Magna Audio
25-09-2022, 16:31
I've been fettling a Fidelity Research FR64s for a customer.
The arm was bought as sold..
As a FR64s owner / user, I could compare it to mine.
These are heavyweights for low compliance MC cartridges.
So nicely made and machined.
A few things needed addressing.
Armlift rubber missing, lift pot needed attention and re-siliconing.
The heavy anti-skate weight was missing - made a new one.
The armbase (not original), had a poorly made sleeve that allowed the armpillar to wiggle - I machined new close fitting one and 2 nylon tipped grubscrews.
Sounds superb and will go on another 50 years.
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The arm was bought as sold..
As a FR64s owner / user, I could compare it to mine.
These are heavyweights for low compliance MC cartridges.
So nicely made and machined.
A few things needed addressing.
Armlift rubber missing, lift pot needed attention and re-siliconing.
The heavy anti-skate weight was missing - made a new one.
The armbase (not original), had a poorly made sleeve that allowed the armpillar to wiggle - I machined new close fitting one and 2 nylon tipped grubscrews.
Sounds superb and will go on another 50 years.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220925/b0e36a6fc851c261ae31e3018d404d65.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220925/e6ee0e4485eaeddb36f1b73e76fd4adf.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220925/4cef5c0dd3dcf3b8a4d3947b851b4d37.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220925/a44d060bdf77c97cdbcf85c3cda7330f.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220925/86fabf9ed17b053fca89cf906e1f0eec.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220925/9beef89c15b7167ccb20f560b574438e.jpg
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