Magnetic Fidelity

Fully analogue mastering and media production facility located in Kilkis, Central Macedonia, Greece. Magnetic Fidelity is a unique 100% analogue mastering and analogue media production facility. It is the kind of place Alice would have found in Wonderland, had she been an audiophile engineer, on a mission to create music, that is covering the entire frequency spectrum of whale hearing. The studio took over three years to build, since the finest craftsmanship and materials have been used throughout the construction, and the world's finest examples of audio equipment were carefully selected to kit out the studio. A large portion of the equipment used at Magnetic Fidelity has been extensively modified, or even designed and constructed specifically for us. Our signal processing chain consists of fully analogue, vacuum tube equipment, operating at shockingly high voltages, using some of the best components the electronic industry has ever created. Every last vacuum tube has been carefully selected and hand-tested to fit the particular piece of equipment it is used in. The floating wooden construction, housing the main mastering room, offers an accurate acoustic environment, where no subtlety can remain hidden. Together with our exceptional fidelity monitoring system, it acts as an audio microscope, capable of revealing detail that few will ever hear, since the sonic information in our space extends far below and far above the human hearing range. In fact, our entire audio signal path is capable of retaining an extremely wide range of frequencies to ensure, that even the highest-fidelity recordings or even experimental research work would not be harmed by our system. The main mastering room is kept at a constant temperature, humidity and atmospheric pressure, to ensure that the sensitive electro-mechanical equipment living inside it, will always operate at optimal conditions. The entire facility is powered by batteries and a special, dedicated electrical generation and distribution installation, feeding all the equipment with stable, clean power, completely isolating the sensitive audio chain from the grid and its associated mains power inadequacies. Apart from our state-of-the-art mastering laboratory, Magnetic Fidelity also offers a dedicated tape editing suite, analog media production room, several different "Live Rooms" for our Direct-to-Master recording service, as well as a cosy lounge with a museum-grade collection of historic audio equipment and a library featuring a rich bibliography on subjects such as electronics, vacuum tubes, audio, mechanical engineering, magnetic media, disk cutting, etc.