I spotted this on the BBC website when browsing the net at lunchtime.
I remember his reviews in Hi-Fi Review magazine and spotted what looked like a Linn Kan lurking in one of the pictures in the BBC News article
Piccy from BBC news website
A quick Google turned up this article.
Ian Rankin fondly recounts his early career as a staff writer for ‘Hi-Fi Review’ magazine.
Worth a read 
I’ve seen a photo in his flat with an LP12 sitting on the floor. 
Use to love the series and I think all LP12 owners have a little bit of Rebus on them.
thanks for heads-up re rankin’s time at hi-fi review - i enjoyed the magazine and remember reading some of rankin’s reviews - and yes it did lead to an lp12 - which i still have and after a sevice / minor upgrades still going strong 40 odd years later.
James - interesting article, thanks for that! Hi-Fi Review and then Audiophile magazine were my favourites back in the day so this was a nice trip down memory lane.
JonathanG
Having just finished a reread of Thomas Pynchon’s Mason & Dixon, I was also reminded of this Rankin article.
If by any chance Mr. Rankin peruses this thread 
, I can recommend a re-read. By far, Pynchon’s most humane book.
