The California-based audio company Wrensilva has been making some of the most gorgeous (and expensive) hi-fi players for nearly a decade. Its record stereo consoles are the complete modern hi-fi package—turntable, preamp, amplifier, speakers—with many wired and wireless connections (including Sonos multi-room functionality). And they’re housed in a handmade, mid-century-inspired wooden cabinet that stores your record collection. They’re stunning.
To date, Wrensilva has offered two different record stereo consoles — its flagship M1 ($18,880+) and The Standard ($14,880+), the latter of which is slightly smaller, scaled down, and more affordable — and that’s not changing.
What is changing is that Wrensilva is updating both of these record console lines, improving their sound and look, as well as making each more customizable than before.
Wrensilva Record Consoles (2024)
On these next-generation consoles, Wrensilva collaborated with several well-respected sound creators — including producer and mixer Giles Martin of Abbey Road Studios (who also happens to be the senior vice president of sound experience at Sonos), mix engineer and studio owner Manny Marroquin of Larrabee Studios, and producer Joe Harley from Blue Note Records — to further fine-tune their sound.
“Our signature is a warm, faithful sound. It’s not about us, it’s about what the artist made,” said Scott Salyer, Wrensilva’s co-founder and audio leader, in the company’s press release. “It is difficult to stay out of the way and that is why collaborating with creators is so important to us.”
