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J.Sikora
Website:https://jsikora.eu/
Est. year: 2007
J.Sikora is a Polish maker of mass-loaded turntables and tonearms, founded in 2007 by Janusz Sikora in Lublin, in eastern Poland. The company grew out of a metalworking background rather than an audio one, and each deck is built individually by hand. Father and son Janusz and Robert Sikora first showed the turntables publicly at the Warsaw Audio Show in 2014, and the brand has since become a widely recognised Polish name in analogue playback.
Range & what it's known for
The turntable line climbs from the entry Aspire through the Initial and Standard models to the flagship Reference, with Max variants of the upper decks. Weights run from about 21 kg to beyond 100 kg, and the plinths are layered from aluminium, brass, steel, Delrin and other materials to damp resonance. The Reference uses four motors for speed control, while the Max Supreme version relies on two opposing motors. Tonearms are designed in-house too. The KV12, introduced in 2019, was presented as the first production tonearm with a Kevlar armtube, a 12-inch oil-damped unipivot wired with mono-crystal silver, and the Aspire deck comes with its own carbon-fibre arm.
Who owns it and where it's made
The firm is family-run. Janusz Sikora, previously a partner in the tube amplifier maker Burdjak & Sikora, now acts as a consultant, while his son Robert runs daily operations together with operations partner Adam Niezbecki. Design and manufacturing stay in Lublin, where the turntables are machined and assembled in a precision metalworking facility that draws on decades of experience with non-ferrous metals going back to a metalworking company Janusz set up in 1982.
The lineup in this catalog
Turntables and tonearms, from about EUR 10,000 for the Aspire to well beyond EUR 100,000 for the top Reference versions.
Who it's for
J.Sikora fits vinyl listeners ready to give a heavy deck a dedicated, solid support and who value hand-built metalwork. The Aspire with its carbon arm is the way in, the Initial and Standard models are the middle step, and the multi-motor Reference sits at the top. Owners can also add a KV-series Kevlar arm later, so the move upward can happen one component at a time instead of replacing the whole player at once.
Range & what it's known for
The turntable line climbs from the entry Aspire through the Initial and Standard models to the flagship Reference, with Max variants of the upper decks. Weights run from about 21 kg to beyond 100 kg, and the plinths are layered from aluminium, brass, steel, Delrin and other materials to damp resonance. The Reference uses four motors for speed control, while the Max Supreme version relies on two opposing motors. Tonearms are designed in-house too. The KV12, introduced in 2019, was presented as the first production tonearm with a Kevlar armtube, a 12-inch oil-damped unipivot wired with mono-crystal silver, and the Aspire deck comes with its own carbon-fibre arm.
Who owns it and where it's made
The firm is family-run. Janusz Sikora, previously a partner in the tube amplifier maker Burdjak & Sikora, now acts as a consultant, while his son Robert runs daily operations together with operations partner Adam Niezbecki. Design and manufacturing stay in Lublin, where the turntables are machined and assembled in a precision metalworking facility that draws on decades of experience with non-ferrous metals going back to a metalworking company Janusz set up in 1982.
The lineup in this catalog
Turntables and tonearms, from about EUR 10,000 for the Aspire to well beyond EUR 100,000 for the top Reference versions.
Who it's for
J.Sikora fits vinyl listeners ready to give a heavy deck a dedicated, solid support and who value hand-built metalwork. The Aspire with its carbon arm is the way in, the Initial and Standard models are the middle step, and the multi-motor Reference sits at the top. Owners can also add a KV-series Kevlar arm later, so the move upward can happen one component at a time instead of replacing the whole player at once.
