SERENE UPGRADES
SERENE upgrades complement the renowned virtues of the LP12. They add clarity, silence and nuance to the rhythm and timing. Our focus is on letting any LP12 – recent or vintage – perform in a way not heard before. The same character, the same beat, the same groove. More music, more realism, more emotion.
The LP12 has benefited from significant developments over the past 50 years with new power supplies, motors, bearings, and tonearms lifting its performance. Upgrading these components is a well-worn path to improving LP12s of all ages.
Often overlooked are the structure and platform components that support these parts, and which require equal attention. SERENE upgrades address these vital components, ensuring you are getting the very best performance out of your deck.
Soprano is the flagship SERENE range. It can be used as the basis of a bespoke deck or to enhance an existing LP12 to the highest level of musical performance. Machined from solid aluminium, with one-piece plinth/top plate and sub-chassis/arm board, and all components featuring hexagon cells for the ultimate level of precision, rigidity and vibration dissipation.
All-in-one plinth and top plate machined from aluminium with added AVDC technology
Machined baseboard to a honeycomb design with AVDC technology
All-in-one aluminium sub-chassis machined to honeycomb design with AVDC technology
Cross-brace machined from aluminium with added AVDC technology
All Soprano LP12 upgrades in a comprehensive package
Alto combines extreme precision and vibration dissipation with the flexibility of using your existing plinth. Machined from solid aluminium with rigid hexagon cells, and AVDC technology throughout, Alto delivers extraordinary levels of musical detail.
Machined aluminium top plate with added AVDC technology
Machined aluminium armboard incorporating AVDC technology
Sub-chassis machined from aluminium to a honeycomb shape with AVDC technology
Stainless-steel cross-brace incorporating AVDC technology
Stainless-steel top plate with aluminium underside incorporating AVDC technology
Sub-chassis machined from aluminium with AVDC technology
The SERENE platform is a new foundation for the LP12. Designed to work with all the SERENE baseboards, it completes a unique system focused on vibration dissipation
“One of the qualities I particularly enjoyed when I first heard an LP12 all those years ago was hearing how some tracks would continue playing in the fade-out after the point at which I had previously thought they had ended. I didn’t expect to experience this again but to my surprise, the modified LP12 was […]
“I noticed during extended conga playing, the extra air and space around the instrument which aided reverb and enhanced the personality of the instrument. On the Stack Linn, both guitar on the Shankar LP and brass on the Fitzgerald track lost that clinical and claustrophobic upper mid effect at higher volumes. And the higher the […]
“The Serene parts are designed to absorb vibrations and the effect was subtractive, not additive. The noise floor had dropped. The attack of notes became more precise and the decay extended longer in time and was more evident on notes that were deeper in frequency. More room tone or ambient information became evident on recordings […]
“I had previously upgraded my LP12 with a Serene top-plate, Cross-Brace and Ultimate Baseboard, and was very impressed with the improvement in sonics, but nothing could have prepared me for the depth of improvement that the new Alto chassis and Arm-board have brought to my LP12, originally fitted with a Majik chassis and Karousel bearing.” […]
“I have finished rebuilding my LP12 and it includes an Alto Sub-Chassis, Cross-Brace and Serene arm-board. The results are amazing. I have to say my wife and I run a precision engineering company in Southampton and specialised in machining aluminium and titanium. So I think l am a good judge of your products and they […]
“I hit a Jackpot with Serene Alto full set, cleaner sound, love the bass, vocals, staging and many more. I am not good at describing the sound in words, but very highly and commanding sound combinations. Love it all, never had I thought of getting these results from my set up.” 1) I’ve been a […]