Nessie Vinyl Cleaning Machines boast a no-compromise performance and build, with basic models offering less automation and being a little less quiet. Nessie is part of a family-owned company called DRAABE Analogue Audio Technologies located in Hamburg.

The managing director and developer of the system, Uwe Draabe, is a graduate engineer and has gained an international reputation in the field of industrial engineering. The company has its roots in a long family tradition of apparatus construction and water treatment plants.

Uwe Draabe has since 2002 indulged in his passion for vinyl believing no other sound recording medium produces a similarly authentic sound. Understanding that to fully enjoy the audio quality of a vinyl record, it must be perfectly clean led to the creation of the Nessie range. Often the grooves of older records become clogged with various contaminations producing rustling, cracking noise and dynamically-lacking sound.

With Nessie Vinylmaster, Draabe offers like-minded individuals a high-grade record-cleaning machine distinguished by its appealing design, user friendliness and high operational safety. Among the company goals are customer proximity and a high service level as well as sustainable and environmentally sound manufacturing processes.

A suitable record-cleaning machine is an indispensable tool for every vinyl record enthusiast. Nessie Vinylmaster is a high-end record-cleaning machine that was developed on the basis of experience gained over extensive record cleaning cycles. Records cleaned with Nessie Vinylmaster exend the service life of your pick-up system and guarantee unspoilt vinyl sound.

Traditional hi-fi speakers (either bookshelf speakers or floorstanding speakers) are passive and require a separate hi-fi amplifier. The most popular type of amplifier is an integrated amplifier (a single box designed to be the heart of your hi-fi system, connecting to all of your music "source" components like hi-fi streamer, CD player etc and to your speakers).

Generally however, the most desireable and best sounding type of amplification though is to have a separate power amplifier (which connect to your speakers) and pre amplifier (which connects to your music "sources" and the power amplifier). By having these two boxes rather than one combined box (hence the word "integrated"), each box is designed specifically to perform that part of the amplification and by splitting these duties up, each section benefits from this dedicated design, separate power supplies, and sometimes better components, resulting in better sound quality through your speakers.

Whatever your choice and budget for amplifier and speakers, we have a range of equipment to suit. We also sell a range of valve amplifiers, which offer a warm, rich sound and a heritage of hi-fi listening that is as endearing to look at as it is to listen to. This valve amplifier range also includes in itself both "integrated" and "pre" / "power" valve amp models.

As mentioned, our range of music "sources" is also comprehensive. Hi-fi streaming has gradually taken over CD players (although we still offer CD players and dedicated CD transports which can be connected directly to a DAC). Streaming music didn't used to be taken very seriously in the hi-fi community back in the days of mp3s and highly compressed audio viles, but with the advent of better content available online, using a hi-fi streamer is now a serious option as a music source and can even sound better than a CD player if you play and collect high res audio files. 

The popularity of turntables for playing vinyl has also massively increased in past years (beyond that of CD players) but please note that your hi-fi amplifier must have a "Turntable" (or sometimes labelled as a "Phono") input to be able to play vinyl on your turntable, as the output level from most turntables is lower than that of other music "sources". If your amplifier doesn't have this input (or even if it does), we recommend using a high quality turntable pre-amp, referred to in hi-fi circles as a phono stage. We also sell a full range of replacement phono cartridges and other turntable essentials to get the best sound from your vinyl.

If you would like further advice, please call or e-mail us or visit our Birmingham showroom and one of our hi-fi experts can assist you. Don't forget to browse our full range of speakers and our Audio Affair exclusive offers as well.