News
We convey Happy New Year 2009 wishes to all…
We are pleased to appoint German Physiks Asia as our new distributor for China, Hong Kong and Macau.
We exhibited both the S9 and S10 at the recent 2008 Athens hi-fi Show with our new distributor Studio Genesis. In particular, the S9 driving Wilson Maxx loudspeakers was quite something to hear and see.
The S10 linear arm (titled “the aeroarm”) will hopefully make its public debut at the hi-fi deluxe show in Munich, Germany, May 21-23, 2009.
The S10 support stand is now available. Photograph and specifications are given in the ‘recordplayers’ section of the website.
Simon Yorke Designs will celebrate 25 years of designing and building record players in September, 2009. Any suggestions as to how we should celebrate?
Spencer Yorke is now our director of production. He is also due to become a father early next year. Congratulations all round!
Simon Yorke Art may now be viewed online at www.simonyorke.com
Some S10’s and their new homes …
An S10 with dual 12" S7 tonearms is now in use at the National Library of Canada, sound archive facility.
The new Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, is apparently very happy with his special S10. We wish him well in his new appointment.
The S10 made its professional debut at the recent ARSC conference in San Francisco – coupled with Millennia’s LOC archival phono preamplifier – making live transfers of 78rpm shellac discs from Neil Young’s private collection. This unit is now at work at The Audio Archive in California.
The S10 made its public debut at the hi-fi deluxe show in Munich, Germany last April (not at the commercial cattlemarket which has become the main exhibition at MOC) alongside other specialist manufacturers seeking a return to the art of listening to music, not just ‘doing business’.
A warning about fraud:
Simon Yorke turntables are being offered via the Internet by bogus vendors – these appear to be nothing more than crude scams – using our good name to commit petty fraud. So, please, if you are considering buying a Simon Yorke turntable, whether offered as new or second hand, check beforehand with ourselves whether the unit in question is an authentic Simon Yorke, a useless fake, or a nonexistent unit (just an amateur scam to get you to part with your money). Be especially wary of turntables offered for sale in Indonesia (a country we do not supply).