Sound Control/Turnkey go into Administration

james73 · Sound Control/Turnkey go into Administration

Sound Control/Turnkey go into Administration

After many months of speculation and rumour it has been revealed today,
30th April 2008, that Sound Control, including Turnkey, have gone into
administration.

At least 10 stores have already closed and unfortunately 100+ staff have
been laid-off. At this time we have no further information, but what is quite
clear is that any new or existing orders are unlikely to be fulfilled.

James H

Hugo Drax

Jeez I had a close escape as I nearly placed an online order with them for a new audio card yesterday.

james73

Music store is forced to shut West End shop

THE UK's largest musical instrument chain is to close one of its Glasgow
stores after going into partial administration.

Scots firm Sound Control announced that its Otago Street branch, in the
city's West End, will shut, alongside nine other stores up and down the
country.

The closures in Glasgow and Kirkcaldy alone resulted in 19 job losses.

As part of the nationwide cutbacks, a further four jobs were lost at the
chain's flagship Scottish store in Jamaica Street.

The Dunfermline-based firm, a favourite with musicians for a generation,
blamed competition from the internet for the closures, adding that its
online and telesales operation would also be scrapped.

James H

Hugo Drax

They have been going downhill for years. Overpriced, poorly designed web site, nothing in stock.

They did get more competitive with pricing recently but you just couldn't get the stock.

They did have some excellent staff, especially the guy who runs the bass department in Jamaica Street.

It will mean a big shakeup of the industry. The vultures are already circling, I received emails from some of their competitors last night offering help and support and to sell me anything I might need.

Some of the directors resigned in February according to companies house so they must have seen the writing on the wall.

Fjord

Will they be punting off the liquidated stock nice and cheap?. I'm after some top notch 19" rack effects

Hugo Drax

Almost no chance. Most of the stock still belongs to the suppliers who have been busy sending their agents in to do a stocktake and attach labels saying "property of XXX".

Stuball

I was in there about 6 months ago trying to get a 19" rack mount blank plate.... bloody hard things to get!

Hugo Drax

Jeez I could probably get you all the blank 19" plates you could eat. Leave it with me.

Do you need 1U or 2U?

Stuball

um...

It's about 2 inches wide or thereabouts?

I'll have to pop into the pub and talk to my mate and check the current status of the mixer and housing... havent been in for a while and its either been fixed or totally buggered

Hugo Drax

2 inches sounds like 1U. I will grab one next time I am in a server room.