Claro’s audio adventures started in 2009 with a commission from a customer to design him a turntable, of which he would buy 50 units. Sadly, much hard work and £30,000 later, the deal fell through. Managing Director Martin Doxey and designer Peter Curran bravely ploughed on with the new turntable, selling 20 units to John Jeffries of Lumley to market as the Heliosphere, smaller brother to the Lumley Stratosphere. The decision was taken to then market the remaining 30 decks themselves and the Clarity 09 was born. This could have been the end, however Peter requested feedback from buyers as to what could be changed or improved on the turntable. There were enough ideas for him to go back to the drawing board and come up with something new. The result was the original Clarity Dual, in 2012, subsequently updated in 2013 as reviewed here.