HI-FI SETUP
Your entire hi-fi chain, in one view
Turntable, cartridge, phono stage, amplifier, speakers — written down in the order the signal travels, with your own links added wherever your system needs them. One card shows the whole thing.
Reading is open to everyone. The collection and the tools need a free account.
Android is in closed testing on Google Play. iOS is next.
CRATECORE · HI-FI SETUP
MY HI-FI SETUP
What does yours look like?
MAP YOUR OWN CHAIN →
An example of the card people share from the app — the data is invented, not a real person's. Brands and records are named as examples only; they are not partners of CrateCore.
What you get
In signal order
Turntable, cartridge, phono stage, amplifier, speakers — written down the way the signal actually travels, not as an alphabetical list.
Your links, not a fixed form
Slot in whatever your system really has: a second phono stage, a step-up, cables, a rack. The standard components can be restored at any point.
One card for the whole system
Share the chain as a single image instead of typing five model numbers into a message.
How it works
Start with the turntable
Fill in the components you know. Empty slots stay empty — nothing is required.
Insert your own links
Add a component anywhere in the chain, in the place where the signal really passes it.
Share the chain
One card shows the whole system, top to bottom.
Honestly
CrateCore writes your chain down. It doesn't grade the system, doesn't check whether the components suit each other and doesn't recommend an upgrade.
More in the app
The app is in closed testing. The stories are not.
Android is going through closed testing on Google Play, and we're not collecting emails for a waiting list — there's nothing to sign up for yet. What is open today is the feed: a new story about records and the people who made them, every day, free and without an account.
Android is in closed testing on Google Play. iOS is next.
We read everything, but while testing is closed we can't promise a slot.