The J.Sikora company celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. On this occasion, they’ve prepared a special product line for the anniversary year. The first of them is the Standard Max Supreme turntable in the anniversary version, which will have its official premiere next week at the AXPONA Audio Expo North America.
In 2009, the founder, Janusz Sikora, completed the design of his first turntable. It was the progenitor of the current Standard Max model. On this occasion our designing team decided to build and recreate the Standard Max turntable according to the original design and material assumptions.
The new, anniversary Standard Max is a unique turntable. It contains unique combinations of metals and alloys, known from the Reference model. Aluminum elements were replaced with brass in the turntable suspension. The separators at the base of the plater are made of steel, copper and solid brass plates. The motor housings, as in the Reference turntable, are made of 1 cm thick steel, with special, improved internal damping, and the bases are made of a 2 cm thick slice of brass. Material changes have also been introduced in armboards. The new armboard is made of brass, steel and aluminum. The use of brass in key places of the turntable made it possible to get closer in most sonic aspects to the pattern set by the Reference turntable. Additionally, the anniversary Standard Max will only be available with a power supply known from the Reference line, and the first 15 sets will be numbered.
