True hi-fidelity recording was developed after the Second World War and into the 1950s with great record labels like Blue Note and Deutsche Grammophon setting the standard with stereo recordings that offered the public the highest quality featuring the very best musicians. Alongside these developments the hi-fi industry also grew with early innovators like Quad and Garrard offering amps, speakers and turntables to get the most from the new long-player stereo format. Until the early 1970s the prevailing wisdom was that you should spend 60% of your hi-fi budget on a pair of speakers and split the remaining 40% between an amplifier and a turntable.

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