REIKI AUDIO: inspired by Reiki (霊気, /ˈreɪki/) a Japanese form of energy healing
Music is positive energy: with the power to make us smile, cry and dance, it connects us to each other, to the key moments in our lives, to our shared experiences.
Reiki Audio’s mission is to ruthlessly focus on eliminating the negative energy of distortion which can too easily diminish this amazing power of music. By managing distortion sources like electrical noise (RFI/EMI) and vibration we can get you as close as possible to the music as it was meant to be heard.
This is not about detail for detail’s sake, an impressive but ultimately unengaging intellectual experience; it’s about hearing the pluck of a string, the brush of a cymbal, the attack of a drumstick, the life and soul in a voice… hairs on the back of your neck stuff.
Managing noise and other forms of distortion is where the art of music meets the science of sound. Hearing really is believing. Below you will find links to some recent and not-so-recent ramblings on various topics. Enjoy, and don’t hesitate to get in touch if you want to discuss.
Network switch: how hard can it be?
Three design principles are engineered into our Superswitch range. None are rocket science but they’re rarely applied with such rigour.
Making light work: optimising optical
So why doesn’t fibre optic dominate the hifi world? Drawing on conversations with others and observations of our own, we can see at least three factors at play which may at least in part explain why optical networking in audio is far from mainstream. This paper may well stimulate discussions out of which other factors will emerge; we’ll update it if that’s the case.
Is that the time? The fallacy of ethernet clock accuracy
The importance of clock accuracy to the sound quality of digital systems is well-established. But to extend this to the ethernet domain is deeply flawed: there is no mechanism by which ethernet clock accuracy can impact sound quality.