Art Dudley Listening

Sidebar: Sophia's Choices

Sophia Singer's office system is built around a vintage Garrard 401 turntable with an SME 3009 tonearm, a Goldring cartridge ("I don't go for very expensive cartridges, because I'm paying to replace the stylus so often"), a "bog-standard" Rotel integrated amplifier, and Heybrook Helios loudspeakers ("I'm a great fan of buying used equipment"). In Singer's front room are a Nottingham Analog turntable (also with SME arm), AcousTech phono preamp, Classé preamplifier, Chord Electronics power amp ("My son had it, but then he moved to the States and couldn't get it adapted for the power over there—so I got a wonderful present!"), and floorstanding loudspeakers from Leema Acoustics. She cleans LPs on an older Keith Monks RCM, lovingly maintained by her assistant.—Art Dudley