Show us your Sondek

I did a few nice upgrades to this one recently with addition of the Chris Harban /Woodsong Movingui plinth, black Tangerine Karmen top plate and Tangerine Phoenix Sub-chassis. Spectacular sounding LP12!

Spec is now:
Harban plinth
Karmen top plate
Phoenix sub-chassis
Karousel bearing
Accurate Radikal
Ekos SE
Tiger Paw Skale counterweight
Urika
AT50ANV cartridge

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After just another little tweaky :wink:

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As the sun went down last night



Only lasted a minute, so only a phone picture which does not do the light justice.

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I can’t compete with the many beautiful pieces of wood here, but here is mine.

Core, Lingo 4, Ekos and Crystal - it plays music brilliantly of course, but I am happy that it shows every one of it years.

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I hear you! :sunglasses:

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Were you enlightened by Tony Graham or Jude Martin?

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Tony as far as I remember. I also used to call him Mr. J. It did help they were (still are) based just down the road from where I live. :sunglasses:

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For me, they were close to where I worked in the late-ish 1980s. Jude let me hear the Rega Planar 3, Creek 3020 and Heybrook HB1s. He even found some old stands. I bought the lot. Ditto the first time he played me an old 62/140 combo, and a Hicap. And the second time he played me an LP12.
If they had been ‘just down the road’, I’d probably still be renting…

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Me too. I do like a trip to Canonbury Yard now and then - bus ride, and taxi back ( if I’m carrying something heavy). I only renewed my acquaintence as a customer with Grahams a few years ago as the system had been boxed up for quite awhile (the wilderness years). I still miss the Pentonville Road site a little - like the Sound Org in Borough Market there was something special about the place.

Probably just nostalgia, but…I quite like nostalgia!

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Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.

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Ill get your coat! :laughing:

Being ignorant, what is it?

It’s a spirit level.

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a high precisision two axis spirit level :upside_down_face:

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Krystal and KRadikal2 upgrade bedding in. KRadikal2 upgrade is shockingly good…

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Absolutely!

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I also used Sound organisation in London, I now am very happy to have them here in York. The service great with David looking after my lp12 upgrades and help with masterful setting up. Hamish still the main man for guidance. Setup as follows recent upgrades in Akrate ish speck but kept Ittok and Adikt.

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Sorry my reply was to yr comment steve about sound org etc. still special place.

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Thanks @Djcman, I loved spending time with H&R at Southwark. Good Times.
Sadly, when we were in York a few years ago and popped into the new premises ( new to me - I knew the old site further down Gillygate) Hamish wasn’t there but had a nice tour of the shop with his son.

SO is very special indeed.

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I remember the SO in London Bridge @steviebee and @Djcman. I couldn’t afford an LP12 back then (I was only a student) – but at the very end of 1984 I auditioned, and for £99, bought a pair of Heybrook HB1s (on ex-dem Linn Sara stands) to go on the end of a NAD 3020, Heybrook TT2 record player and JVC cassette deck.

Great place!

PS – the Heybrook turntable, NAD amp and JVC tape deck are all long gone, but still have those speakers and stands. I was using them up until the end of 2018!

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