Reference Fidelity Components

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08/07/2026

Retirement News!

It's come a good few years earlier than I'd planned for but on consultant/Dr's advice, I have been strongly advised to stop work due to ongoing post-op spinal issues and knock on effects to health.

It's been quite a shock, but as I have to take this seriously, I am sharing the news that as of end of July 2026, RFC will no longer be Trading nor in operation. I hope to update this post before I sign off for the last time with some positive news about the very successful RFC Rubato design, which I am delighted to report will continue to be manufactured under licence in the not so distant future and I will post details of the company that intends to manufacture them.

I will continue to help others out with advice etc, where I can but will no longer be taking on any more work.

Looking back on the past 15 or 16 years, it's been a pleasure working with so many music enthusiasts and make so many friends amongst you. Hopefully, in some small way, I hope that I've helped some to achieve their hifi ambitions, be that in custom speaker builds, bespoke speaker designs, restorations, TT refurbishment and new commissions, TT set up, hifi furniture builds, and of course cables, where it all started for me!

Of course in that time, Vintage Tannoys have been and remain a passion for me and I seem to have accrued considerable information and specialist skills over the years in connection particularly with Monitor Golds and Monitor HPDs, as well as many RFC cabinet and crossover designs.

RFC was always about providing quality services and products at very reasonable prices and in some ways was a protest move by me to address the lack of perceived value/quality in many mid priced loudspeakers. Things have moved on with materials and manufacturing progress since then, but so have prices!

It remains for me to thank each and every customer past and present most sincerely for your faith and trust in RFC and for your valued custom. It has been an absolute pleasure dealing with you all and I will miss those dealings and friendships, although for a good few of you I hope you will keep in touch.

Wishing you all every blessing for the future

Paul.

Rubatos have been completed. This is a nice walnut pair. They sound great. Some of you may have visited the NWAS at C...
29/06/2026

Rubatos have been completed. This is a nice walnut pair. They sound great.

Some of you may have visited the NWAS at Cranage this weekend just gone, where the Sixth Sounds room were hosting some black Rubatos along with Radford Revival M100 monoblock valve amps. I am in discussion with Sixth Sounds about an agreement for them to build RFC Rubatos from next year onwards under licence as my spinal injuries preclude me from continuing work. More on this later in a dedicated post.

21/06/2026

Projects coming together this coming week include possession and assembly/testing of a client's rebuilt Garrard 401 and final assembly on a beautiful Walnut pair of RFC Rubatos. I will be taking break from further work after this to concentrate on upcoming motorcycling goals!

Projects progress:Custom arm has arrive for new 401 project. Deck is with CTC undergoing full restoration and upgrading...
22/05/2026

Projects progress:

Custom arm has arrive for new 401 project. Deck is with CTC undergoing full restoration and upgrading and plinth is underway;

Complete redesign of a customer's loudspeaker crossovers after testing and measuring responses of original suppliers design (which was neither phase coherent nor anything close to linear!). Worst I think I've ever tested in 16 years. No names, no drill-pack. Let's just say every pair I've had in made by this supplier had astonishingly badly "designed" crossovers fitted;

Tannoy MG factory crossovers in for complete rebuild;

RFC Rubato order to start;

External custom crossovers for a customers' Yamaha NS1000 loudspeakers to replace originals and bypass original level control switches (as these will no longer be required).

Several TT set ups to complete.

Please note that with current workload, I won't be taking in more new work until late August this year.

Tannoy Monitor Gold RFC external crossovers now completed, awaiting client payment prior to shipping. These use PTP cir...
05/05/2026

Tannoy Monitor Gold RFC external crossovers now completed, awaiting client payment prior to shipping. These use PTP circuits based on my MG crossover designed to mimic the same setting as electrically level energy controls but without bothersome switches and with much improved damping factor possible due to the design. They have been precisely and carefully electrically compensated to reflect the removal of the autotransformer which isn't required.

This pair finished in oiled Sapele veneer, bronze translucent lids and full output wiring kit supplied.

First of the latest RFC commissions completed: Isolation plinth for a client's TT. 9Kg mass, very well damped both lat...
20/04/2026

First of the latest RFC commissions completed: Isolation plinth for a client's TT. 9Kg mass, very well damped both laterally and vertically. Feet have rubber washers between them and underside of plinth, and contain twin O ring seals between their two halves allowing some self alignment and lateral damping. UV stable visco-elastic bonding sheets used to bond acrylic top and base to dense valcromat middle. Makes for a superb base for use with or without a Townsend seismic sink platform for the ultimate in TT isolation.

Progress on external crossovers enclosures whilst I wait for custom inductors to arrive. Client wanted a Sapele finish ...
11/04/2026

Progress on external crossovers enclosures whilst I wait for custom inductors to arrive. Client wanted a Sapele finish and supplied the veneers to use:

02/04/2026

New projects:

1. Complete turnkey custom TT set up for a valued client: Completed project will include a fully rebuilt, serviced and upgraded Garrard 401 in a custom Acoustand single arm plinth with a 10.5" Audiomods Series 6 Evo arm and supplied ready to go fitted with a ZYX 4D Ultimate series MC cart. This package will be brought together and mounted on a new design RFC designed and built CLD custom isolation plinth (broadband isolation) with a Townsend seismic sink atop. Build details will be added as I progress the project.

I have sourced an excellent donor 401 and the deck will be repainted satin black using a new CTC adjustable spindle, CNC switches and switch plate, a new idler wheel, new wiring, new CNC eddy brake disk and new suppressors. All linkages to be stripped and zinc plated, and new springs supplied througout.

2. Custom 12" MG-RS external crossovers fitted with custom inductors and high quality caps/resistors, PTP wired and housed in Sapele veneered birch ply boxes. A one off custom cable kit with captive output cable terminated in right angled XLR connectors and a loudspeaker internal wiring kit supplied comprising a sealed XLR chassis socket (IP65 and air tight) mounted to a brass plate to match the speaker's existing brass plates and terminated with new gold plated 4 pin Tannoy connectors. Build photos will be posted as I progress.

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