successfully moved and are very busy with all the things
that need to be done to get the business organised at our new location.
You will see from the Contact
page our new address and telephone number.
Orders have continued to pour in and there is now some backlog that will
take a little while to clear. For the next week or so, to give us a bit
more time, orders will continue to be dealt with by Mike at Moth, who
has done a
sterling job in holding the fort for the past few weeks.
08/02/2010
On the 26th-28th February the Bristol
Show takes place at The Marriott City Centre Hotel. Russ Andrews
Accessories will be in rooms 228 and 230 on the second floor,
and will have a range of our STATMAT products for sale.
21/01/2010
Ringmat are Moving!
Regular followers of Ringmat will have noticed that there has been a
paucity of news about Ringmat over the past year or so. There are a
number of reasons for this.
Firstly, we have outgrown our present premises and have been scouring
the UK for an alternative base for the past 2 years. We have now found a
new home for both the business and ourselves somewhat more than 250
miles north, on the borders of Yorkshire and Lancashire, and we expect
to move there within the next few weeks. There will be a great deal to
do to sort out decades of accumulated “stuff” and to get it all packed.
Also, to arrange new telephone lines, to install our computer system and
to carry out so many other related tasks. We have an exciting new
listening room to set up and to tweak. This work will take time, so as
from Friday 22nd January 2010 we are automatically redirecting customer
orders to Mike at Moth Group, our UK distributor.
Mike can be contacted on 01234 741 152 and we shall be in regular
contact with him during the move.
See also:
http://www.britishaudio.co.uk
We have a long-standing holiday booked in March, so although we shall
open for a while in March we shall continue to direct customer orders to
Moth Group until after Easter, by which time things should have settled
down to a more normal pattern.
By then, we shall also have our new contact details posted.
Secondly, we have been working on a number of new products that we hope
to launch later this year without the distractions of travelling around
the country every few weeks looking for a new base.
Thirdly, we have been concluding our research work on the problems of
accurate sound reproduction and now have to condense it all into a
comprehensive report that we hope to put up on our Website for all to
read. This report should provide answers to most problems and
difficulties that music lovers have had in obtaining an accurate
reproduction of their treasured records, CDs and DVDs over the past 50
years – problems and difficulties that have not been really covered in
magazines and other sources of information in the past, because they
were not then fully understood, together with some suggested solutions
for the future.
Readers will realise from the foregoing that, despite the paucity of
news, we have not been idle!
20/01/2010
Ringmat Product Reviews
There have been a number of UK reviews of Ringmat products over the past
2 years and they can be found as listed below:
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Ringmat Record Support System can be found
here.
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Ringmat Pure Signal Blue Interconnect can be found
here.
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Ringmat CDi Blue Statmat can be found
here.
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Ringmat Pure Power Mains Cable can be found
here.
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Ringmat Spike Stoppers can be found
here.
27/05/2009
KUALA LUMPUR INTERNATIONAL AUDIO &
VIDEO SHOW (KLIAV) FRIDAY 24TH-SUNDAY 26TH JULY 2009 at the JW Marriott
Hotel in Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Ringmat Developments will be represented at this show by our
distributor, Electrades Audio who will found in Room 7037 (Level 7).
Electrades Audio will be demonstrating the full range of Ringmat
products, to name a few, such as the Ringmat Vivacity AR Equipment
Platforms, Statfeet, Domes, Speaker Cables, Interconnects, Power Cables
and CD Statmat etc. Also Ringmat products will be on sale at special
show prices.
29/10/2008
Ringmat Vivacity AR
The first two reviews of the Vivacity AR anti-resonance equipment
platforms have now been translated and extracts can be found
here.
01/09/2008
TOP AUDIO SHOW, MILAN, ITALY
18th-21st September 2008
The Show will be held at QUARK HOTEL via Lampedusa 12 and Ringmat
Developments will be represented there by their Italian distributor
HiFi4music. You will find HiFi4music in their demonstration suite at
number 134 on the first floor. They can also be found at their stand at
the visitor's entrance where the new Ringmat Vivacity AR Anti-Resonance
Equipment Platforms will be on display under the full Ayon/Origin
system. The rest of Ringmat range will be demonstrated in the audio
suite.
22/07/2008
Launch of the Ringmat Vivacity AR
Platforms in Malaysia - KUALA LUMPUR INTERNATIONAL AUDIO & VIDEO SHOW
25TH-27TH JULY 2008 at the JW Marriott Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Ringmat Developments will be represented at this show by our
distributor, Electrades Audio who will found in Room 7038 (Level 7).
Electrades Audio will be demonstrating the Ringmat Vivacity AR Platforms
supporting SUGDEN equipment and the playback will be through SPENDOR
Loudspeakers.
It is hoped that the Malaysian Audio Magazine "Perfect Sound & Vision"
will be on sale at the show in which there will be a short mention of
the Ringmat Vivacity AR Platforms under "First Tests" where the reviewer
has mentioned it as "The Product of The Year - Best Buy".
The following issue will carry a full review of the product.
01/07/2008
Ringmat Vivacity AR
The Vivacity AR anti-resonance equipment platforms are featuring well
around the world, so much so that we have not had time to post anything
recently on this News page, despite some great reviews with more in the
pipeline.
We are awaiting an English translation of the first review of the
Platforms in the Audiophile magazine, Hong Kong, but in the meantime
here is the latest magazine cover of Audiophile featuring the Ringmat
Vivacity AR Platforms.
For a large version of
the above image click here
27/03/2008
Ringmat Vivacity AR
The Vivacity AR anti-resonance equipment platforms are available now and
the new Panels have already been supplied to customers. The latest Press
Release will be found
here.
New March 2008 Price List
New prices have been posted and will be found
here.
Prices at our On-Line Store are being updated and the new products
added. Whilst this is in hand, the new prices will apply and as payment
is effected off-line the new prices can easily be applied. Where the new
products have not yet been added, orders can be placed by telephone.
New Ringmat Products
In the new Price List a number of new products will be found in addition
to the new Vivacity AR anti-resonance equipment platforms.
We have introduced a PLUS version of the Statmat CDi Blue. Early
releases of this new version have been very well received by customers
who have requested such a version and it should become an established
choice alongside the standard CDi Blue. More information will be posted
soon.
We have introduced a slimmed-down version of the Ringmat Feet without
the top disc layer. This new version, called ‘ECON’, has already been
supplied to customers on request and provides a useful alternative to
the standard Ringmat Feet for those users who feel their requirements
are met by these lower priced isolation supports. More information will
be posted soon but meanwhile a full explanation is set down in the Price
List.
We have also introduced a new vinyl product called a Ringmat Base
Platter Mat. As the wording suggests, it is a Spacer Mat without the
usual stud that is used with Ringmat Spacers. With the Ringmat Support
System, there is a much better and deeper bass, with clearer definition
than is possible with a Ringmat on its own. Much of this comes from the
Spacer Mat and some people have found this answers their need for better
bass response without the extra costs of the Ringmat Support System. The
Ringmat Base Platter Mat also addresses comments made on some forums
that the Ringmat on its own does not provide the degree of bass sought
by some users. As previously advised, it is simply not possible to deal
with all aspects of accurate sound reproduction from a turntable in a
single platter mat, hence the several products that make up the Ringmat
Support System. The Ringmat Base Platter Mat, designed for use under the
Ringmat, meets the needs of those seeking a fuller, deeper bass response
but who cannot immediately stretch to a Ringmat Support System. If
required, a stud could be added to a Ringmat Base Platter Mat at a later
date for conversion and use within a Ringmat Support System - a truly
modular record support system.
03/03/2008
Ringmat Vivacity AR
The long awaited Vivacity AR anti-resonance equipment platforms will be
available in the second half of March 2008. A new brochure has been
prepared and will be found
here. Prices will be posted around mid-March
2008. For more information,
click here.
11/12/2007
Gold Spot Anniversary
Ringmat
The new Gold Spot
Anniversary has been well received by users who have upgraded from other
Ringmats. We have also received an evaluation of the Gold Spot by
Christopher
Breunig,
for many years Music Editor at Hi-Fi News. You will find this review
here.
Ringmat Vivacity AR
The long awaited
Vivacity AR anti-resonance platforms will be available in March 2008. A
new brochure is being prepared. For an update on our plans for this
exciting new product,
click here.
Ringmat Concept
Loudspeaker
We have recently
installed our first fully specified loudspeaker in our test bed system.
We have been designing loudspeakers for many years and various
prototypes have been used as evaluation steps towards the present
design. As with all our products, its design is unique and far ahead of
all others. For more information, click here.
07/09/2007
Anniversary Gold Spot Ringmat
We explain here
more about the significance and performance of the new Anniversary Gold
Spot Ringmat.
04/09/2007
The Story of Statmat
John Rogers reveals in a new article for this website how Statmat, and
the Statmat film, was conceived and developed. It can be found
here.
28/08/2007
New Anniversary Gold Spot Ringmat
The new Anniversary Gold Spot is now available in the UK. Supplies
overseas will become available over the coming weeks. We are delighted
to report that performance of the Gold Spot itself far exceeds even that
of the prototype.
TOP AUDIO SHOW, MILAN, ITALY 13th-16th September 2007
The Show will be held at QUARK HOTEL via Lampedusa 11 and Ringmat
Developments will be represented there by their Italian distributor
HiFi4music. You will find HiFi4music in their demonstration suite at
number 134 on the first floor, and purchases can be made at their
selling desk at the visitor's entrance.
17/07/2007
New Anniversary Ringmat
We are about to launch a New Anniversary Ringmat, with much improved
performance over the current model.
The new Anniversary will be called "Anniversary Gold Spot" and at about
2.9mm thick it will be some 100 microns thinner than the existing
Anniversary. It will look very much like the existing Anniversary, but
with the addition of a 'Gold Spot'. An even more advanced adhesive will
also be used. Performance over the existing Anniversary will be much
improved, at least as much again as the present Anniversary over the old
XLR.
UK retail price (incl. VAT) for the Anniversary Gold Spot will be
£80.00, as against £70.00 for the existing Anniversary. The Exchange
price to upgrade to the new Anniversary Gold Spot will be £60.00.
We shall release Anniversary Gold Spot next month and will also continue
with the existing Anniversary.
Ringmat 330 MkII XLR
For some weeks now we have uprated the adhesive we use for the XLR to
that which we presently use for the existing Anniversary Ringmat. This
has the effect of closing the performance gap between the XLR and the
Anniversary.
In view of the extra costs of the adhesive we now use for the XLR, the
UK retail price (incl. VAT) of the XLR has increased from £55.00 to
£60.00.
Ringmat Vivacity AR
Prototypes of the final versions are now installed in our own reference
system, with stunning results, far in advance of that which we were
obtaining 2 years ago. We are now engaged in completing the updated
brochure and the Installation Guide and the other things that will need
to be printed.
Information relating to price and availability will be released as soon
as possible.
24/01/2007
Hi-Fi+ Ringmat Cables Review
There has just been another great review of our cables in Hi-Fi+, Issue
49. This time for what is called a 'loom', comprising mains, speaker and
interconnect. Other manufacturers' cables have also been reviewed. This
is the first time our Pure Power Mains Cable has been covered by a
review, as is the case with our Speaker and Interconnects with WBT
connectors. Full review and more information
here.
06/12/2006
Statmat CDi Blue
Ultimate Guide to Home Cinema 2004
It has
recently been drawn to our attention that two year's ago we received a 5
Star Award from What Hi Fi? Sound and Vision for our Statmat CDi Blue in
their Ultimate Guide to Home Cinema 2004. This follows the excellent
review of the CDi Blue in What Hi Fi? the year before (see News
17.12.2003). It is especially satisfying to
receive an Award for the Statmat CDi Blue in a DVD and Home Cinema
context.
Details of the Award in the Ultimate Guide
can be found here.
01/12/2006
In 'Santa's Goody Bag ...', a round up of Hi-Fi
Accessories for Christmas in Issue 48 of Hi-Fi+, the Editor, Roy
Gregory, includes the Statmat CDi Blue.
He says it "remains a staple part of CD replay chez Gregory. Richer,
sweeter, more natural but above all more dynamic sound is the result,
increasing musical enjoyment and involvement while at the same time
reducing listener fatigue. This is arguably the single most cost
effective upgrade you can make to most CD players. ... It also serves as
an intriguing introduction to Ringmat's world of accessories and system
tuning devices."
Gathered in that Issue readers will find a host of accessories that the
magazine's reviewers have found particularly useful, impressive or in
some cases absolutely indispensable. It is also the Awards Issue.
www.hifiplus.com
08/09/2006
The Hi-Fi News Show 2006 will again be held at the
Renaissance Hotel, Heathrow from 22nd-24th September 2006. In addition
this year there will be the London Sound & Vision Show at the Park Inn
Hotel almost opposite during the same period.
We regret that we will not be able to attend the Shows this year as John
has just had a new knee replacement operation and will be unable to
stand for any length of time. However, a range of our products will
continue to be available at the Moth Group/Hi-Fi News Accessories stand
in the Renaissance Hotel. The stand will, as usual, be on the ground
floor just beyond the entrance door.
We wish you all an enjoyable time at the two Shows and look forward to
seeing you again another time.
21/08/2006
HONG KONG HI-FI SHOW IN SEPTEMBER
WELL EVER INVESTMENT LTD, distributors of Ringmat
products in Hong Kong, will be participating in
the Hong Kong Hi-Fi Hi Fi /
Hi Vi Show 2006 at Langham
Place Hotel, 555 Shanghai Street,
Mongkok,
Kowloon,
Hong Kong. A notice board at the entrance to
show will indicate the location of Well Ever Investment Ltd. The
show takes place on Friday 22nd September and Saturday 23rd
September 2006. A range of Ringmat products
will be available at the show and Well Ever staff will be
pleased to demonstrate them.
14/08/2006
MILAN HI-FI SHOW IN SEPTEMBER
HIFI4MUSIC, distributors
of Ringmat products in Italy, will be participating in the Milan Hi-Fi
Show known as "The Top Audio Show".
They will be on the 3rd floor in room number 317
at the Quark Hotel
during the show which runs from Thursday 14th to Sunday
17th September 2006. A range
of Ringmat products will be available at the show and HIFI4MUSIC staff
will be pleased to demonstrate them in room 317. HIFI4MUSIC will also
have a sales stall at the entrance to the show.
13/06/2006
Electrades Audio, distributors of Ringmat products in Singapore and
Malaysia, will be participating in the Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) Hi-Fi
Show known as "KL International AV Show 2006". They
will be in Rooms 7016 and 7018 at JW Marriott
Hotel during the show which runs from Friday 21st July
to Sunday 23rd July 2006. A range of Ringmat products will be
available at the show and Electrades staff will be pleased to
demonstrate them.
23/01/2006
We have just launched a new '2nd Edition'
of the well regarded booklet "How
to Set Up and Fine Tune a Turntable" by John Rogers.
22/11/2005
The newly launched Vivacity product line now
has a brochure, for an advanced preview
click
here.
24/10/2005
SINGAPORE HI-FI SHOW - 4 - 6th November 2005
Electrades Audio,
our distributor for Singapore and Malaysia, will be participating at
The Singapore Hi-Fi Show, where our products will be in use. The Show
will be held at LeMeridien Hotel in Orchard Road from Friday 4th to
Sunday 6th November 2005, from 9am to 7pm daily. Electrades
Audio will be in Rooms 501 and 502 and look forward to welcoming
you.
16/09/2005
The new products we shall be launching at
the Hi-Fi & Home Entertainment Show at the Renaissance Hotel,
Heathrow, London next week have now been included on the
prices page. More details will be
posted after the Show and later in our Online Store.
14/09/2005
We can now release more information about
the exciting new anti-resonance solution for hi-fi and home cinema
systems that we announced last week, and which will be shown in
prototype at the Hi-Fi & Home Entertainment Show, Renaissance Hotel,
London Heathrow, 23-25 September 2005. We can reveal that we have
partnered with NXT to deploy its unique Distributed Mode Loudspeaker
technology with our new Vivacity AR controlled resonance panels. For
more information, please
click here.
07/09/2005
Visitors to the upcoming Hi-Fi Show at the
Renaissance Hotel, Heathrow (24th & 25th September) will have the
opportunity of a preview of Ringmats exciting new anti-resonance
system, called Vivacity AR. For more information, please
click here.
01/09/2005
We will be at the forthcoming London Hi-Fi
Show at The Renaissance Hotel, Heathrow, and shall look forward to
seeing you there. You will find us on stand 3A on the ground floor to
the right as you pass though the main entrance, next to the Hi-Fi News
Accessories stand. We shall have a host of new products and
exciting ideas for the coming year to show you and talk about. Come and
find out about our new Mains Cables, our extended range of Ringmat Feet,
the new Spike Stoppers and Statmat Plus, amongst other things. The Show
is open to the public on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th September from
10am - 6pm and again extends to The Park Inn (formerly Le Meridien)
opposite. There is a special 2 for 1 ticket offer online at
www.hifinews.co.uk.
31/05/2005
To read more about
Ringmat Spike Stoppers, and see some pictures, click
here.
28/02/2005
As a result of recent in-house research,
we have updated our advice on hi-fi and home cinema systems. Please
click here to view the page. As
mentioned in the article, further updates are planned later this year.
01/02/2005
We have a
new price list starting from 1st February, showing some of our new
products. Some of these are for release over the next few months and
further information will be posted on them nearer the time. Yet more
products are under development for release shortly thereafter.
The new Ringmat Feet include replacements
for the old LW and HD models, as well as catering for equipment up to
69kg. For pricing please click
here.
The Ringmat Spike Stoppers are designed to
be placed under spikes traditionally used for stands and loudspeakers.
Not only do they protect floors but also improve sound quality from
the equipment supported by the Spike Stoppers. Existing users of
Ringmat Domes will be familiar with the sort of performance obtainable
from the Spike Stoppers. For pricing please click
here.
More details about the new products will
be posted soon.
We would also like to draw your attention
to the fact that there is an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format downloadable
version of the new pricelist
here.
27/01/2005
Ringmat
Developments are pleased to announce details of their latest Ringmat
Feet, click
here
for more information.
24/01/2005
We will be at the forthcoming Manchester Hi-Fi
Show, Northern Sound & Vision 2005, at The Radisson SAS Hotel, Manchester
airport on Saturday 29th January and Sunday 30th January, and shall look
forward to seeing you there. You will find us opposite the lifts on
level 2.
We have a host of new products for release this year.
Many of the new concepts will be on display at the Show, including:
Ringmat Anti-Resonance Platforms; 5 new models of Ringmat Feet,
including those for equipment weighing up to 69 kilos; Ringmat Cabinet
Dampers; Spike Stoppers; Ringmat Pure Power Mains Cable; and the Ringmat
Pure Signal tonearm cable.
The Show is open to the public on Saturday
from 10.00am - 5.00pm and on Sunday from 10.00am - 4.00pm.
28/09/2004
At the London Hi-Fi Show at The
Renaissance Hotel, Heathrow, last weekend we showed a number of new
products which we shall be releasing during the course of the coming
year.
11/09/2004
We will be at the forthcoming London Hi-Fi
Show at The Renaissance Hotel, Heathrow, and shall look forward to
seeing you there. As usual, you will find us sharing the Hi-Fi News
Accessories Club/Moth Marketing stand on the ground floor to the right
as you pass though the main entrance. We shall have a host of new
products and ideas for the coming year to show and talk about.
The Show is open to the public on Saturday
25th and Sunday 26th September from 10am - 6pm and again extends to The
Park Inn (formerly Le Meridien) opposite.
There is a special 2 for 1 ticket offer
online at
www.avexpo.co.uk or by calling the Show hotline 020 8726 8318.
15/07/2004
Another great and very detailed
review of the full Ringmat Support System has been written by Paul
Szabady, Senior Editor, The Stereo Times, and posted on their
Website. For more information,
click here.
03/04/2004
From changes made to this site viewers
will be aware that we now have our
ONLINE RINGMAT STORE operational and we hope this will
make it much easier in future to buy Ringmat and Statmat products
direct. Prices displayed in the Store exclude UK Value Added Tax,
which will be added at the current rate to the final invoice cost for
UK and other EU customers. Overseas customers should note that, for
those countries where we have existing distributors or dealers, orders
received by us through the Online Ringmat Store will continue to be
directed to our overseas agents for completion at local prices and
conditions. Trade customers should continue to use the connections
listed in our CONTACT US
page.
06/01/2004
We get so many letters and 'phone calls from
customers about how pleased they are with our products that it would no
longer be appropriate to include them on our Website, though in the very
early days extracts from some of them were published. However, a
particularly interesting letter (click
here) has recently been received
from one of our customers concerning his experiences with our Statmat
CDi Blue product. This follows his delight earlier with our MkII CDi,
the single film version of the Statmat. One of the reasons we have
included this letter is that Mr. Wynne-Jones' experiences were similar
to those we have had during our development work and it is interesting
when these are described by someone else. We would mention that where
Mr. Wynne-Jones has made reference to shortcomings in listening to
certain recordings, we have already discovered many of the reasons for
these. The reasons do not relate to the performance of the Statmat, but
to conceptual errors within the industry as to how sounds should be
recorded and then reproduced. This very important matter, including how
to avoid or correct the problems that exist at the moment, will be the
subject of subsequent press releases and postings on this News page.
17/12/2003
Another excellent reference to the Statmat
CDi Blue, this time in a round up of bargain "System Boosters" in the
UK's largest circulation Hi-Fi magazine, What Hi*Fi. For more
information, click here.
05/12/2003
An excellent short review has been given to
the Anniversary Ringmat in the December 2003 Issue of
Gramophone in
a 2 page section on System Accessories. For more information,
click here.
At the London Hi Fi Show at The
Renaissance Hotel, Heathrow, in September we launched a number of new
additions to our range of cables. For details of our new Digital
Interconnects, click
here, and for our new Power Line Speaker
Cables, click here.
Our speaker cables can now be also be terminated with insulated WBT
connectors.
We continue with our
research into new products and improved methods of sound reproduction
and news on these will be posted when available.
15/09/2003
We will be at the forthcoming London Hi Fi
Show at The Renaisssance Hotel, Heathrow, and will be pleased to see you
there. As usual, you will find us sharing the The HiFi News Accessories
Club/Moth Marketing stand near the main entrance . The show is open to
the public on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th September.
12/05/2003
Hi-Fi
News, the British hi-fi magazine, has a new Website
http://www.hifinews.co.uk.
At the time of writing, it details the contents of the May 2003 Issue
and previews the June Issue.
Of
particular interest to Ringmat/Statmat followers is a 2-part feature –
“The Lynx Effect” - by Consultant Technical Editor, Keith Howard. In
his article he describes his ‘lab’ technique for shedding some
scientific light and technical measurement of what some people refer to
as ‘black magic’ hi-fi accessories. Do they make any measurable
difference to the signal, and therefore the sound, or is it all in the
mind? The May Issue and the first part of the June Issue (just
published) deals with the creation of the ‘lab’, using a Lynx L22 sound
card. The June issue continues with tests on system tweaks like mains
cables, CD mats and equipment supports. Of the set-up accessories
tested, only the Statmat (believed to be a MkII) showed any “detectable
change in the (Meridian) 508’s output.” Keith then goes on to add, “the
results appear to indicate that the Statmat has a semi-permanent effect
on the disc and/or player which persists after it’s removed.
Interestingly, in one of the Statmat’s early subjective reviews Jimmy
Hughes commented on precisely this ‘conditioning’ effect and how it
complicates assessment of this product.”
This excellent report
is very much in line with what we, at Ringmat Developments, would have
expected and is a pretty accurate appraisal. Keith was at great pains
to warn that these findings were not his final conclusions and that he
regards this as a first step and very much ‘work in progress’. Current
versions of Statmat products have been sent to Keith to assist him in
his work and we await any further results with interest. If you want to
know more, buy the magazine
06/05/2003
We have posted 2 new
pages to the Website.
One
is an update to a short article John wrote for a magazine on the
question: “After getting a Ringmat for my turntable, what should I get
next to improve its performance still further?” To read the answer,
CLICK HERE.
The
other page is based on a new product insert we shall be introducing
shortly to accommodate instances where customers notice an unwanted
change in sound quality when incorporating our products into their sound
reproduction systems. Although there can be obvious reasons for this,
such as failure to read the instructions, we have found two causes in
particular that are often overlooked but can be easily remedied.
This guidance is relevant not only to our own products, but also in
respect of those of other manufacturers. To find out more,
CLICK HERE.
14/02/2003
Although we shall not be
exhibiting at the Bristol Show on 21st – 23rd
February, some
of our products will be available there at the Hi-Fi For
Sale stand.
We
are also providing standard MkII CDi Statmats to Hi-Fi World for their
magazine subscription promotion at the Show. This will also include an
offer to those who take up a subscription to Hi-Fi World to upgrade from
the standard Statmat they will receive a to CDi Blue at a special price.
Last Autumn we
introduced a MkII version of the Ringcap. The new Ringcap uses the same
advanced adhesive for its single ring as is used for the Anniversary
Ringmat, with comparable improvements to sound reproduction in
proportion to its smaller size. There is no change in price.
Although our resources
are constantly engaged with production to meet record order levels,
ground-breaking results are coming from our continued research into
pre-recorded sound
reproduction. We look forward to the time when we are in a
position to release some
information on our work, hopefully later this year or early next year.
This research is related not only to the improved accuracy of the signal
due to our Ringmat isolation products and cables and to our Statmat film
products, but also to our progress on the design of new products, the
results so far exceeding expectations. However, it is difficult at this
time to predict any release dates.
07/11/2002
We will be at the Manchester Hi-Fi & Home
Cinema Show to be held at the Hilton Manchester Airport Hotel on
Saturday and Sunday, 16th - 17th November. We are very much looking
forward to seeing you all there.
20/9/2002
We had another excellent "Show" at London
Heathrow earlier this month, organised by Hi-Fi News, with lots of
interest in all our products, especially in the new
Ringmat Pure Signal Interconnects and
Ringmat Pure Power Speaker Cables.
Shortly before the Show, we were informed of
two more great reviews for the CDi Blue
Statmat for CD, DVD and SACD players and transports.
The first will be found on the internet
hi-fi magazine POSITIVE FEEDBACK ONLINE - ISSUE 2.
Click on
http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue2/carymods.htm. Here we have
three modifications to the Cary 306/200. Firstly, a large number of
Marigo Dots were applied, followed by four Shakti On-Lines, then the
CDi Blue. I asked Dave Clark, who wrote the
review, for confirmation that the CDi Blue was used with the others
still in place, to which he replied in the affirmative, adding "I felt
the mat was the cherry on top!" Dave is now looking forward to the
opportunity to try out some more Ringmat products.
The other was not so much a review as a news
item. It was in the UK's highest circulation "hi-fi" magazine, WHAT
HI-FI? SOUND AND VISION. Lovely full colour picture but barely any
text, but what it said was all that was necessary: "We were sceptical,
but this tiny plastic mat can make a real difference to your CD/DVD
sound, by dispersing low-voltage static as you spin your discs." Short
and sweet!
09/9/2002
We have now posted the first review of the
Ringmat Audiophile Cables. At the end of the review there are some
comments by John Rogers to assist the reader in putting it all in
perspective. Did we say the review was "fabulous"? See for yourself
click here to read it.
02/9/2002
We have a NEW
Product and Retail Price List. It
includes the prices of our NEW PRODUCTS, including the new
Pure Signal Interconnect Cables. You
will also notice that some prices have been reduced, though we have had
to make a small increase in the prices of the Ringmat LP Record Support
Systems to cover the increased costs of the Yellow Ringmat Spacers.
We have just had a fabulous review of our
Ringmat Audiophile Cables by Roy
Gregory in the recent Sept - Oct Issue of
Hi-Fi+ magazine. More about
this soon.
28/8/2002
Now for something completely different. Cue
and Review provide a recordings review service for the blind and
partially sighted which has recently covered the benefits of using the
Statmat CDi Blue when listening to CDs. Called "Sound Explosion",
we have now taken excerpts from their review and included them in a
Windows Media Audio (WMA) format for you to listen to for yourself.
Click here to hear the
review. For more information about the service, go to
www.cueandreview.org.uk or e-mail
information@cueandreview.org.uk or telephone ++44 (0) 141 563 0306
/ 0307.
27/8/2002
There has been another gap of a few months since we last posted some
news. Part of the reason for this has been that we continue to be too
busy with the success of our products to find the time to write about
all that has been happening. But mainly it has been because we have
been waiting to announce the arrival of our own
Ringmat Pure Signal
and Ringmat Pure Power Cables. We
will be introducing the Ringmat Pure Signal
interconnects and the Ringmat Pure Power
speaker cables at the
London Heathrow Hi-Fi Show in
September ( Saturday and
Sunday, 14th and 15th) and are absolutely
delighted with their performance. You can read all about them
here.
Also being introduced at the September Show
will be MkII versions of our
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