To this day, I am still in love with IEMs. It is amazing how much thought and attention to detail you can put into a unique pair. Felix was maybe one of the best and it was an honor to support him building them.

Unfortunately I never got a decent soft box for product photography. But in my learning phase I experimented a lot. Here I placed some CIEMs on a gold foil that I sprinkled some water on. I quite liked the outcome.

To simplify mostly international purchases from audiophiles, I came up with the idea to promote five premium colors. These were created anew according to my requests. Syrah, named after the red grapes known for the wine (also known as Shiraz), is probably my favorite color.

Our customers were mostly top earners looking for premium brands. I tried my best to represent that branch although I’m actually a very humble person.

I am not sure why, but back then I thought people might want to have a rhines wallpaper. I took this shot and uploaded it in all kinds of resolutions, including desktop, iPad and iPhone. I don’t think anybody ever downloaded it. I didn’t even...

rhines feels very much at home in Cologne, Germany. One customer requested for the city’s emblem to grace his monitors. I took it out to the city’s most famous place. I hope the customer appreciated it.

Musicians really have different expectations of a product than audiophiles. Many pro-musicians came up with some really ridiculous designs. This is one of the positive surprises that turned out much better than expected.