At Home with Tim and Laetitia, Jane Magazine, November 2001
“I went to the Hi-Fi & Record Review show, they had all the new gear. I was shocked by all the appalling music, horrible modern cover versions or really lame, laid-back jazz. I heard this room full of Marc Levinson gear playing the most awful show tunes. If music can’t match the sound quality then it is a non-starter. You need the emotional and intellectual connection with the music first. Then you worry about sound. The good rooms were the EAR room, they played old-styled ’50s blues and classical; the Beauhorn room played Chopin; and the Caffrey horn (?) room. But you often come away thinking, “How can anyone buy anything hearing that music?” A system has to play normal music. Normal records recorded well, like an old Impulse! record. They sound fantastic. There is no point in having all these frequencies if it doesn’t suit the music. Digitally recorded blues just doesn’t work full stop as music.” ~ Tim Gane from an interview on Enjoy the Music