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    As you had the issue with the wires losing one channel, and now this, if it were mine and I planned to keep it, I would send it off to J7 at AO to be sorted....
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    Quote Originally Posted by shane View Post
    Some time in the late 80s or early 90s Heybrook produced an arm that was reputedly made by G B Tools. Do you know anything about it?
    I had a long discussion with Mick at the weekend, we did chat about this. He doesnt recall GB making any 'Heybrook' arms,although they did do work for Mission (774).



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    Mick told me that just before he left GB tools (they went out of business not long after), they had made 'around' 20 'ZETA Signature' tonearms - these were all in various states of completion and were to be priced well above the standard arm. Im told that the design of the signature had changes to the bearing yoke and other details to reduce some the resonant aspects of the arm. He has no idea what happened to these arms!
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    The mystery remains!
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    Helius made some arms for Heybrook.

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    Yes, those I remember. They were awful!
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    Good arms, just poorly made.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hifi_dave View Post
    Good arms, just poorly made.
    I've got the first model Helius arm. Seems well enough made to me. Not to 'shiny' Japanese standards maybe, but pretty decent. Not a bad arm either.
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    Quote Originally Posted by shane View Post
    The mystery remains!
    The other Heybrook arm I know of was made by Alphason. It was a bit of a mix of the Opal and Delta if I recall correctly.
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    Helius made the arm on the QED R232 turntable. Not seen one of those for a heck of a while.

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