And 'Cyberdek' would certainly roll off the tongue more easily than The Funk Firm Vector Link-modified Sondek LP12 turntable!Īs detailed in the January 2009 issue, there are various levels of modification available to the classic Linn Sondek from the Funk Firm. It’s unlikely that the Funk Firm has been taking notes from the mythology of Doctor Who, but when I look at my once-original Linn Sondek, with almost every part replaced by new technology, I do wonder when the CyberSondek will take on the aspect of grandfather’s spade a totally original example with ‘only’ the handle, blade and shaft replaced. In my experience to date, the Funk Firm’s relentless driving out of original flesh from the Linn Sondek has if anything allowed more of the emotion of the music to rise through, not less. So maybe the extraction-of-feeling aspect is where the analogy breaks down. They also bleached away all humanity and emotion from themselves, leaving a race of cold, unfeeling automatons with a large silicon chip on their collective cyber shoulders.

Not only did these new cybernetic parts give the Mondasians longer life, they also made them superior in performance, giving them the strength and resilience of supermen. As organs and limbs degenerated or wore out, they replaced them with artificial parts made of metal and plastic – until little was left of the original organic tissue. L egend tells of a race of people from Mondas who challenged the mortality of their weak flesh with technology. X upgrade package for the classic Linn Ittok tonearm.BUY THE MAGAZINE (back issues subject to availability)Īndrew Harrison thinks many will conjure up the cash for Funk Firm’s F

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