I got a catalogue from this company in North London called Studiospares based in Neasden. The “own branded” kit is very similar to CPC (indeed some of it is clearly the same) and they do all the usual brands. They offer to match CPCs and other prices and are apparently a medium size family run business (I suspect its an extended Jewish family which would be a good thing as they are good at business and like music – my own extended family is mixed British Asian and Jewish!)

I am thinking of switching a lot of business other than raw components and ICT kit to them as though CPC are good priced they are based way up North and they make random errors in the order especially with bulky items. (I’m missing 3 units of a plastic shelf which is annoying as I now have to wait for another courier to replace it) – this may also indicate they are overloading their staff.

Also their continual promotion of power line ethernet adaptors annoys me.. the electricity wires are not intended to send high frequency digital signals into, that fucks up radio reception for everyone..

I’d also rather give the business to London as its nearer, and one good point was they make their catalogue smaller to save paper..

Has anyone used them? they seem to have a good selection of kit particularly acoustic treatment items.