Thomas – Ok. You asked for blue? (heavy german accent) Me – Yes, Thomas. (à la French) Thomas – Are you vertig? (very solemn) Me – Yes Thomas… (getting seriously worried) Thomas – Allez, les Bleus. Louis XIV – Le bras, c’est moi (Perfect german French accent… and nearly perfect quotation of the French king […]
I had quite a few requests about Schick plinths designed for the Garrard 301. Here is one of the first plinths photos. It is designed for a 12″ tonearm with, here, a Schick tonearm armboard. Armboards can be designed to fit nearly any tonearm fixation pattern. As you can see the plinth is CNC cut to […]
We all have a CD that we would dream to have in vinyl, or why not in shellac ( remember the Monophonic experience ? ) … And well one day it is really available in record(s) and this is exactly what happened with the Chiarursco album of Arve Henriksen. Of course I discovered about it more than […]
Most vintage turntable users are (quite) obsessed in finding the best plinth available for there precious turntables. Common materials to deal with resonances and vibrations during record playback are mostly : wood, stone, metal or the very fashionable corian. Thomas Schick decided to go his own way. His main axis of research was effective damping. What […]
Here are the first pictures of the new Uwe limited edition green malachite stone-body… This particular mineral was chosen by Uwe for its mechanical aspects as well as high concentration in oxidized copper (more than 50% in fact !). Those new green malachite stone-bodies weight 6.15g, whereas an ebony wood-body is around 4.20g. They will retail […]
We have now Thomas Schick latest Graphite Headshell in stock and ready for dispatch… These are waiting for you and will be delivered in dedicated boxes with a set of non magnetic screws We also have some Midas “normal” square edges bodies and limited edition round edges bodies. Both are the latest version with lateral screw […]
Just to let you know that the two last Uwe stone-bodies have been sold and that these were the last ever to be made by Uwe. Ok… as it is the birthday of Cala Mighty Sound in less than 20 minutes : I found out that I had one marbled black Uwe stone-body in stock. This […]
As the first birthday of Cala Mighty Sound is coming in a few hours… I have decided to share with you a few new items that are now available for you! Let’s start with the brand new Schick Graphite headshell. You might have seen it in some of my previous pictures with no finger lift. […]
No comment for now… … except that it sounds absolutely awesome.
Uwe decided to produce a very limited edition of his famous wood-bodies in… stone ! They are were available in either marbled black : Or in marbled white with a Mario dot (the Mario dot is not included with Uwe stone bodies) : These stone-bodies weight 8g each. I have had two marbled white stone-bodies left in stock so if […]
