The most widely known track from Derek and the Dominoes is Layla from Layla and other Assorted Love songs. Who composed the signature riff?

a. Mike Bloomfield
b. Eric Clapton
c. Duane Allman

In 1984 Sir Bob Geldof assembled a group of recording artists to record ‘Do They Know it’s Christmas’ to raise money for the Ethiopian famine relief. Which artist was asleep in a hotel room in New York when Geldof phoned to remind them of the recording and subsequently flew Concorde at their own expense to London and arrived about four hours later for the start of the recording session.

a. Annie Lennox
b. David Bowie
c. Boy George

Answer to question 1:

Duane Allman

Answer to question 2:

Boy George

Can you name two differences between the VPI Prime and Prime 21 turntables?

a. Reinforcement Plate switched bottom to top of the plinth
b. Gimbal tonearm instead of Uni pivot
c. HW40 Feet
d. Laser Etched Logo

How many drive units does a pair of Audiovector R8 Arreté loudspeakers have?
a. 8
b. 12
c. 14

Answer to question 3:

a, b and c: Plate at the top, gimbal arm as standard, HW40 feet

Answer to question 4:

14 as each speaker has three internal drivers that you don’t see: two at the bottom and one at the back

What was the first turntable released by Rega?

a. Rega Planar
b. Rega Planet
c. Rega RP1

What homophone is a product by a well-know British hifi manufacturer, a quadrilateral shape and a bird of prey?

Answer to question 5:

Rega Planet

Answer to question 6:

Rega Kite

Who posted a transistor amplifier design in the April 1969 edition of Wireless World magazine that ‘performed favourably’ with a high-end valve amplifier designed during WW2?

a. Albert Einstein
b. Claude Denon
c. Matsu Fukushima
d. John Linsley Hood

What kind of signal is presented from a quality tonearm cartridge to a pre amp RCA phono?

a. Off Balanced
b. Slightly Unbalanced
c. Floating Balanced
d. Unbalanced

What does the term ‘infinite baffle’ refer to?

a. The complete acoustic seal of a loudspeaker enclosure.
b. The experience in one’s ear when standing too close to a loudspeaker during a loud passage of music.
c. The effect of bypassing the loudspeaker crossover components.
d. Suspending a loudspeaker driver in free space with no cabinet.

The technical expression “Straight wire with gain” is a perfect example of what piece of hi-fi equipment?

a. A turntable
b. An amplifier
c. Loudspeakers
d. A tape deck

Answer to question 7:

John Linsley Hood

Answer to question 8:

Floating Balanced

Answer to question 9:

d, the free space driver

Answer to question 10:

An amplifier

Who finally knocked Taylor Swift’s ‘Lover’ album off of the coveted Billboard No.1 spot in 2019?

a. Billie Eilish
b. Tool
c. Post Malone

Which ‘Madchester’ band played their infamous Glasgow Green gig in 1990?

a. The Stone Roses
b. The Charlatans
c. The Happy Mondays

Who declared that ‘Love Is The Fing’ this year?

a. Eminem
b. Coldplay
c. Idles

Answer to question 11:

Tool

Answer to question 12:

The Stone Roses

Answer to question 13:

Idles

This picture has our Album Of The Month for November. Do you remember which one it was?

Hint: Halloween was only the week before…

Created in 1974, “The Most Important, The Most Beautiful, The Most Magical…” featured in our photoshoot of the Living Voice R80s. It is…

Hint: It is pink & cream in colour, and fluffy!

Answer to question 14:

Funkadelic, Maggot Brain

Answer to question 15:

Bagpuss

Which turntable manufacturer has never made a product named after a star sign?

a. Rega
b. VPI
c. Logic

Many companies made a loudspeaker model called the LS3/5A but the BBC original (LS 3/5 – no “A”) was designed for use in/as what?

a. A radio studio monitor
b. An outside broadcast truck compact monitor
c. TV studio voice monitor

Bonus if you can tell us what you think the “A” means…

Answer to question 16:

Rega

Answer to question 17:

An outside broadcast truck monitor

And the bonus answer ‘Alterations’