Magna Audio News & Product Updates

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Tannoy drivers have arrived for installation in the GRF-N cabinets.

Beautifully original, straight out of the sixties. They've been in the same homemade cabinets the whole time.

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Here's an ebony armboard for the Technics SL-1210 fitting a Kuzma Stogie Reference tonearm.
The arm requires a depth below the platter of 28mm minimum!
It's a tight fit but I did it.

This one features the mounting system from underneath and is pictured during test mounting and finished on my now ebony veneered test plinth.

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This is one I made recently to fit a Kuzma Stogi Reference on a Technics SL-1210. It required careful sizing up and fitting
as tolerances were tight for this arm with the low platter to plinth height.

"Hi Steve,

Tonearm fits perfectly; I've attached a few pictures.

The sound is leaps and bounds ahead of my previous set up, even with a
fairly modded 1210, I just wasn't prepared for the increase in
soundstage and the shear clarity of vocals and every type of
instrument!

The armboard is a fantastic job, beautiful, rock solid and was easy to
fit with the supplied bolts; I can't thank you enough for such
excellent service.

Kind regards,

Alex"

Pics on Alex's deck

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Peter commissioned a pair of my Tannoy GRF narrow/tall style cabinets in premium birch plywood.
I also modded the crossovers for bi-amping and changed all the caps and checks the resistors out.


Dear Steve,
Please feel free to include the text below in your customer feedback section.

In spring 2018 I asked Steve to make me a pair of GRF Narrows. I had acquired from my father-in-law a pair of 15" Monitor Golds which he had had from new in early 1973. He had built unported cabinets for them which were close in dimensions and design to Tannoy Lancasters. I did not believe that the speakers were delivering all that they could, and were being held back by their enclosures. Treble was OK, but bass was curtailed and congested. Steve fitted the speakers into the new cabinets and I collected the finished job and installed them in my home. I have been listening for a week or so now, and all the expected benefits have become apparent. The stereo image is taller, wider and deeper, and much more stable than before. The whole sound is more lively, more credible. The bass is greatly extended, and much more taut and agile than before. Treble is cleaner and crisper. In short, the music simply dances.

Hope all is well with you,

Best regards,

Peter

A pic of Peter's current set up.

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Here's a solid ebony armboard for a Technics SP-10 / plinth.

The original in plastic coated MDF weighed 325g.

The ebony replacement weighs 803g

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Next step in the Technics SL-1210 mkII ebony revamp makeover project..
Made up ebony sleeve and top for the on off switch and ebony switch plate got the start/stop and 33/45 rpm buttons.
No plastic, chrome or silver finish in sight soon

Next up an ebony pitch slider knob and rubbing the veneer down to smooth finish before sanding sealer applications, more rubbing and finally spray lacquering.

Then it's onto to upgrade fitting and electrical mods

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Here's an ebony arm mounting block.
Close tolerance grip fit for the armbase. 4 X threaded inserts for bolting the base down to the plinth..
Should sound great.

[Berni217]

Very nice indeed!


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Thanks.

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Here's the finished result of a totally revamped Technics SL-1210 mkII deck.

New ebony armboard, new Mike New bearing fitted, new Mike New platter fitted, new Furutech mains cable / Furutech plug / Furutech tonearm / Furutech phono cable fitted.

The deck has been veneered in striped ebony veneer, all the controls converted to ebony, all lights disabled.
The pitch slider was retained but the knob is now ebony
I even made an ebony 45rpm single record adapter.

I fitted a new SME309 arm and setup the arm and Transfiguration Proteus cart up and performed listening tests to get it spot on.

It's been a fun project and the proud owner is very happy indeed. More on that later.

Some pics and a couple whilst listening.