In Quietus editor Luke’s bedroom he still has to listen to music through the old stereo system he bought after saving up wages earned on the Elizabeth Duke jewellery counter of Argos back in the late 1990s. Connecting it to one of these MP3 devices is an insane pain, the volume decides to correct itself up and down at inopportune moments, and the damn thing even has a tape player. You might have half of Dalston going "mm yah tapes yah", but as any right-minded person knows, they’re obsolete bits of old junk. What you really want to be getting your ears around is one of these new-fangled Sonos systems their website here, that allow you to play your entire digital music library wirelessly from iTunes, along with streaming services like Spotify or Deezer, or use it as a digital radio so you don’t miss The Archers. We’ve got one of these Sonos systems, a Play:3, worth £259 to give away to anyone who can answer the following question, email comps@thequietus.com with Sonos in the subject. (T&C here)
Who invented the gramophone? a) Mr Sonos b) Mr Phillips c) Thomas Edison