Counterweights, tonearm boards, Tannoy GRF style cabs, tapped horns and more...

[Magna Audio]

Marco kindly suggested I pop a post here just to let you know that I am now able to make things to order.
See also the Counterweight and Tonearm board thread in the Analogue Art section.

-Counterweights
-SL-1210 tonearm boards / do the deck mod to take after market / my own tonearm boards.
-Tannoy GRF style cabs in two styles
-Crossover boxes
-Tapped horn enclosures for the bass heads among you:)

A few example pics

Counterweights and tone arm bases

In brass

http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/speedysteve7/hifi/Counterweight/IMG_0769.jpg (http://s727.photobucket.com/user/speedysteve7/media/hifi/Counterweight/IMG_0769.jpg.html)

In Tungsten (much denser than brass / stainless steel)

http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/speedysteve7/hifi/Counterweight/IMG_9977.jpg (http://s727.photobucket.com/user/speedysteve7/media/hifi/Counterweight/IMG_9977.jpg.html)

Ebony armboard examples

http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/speedysteve7/hifi/Armboard/4b51bb88-3297-4af5-b79b-a15fd21ae4eb.jpg (http://s727.photobucket.com/user/speedysteve7/media/hifi/Armboard/4b51bb88-3297-4af5-b79b-a15fd21ae4eb.jpg.html)
http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/speedysteve7/hifi/Armboard/86930a21-011c-410e-9497-1b7ee58accbc.jpg (http://s727.photobucket.com/user/speedysteve7/media/hifi/Armboard/86930a21-011c-410e-9497-1b7ee58accbc.jpg.html)
http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/speedysteve7/hifi/Armboard/bb9f2775-3b18-4c3e-8484-135c0afd02e4.jpg (http://s727.photobucket.com/user/speedysteve7/media/hifi/Armboard/bb9f2775-3b18-4c3e-8484-135c0afd02e4.jpg.html)

Tannoy GRF style cabs (Range of finishes and grille / cloth options possible)

Standard width

http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/speedysteve7/hifi/Tannoy%20GRF%20curved%20top%20and%20base/IMG_0010.jpg (http://s727.photobucket.com/user/speedysteve7/media/hifi/Tannoy%20GRF%20curved%20top%20and%20base/IMG_0010.jpg.html)
http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/speedysteve7/hifi/Tannoy%20GRF%20curved%20top%20and%20base/deb77a8c-4c1c-4702-b784-fd1b033337af.jpg (http://s727.photobucket.com/user/speedysteve7/media/hifi/Tannoy%20GRF%20curved%20top%20and%20base/deb77a8c-4c1c-4702-b784-fd1b033337af.jpg.html)
http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/speedysteve7/hifi/Tannoy%20GRF%20curved%20top%20and%20base/168x16820.jpg (http://s727.photobucket.com/user/speedysteve7/media/hifi/Tannoy%20GRF%20curved%20top%20and%20base/168x16820.jpg.html)
http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/speedysteve7/hifi/Tannoy%20GRF%20curved%20top%20and%20base/IMG_0011.jpg (http://s727.photobucket.com/user/speedysteve7/media/hifi/Tannoy%20GRF%20curved%20top%20and%20base/IMG_0011.jpg.html)
http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/speedysteve7/hifi/Tannoy%20GRF%20curved%20top%20and%20base/IMG_9741.jpg (http://s727.photobucket.com/user/speedysteve7/media/hifi/Tannoy%20GRF%20curved%20top%20and%20base/IMG_9741.jpg.html)

Custom narrow cabs for 15" Tannoy drivers - designed to perform the same as the wider cabs

http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/speedysteve7/hifi/Chris_GRFs_90cm/IMG_3612-1.jpg (http://s727.photobucket.com/user/speedysteve7/media/hifi/Chris_GRFs_90cm/IMG_3612-1.jpg.html)
http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/speedysteve7/hifi/Chris_GRFs_90cm/IMG_3608.jpg (http://s727.photobucket.com/user/speedysteve7/media/hifi/Chris_GRFs_90cm/IMG_3608.jpg.html)

[URL=http://s727.photobucket.com/user/speedysteve7/media/hifi/Tannoy%20GRF%20curved%20top%20and%20base/3658c504-9d5e-45b7-a7b6-6bd07128f17e.jpg.html]http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/speedysteve7/hifi/Tannoy%20GRF%20curved%20top%20and%20base/3658c504-9d5e-45b7-a7b6-6bd07128f17e.jpg (http://s727.photobucket.com/user/speedysteve7/media/hifi/Tannoy%20GRF%20curved%20top%20and%20base/IMG_2735.jpg.html)
http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/speedysteve7/hifi/Tannoy%20GRF%20curved%20top%20and%20base/1d8a3c4e-d037-47af-bcb6-f9255f54ac6d.jpg (http://s727.photobucket.com/user/speedysteve7/media/hifi/Tannoy%20GRF%20curved%20top%20and%20base/1d8a3c4e-d037-47af-bcb6-f9255f54ac6d.jpg.html)

Custom crossover boxes

http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/speedysteve7/hifi/Tannoy%20GRF%20curved%20top%20and%20base/IMG_0468.jpg (http://s727.photobucket.com/user/speedysteve7/media/hifi/Tannoy%20GRF%20curved%20top%20and%20base/IMG_0468.jpg.html)

Tapped horns (20Hz to 100Hz)

http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/speedysteve7/hifi/Conical%20horn%20project/Horn%20thread%20on%20Wam/page32/e0c87f09-6818-4499-a1c8-e1803a5e555c.jpg (http://s727.photobucket.com/user/speedysteve7/media/hifi/Conical%20horn%20project/Horn%20thread%20on%20Wam/page32/e0c87f09-6818-4499-a1c8-e1803a5e555c.jpg.html)

I will have a dedicated website set up soon.

Just drop me a PM for more info.

[DSJR]

Lovely! Good luck :)

[Tarzan]

:stalks::eek:

[Reffc]

Best of luck with the new Venture Steve!

[Magna Audio]

Making small steps to start with but lots of dedication:)

[cooky]

All the best for the venture. GRF's with the curved edges look really nice.

[BTH K10A]

Marco kindly suggested I pop a post here just to let you know that I am now able to make things to order.
See also the Counterweight and Tonearm board thread in the Analogue Art section.

-Counterweights
-SL-1210 tonearm boards / do the deck mod to take after market / my own tonearm boards.
-Tannoy GRF style cabs in two styles
-Crossover boxes
-Tapped horn enclosures for the bass heads among you:)


Are you only considering making cabinets for Tannoy's or can you adapt your designs for other vintage dual concentrics that are a little larger i.e 18".

[Magna Audio]

Are you only considering making cabinets for Tannoy's or can you adapt your designs for other vintage dual concentrics that are a little larger i.e 18".

Hehe, size is not important:) An 18" DC in the right cabinet would be a very interesting project. A GRF style cab would be large and give a big sound I would think.
If the T&S parameters are available and a backloaded horn is desired, I would model that in Hornresp (as I did for the taller narrower cab design I made) to simulate the best possible outcome before coming up with the cutting list.
Hornresp has proved invaluable in the Tapped horn and mid bass horn designs too.

So the answer is definitely yes. If you PM me we can exchange phone numbers for a chat to get higher bandwidth info exchange.

[Marco]

Are you only considering making cabinets for Tannoy's or can you adapt your designs for other vintage dual concentrics that are a little larger i.e 18".

Hi Andy,

Nice to see you popping in again. Hope you are well :)

Marco.

[Marco]

Looking forward to seeing pics of new projects, Steve, as and when they happen :)

Marco.

[BTH K10A]

Hi Andy,

Nice to see you popping in again. Hope you are well :)

Marco.

Hi marco, Yes I'm well thank you.

I do look in from time to time to see if there are any threads that may interest me but unfortunately there seems to be very little about the vintage hifi I like and use on any forum nowadays.

[Marco]

No worries, Andy. Glad you are well. Keep popping in for a look, as you never know the kind of stuff that crops up here! :)

Marco.

[Magna Audio]

Hi marco, Yes I'm well thank you.

I do look in from time to time to see if there are any threads that may interest me but unfortunately there seems to be very little about the vintage hifi I like and use on any forum nowadays.

I can talk JBL2482's (ok not that vintage), and Vitavox S2's (which are) anytime:)
I have a pair of 15" Vitavox AK-157's here at the moment that are going into a pair of mid bass horns soon. They sound nice on mid bass duties.

[BTH K10A]

I can talk JBL2482's (ok not that vintage), and Vitavox S2's (which are) anytime:)
I have a pair of 15" Vitavox AK-157's here at the moment that are going into a pair of mid bass horns soon. They sound nice on mid bass duties.

With the exception of DU120's all Vitavox drivers are very good. I've played around with K15/40's and CN351's (AK 154's I think?) in the past. Both were exceptional bt I preferred the 351's in the modded JBL cabinets I was using.