All photos restored throughout the entire thread
Guys and dolls - I've completely rebuilt this thread fixing all the broken picture links from as far back as Webshots photo hosting demise and the more recent Photobucket debacle!
It's been a labour of love, digging out photos of the projects and products from over 7 years ago for the Webshots pics and a little more recently for the Photobucket ones.
They are now hosted / posted via Tapatalk and hopefully they are safe for many years to come.
So no matter which page you jump to from the first Counterweight for Jandl100 back in 2010 or the First Ebony armboards for Marco and MartinT, you will see the original photos with not a broken link insight (well there are a few on quoted posts or customer pics - but I can't fix them ;) ).
It's taken me back to each and every customer, every project, every design, and virtually every measurement, lathe cut and polish made to craft these things.
Enjoy!
Website relaunched / revamped
Hi All,
Just to let you know that the Magna Audio Products website has been revamped for a cleaner look and feel.
as ever it can be found here:
http://fosworld.wixsite.com/magna-audio
Make over for a Heybrook TT2, ebony armboard, ebony spacer extra heavy CW
Here is a bit of a make over and fix up project for a Heybrook TT2 turntable.
First a new solid ebony armboard, 18mm thick with the 4 mounting points.
Fitting is a Rega RB arm.
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A solid ebony replacement for the aluminium spacer ring
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An extra heavy tungsten counterweight with nylon damping insert
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These turntables originally suffered from a well documented problem of the armboard mounting area not being level with the platter.
I carefully shimmed the armboard so that it was perfectly true to the platter in all planes.
Ready to go.
Extra counterweights for a Zeta tonearm and Pioneer knob in Aluminium
First up a set of counterweights for a Zeta tonearm in bronze. These are to add greater balancing range to the counterweight
shell / carrier into which they bolt.
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Then a replacement aluminium knob for a Pioneer turntable.
The new one is on the right.
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Ebony armboards to replace plywood for Graham Phantom 2 and Fidelity Research arms
A bit of customer feedback for the Kuzma Stogi Reference ebony armboard
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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Customer feedback for the Birch plywood Tannoy GRF Narrow cabs I recently made
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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