Dieter Hampel, Analogique, Echo LS,

Good evening Mr. Schlipper,

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I have already announced that your products Écho LS and Composant S are noticeably improving the music playback quality piece by piece and now this: The use of the sub-base Écho Analogique.

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... but one by one: For many months I had the Brinkmann Balance, the granite plate recommended by the manufacturer, directly onto the MDF board of the Finite Element HD Rack and enjoyed the analog sound. Now I don't want to hide the fact that I too think about change/improve/optimize music playback from time to time. A special HRS base is recommended for Brinkmann turntables. For my opinion, these bases look unpleasant, are clunky and at around 5,000, - too expensive for me too.

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Since you produce the Analogique individually according to customer specifications and I had the best experience with the écho LS at the time, the order was placed quickly and the basis was delivered after a few weeks. Last Friday, after the set-up, I went in briefly - with little inner peace - and saved “sounds very decent” as an impression.

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This late afternoon I had time, put on a record and wanted to look at the newspaper on the side. But it didn't work, I didn't touch the newspaper. After the first notes of Bill Evans Trio, At the Jazz Montreaux Festival (a field forest meadow record, nothing first pressing or anything like that), I first became almost euphoric, then briefly thoughtful.

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When I've read reviews in your customer reviews so far, such as: “I've rediscovered my records” or something similar, I've often grinned inside. The same applies to exuberant enthusiasm about a particular product.

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Now I could... no I don't want to... express myself in the so-called hi-fi language, just so far that I've listened to various types of music, which have always confirmed that playing music with turntables and analogics was a wonderful musical experience. This was also expressed by the fact that I didn't think about everything that had changed, I just wanted to listen to music (for hours, disc by disc) and enjoy playing the music.

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A description that I have heard or read at some point meets what I would like to summarize. “There is nothing between you and the music.”

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After the last record, I briefly entered the “digital sector” and switched it off after a few sounds. Phew, that sounds almost emaciated. I had already written that I had also tried out high-priced CD-SACD players, these parts have never been able to hold a candle to my taste of the LP.

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With a warm greeting

Dieter Hampel