Stranger HiFi: a unique audio experience

Stranger HiFi is a bespoke high-end audio retail service run by Cameron Jenkins, founder and owner of independent label Stranger Records. Cameron’s production, engineering, songwriting and musician credits include work with Lana del Rey, The Verve, John Cale, The Charlatans, Everything But The Girl, Lemon Jelly and Badly Drawn Boy among others, and he has been nominated for two Mercury Prizes, a Latin Grammy, a BRIT award and a MOBO.

Cameron brings his full professional expertise – and his connections – to clients, collaborating with top audio engineers and acoustic experts to bring a level of performance into customers’ home audio systems that a producer would expect in a professional studio.

Says Cameron, “I’ve hand-picked a selection of my favourite hi-fi brands and products to create stunning, immersive audio systems. The focus is on superb engineering, elegant aesthetics and, above all, flawless musicality. I invite customers to come, by appointment, and spend some quality time listening to a selection of systems which I feel give the most direct and satisfying musical experience, as the artist, producer and engineer intended.”

A new blog: on the art of listening

Introducing his new blog, Cameron explains, “Having worked as an engineer and producer, run a record label and released records over the past 40 years, my focus now is on the final stage of the process: how music is played back and experienced.”

“My career, which has been a real privilege, has enabled me to take an informed and balanced view of how music is both created and heard. So my new blog, like Stranger HiFi, will be a space dedicated to the art of listening.”

What to expect each month

• Behind-the-scenes stories
• Unique insights from decades in the studio
• Deep dives into legendary gear like the Technics SL-1200
• Hi-fi product tips, system setups and listening tests
• Special offers and event invitations from Stranger High Fidelity.

First blog preview

In his first blog post, Cameron explores the often-overlooked disconnect between how music is made and how it’s consumed. Why don’t studio engineers and audiophiles speak the same language — and what can happen when they do?

Check it out at www.stranger.info/the-divide-between-the-professional-studio-world-and-the-audiophile

Win a Chord Mojo 2 (worth £349)

To celebrate the blog’s launch, one new subscriber will win a Chord Mojo 2 portable DAC/headphone amplifier. Subscribe by 30 July 2025 for your chance to win (UK residents aged 18+ only): https://eepurl.com/jfyMYA or visit http://www.stranger.info