Revolver Deck Linn LVX arm woes

[UV101]

Hi Guys, been a while since I thought about vinyl but a conversation with Marco got reminded me of my TT stashed away in a box in the loft.

Following an unfortunate incident, the arm tube was snapped just behind the headshell. I'm sure I already know the answer but is it possible to repair the arm?

The photo attached is an image I found on ebay but its snapped pretty much where the picture starts :doh:

[chris@panteg]

Ian ask J7 of audio origamy if it can be fixed ' he's your man

http://www.audioorigami.co.uk/index.htm

[UV101]

Thanks Chris :cool: , I'll get some photo's and email him.

Does he post here at all?

[DSJR]

+1

If anyone can sort it, he can.

If Johnie can't, the LVX goes for far less money than the inferior LVV for some obscure reason, so a replacement shouldn't be a problem and armed with metric Allen keys and some stud-loc, you'll have a half decent arm again in no time.

Jelco made the arm originally. I wonder if they make any compatible parts?

Good luck!

[Rare Bird]

Ian ask J7 of audio origamy if it can be fixed ' he's your man

http://www.audioorigami.co.uk/index.htm

Wouldnt it be cheaper buying a new LVX then get someone to do the work.

[UV101]

There are a couple on eBay at the moment. 1 for a 1st bid of £99 and 1 with a bin of £125.

In completed 1 didnt sell for £99, 1 went for £92 and one finished with no bids @ 99p(i'm guessing this finished early)

Whats the arm really worth??

EDIT: It's marked a Basik LVX if that makes any difference

[Dave Cawley]

Oh, look, my post has been removed, why????

Dave

[DSJR]

The basik Plus with fixed shell was better than your average over-tightened LVX, but both will now suffer from a fatigued liquifying counterweight decoupling tube and I don't think replacements are available...

If you get a replacement LVX, a few small drops of stud-loc around the rear of the socket in the gap where the pipe goes in works wonders for smoothing out the sharpness of the sound it otherwise has....

[UV101]

Funny, watched a complete revolver deck including the arm finish for £90 the other day! Thats more than the arm goes for on its own!!! :lol:

[DSJR]

Mad innit!

[bigmoog]

I ran a revolver/rb300/nagaoka mp11 or goldring eroica as a spare TT many ears ago, nice deck but had terribly unreliable motor...:doh:

[Rare Bird]

I had an early silver hammerite version years ago of the SEE 'Revolver', i didnt mean to buy it, but it matched my old Mission '737' speaker hammerite baffleboards, i do these things cos i'm a perfect Kunt :lol: ..I mention this because i've just bought a pair of the very same speakers for old time sake.

[DSJR]

Port chuffs a bit despite the straws inside, but the mid is actually very good IMO. The treble is a bit rough and took off at 3db up on the midrange on the 737"R" and the whole vibe of the speaker was dominated by this. I hated them at the time, but later on actually owned a pair for a few weeks until I "lent" then to a pal. Never got them back sadly...

[Rare Bird]

Port chuffs a bit despite the straws inside, but the mid is actually very good IMO. The treble is a bit rough and took off at 3db up on the midrange on the 737"R" and the whole vibe of the speaker was dominated by this. I hated them at the time, but later on actually owned a pair for a few weeks until I "lent" then to a pal. Never got them back sadly...

Sounded great to me.Which version of the old '737' are you refering to (Tweeter)?