Search:

The old feet were M6 x10 hex-head bolts fitted with plastic caps, screwed into the threaded inserts in the bottom of the plinth. I’ve had a quick search on the net for the plastic caps we used but...

As with most turntables of the era, the TD160 has a plinth that is effectively an empty box which forms a resonant chamber. Because of this the materials that make up the sides, top and bottom of the...

Not mine, I just spotted it in an idle moment.

With an A&R P77 and an ADC magnesium headshell, it has to be a bargain at £200.

Has the earlier steel chassis, always my preference.
...

If you like the Lintons then how about Denton 85s, or the new Aura 1s, which PJC seems to be particularly pleased with?

Sorry Andy, all I was saying is it won’t do any harm!

I can’t think of any possible reason why polishing the sub-platter would have any effect on the performance of the TT2, but I haven’t tried it myself!

Watching with interest…

No problem! The book’s found a new home, and a discussion of Ambisonics can only be a good thing. It always had the potential to be the best surround-sound system, but only now with DSP is it...

I picked this up from the National Trust 2nd hand book stall at Saltram a while ago. It tells the story of the creation of the Nimbus record label in the mid 70s, and the dedicated and slightly odd...

Acos Lustre. Decent early 70s Japanese.

https://www.vinylengine.com/tonearm_reviews.php?make=Acos&model=Lustre+GST+1

Brilliant little speakers. One of the first to be designed with the idea of maximising musical enjoyment rather than measured performance, they were a revelation when they came out. Sold loads of...

First single- Diamonds by Jet Harris and Tony Meehan. 1963.

First album - Shadows Greatest Hits. 1964.

Decoupling from what? You want to decouple the motor from the bearing and you want to either decouple the bearing from external vibration or alternatively couple it to a vibrational “earth”, like a...

Perfectly possible, I’ve done hundreds. Painful though.

Last time I got a belt off the mains was replacing a single socket with a double in our kitchen. Our old house where we lived for 30 years had (very vey old) fuses for upstairs and downstairs rings....

The thrust pad is intended to reduce motor noise transmitted into the plinth. It consists of a nylon cup pushed onto the bottom bearing, inside which is a spring with a nylon button that pushes...

Hi Jon,

have a look back at post no 17 in this thread. You’ll see a picture of the chassis of Andy’s TT2 showing the positions of the markers. They were in the same place for both chassis types.
...

Very much a case of faded glory. Lots of Victorian delights and a few very posh bits but also interspersed with some of the most deprived areas of the country. Well worth a visit, and of course it’s...

Indeed! The final arbiter for all Heybrook designs was half a dozen pairs of ears.

Hi Andy, sorry for the late reply.

The short bolt hasn’t snapped off, it was cut off in the factory. We found that the turntable sounded better with only one bolt fully tightened so we made it so...

I bought one of these kits which replaces the red plug and socket with a dual in-line 10 pin plug and socket. I paralleled adjacent pins to halve the contact resistance which gave me a five way plug,...

Spotted on Facebook Market down in Cornwall:

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1135725907050612/

Sorry Andy, only just spotted this.

The plinths were made by Greaves of Sheffield who were also responsible for the HB2 and HB3 cabs, and probably about half of all the other UK speakers in the...

Looks better than mine now!

Lids, hinges and felt mats for the TT2 were all bought in from Linn, so your new hinges are correct. Ivor was always very helpful, I guess he didn’t see us as a serious rival and if you look at it in...

Simple solution, add a bit of mass! This is my Denon 103 mounted in an ally case...