Magna Audio's custom-made counterweight balance and armboard service!

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Originally Posted by speedy.steve

Here's a slightly different one; for a Fidelity Research FR64s with the superb adjustable on the fly VTA armbase.
Made from solid brass, 20mm thick and 170mm long. 2.3Kgs of brass!

This is the first of two I am making.

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Now to finish the 2nd one:)

Perhaps destined for a deck like this?

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Beautiful work.


Regards Neil

Thanks Neil.
They are for Fordy (Carl). They have to make their way, way overseas but Carl says he will take some pics of them once installed on that amazing deck,but it will take a while.

Here are a couple of different height arm raisers in Ebony for a PL-71 arm.


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Latest is a bespoke armboard in ebony for SME arm mounting

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...29b3676dfc.jpg

I also have an Ebony armboard for an FR64x, one in African Blackwood for a Jelco and a special plinth mod / extra armboard pod mount on the go - more on these later.

I'm happy to discuss any project requirements or ideas you might have.

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Originally Posted by speedy.steve

Latest is a bespoke armboard in ebony for SME arm mounting

http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/w...s/IMG_4756.jpg

http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/w...s/IMG_4758.jpg

I also have an Ebony armboard for an FR64x, one in African Blackwood for a Jelco and a special plinth mod / extra armboard pod mount on the go - more on these later.

I'm happy to discuss any project requirements or ideas you might have.

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Fantastic work Steve.:clapclapclap:

Here's an ebony one done for Mike inc fitting his FR64 arm

He is convinced black sound best:) So dark ebony finish was in order;)


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100% fact that black sounds best !
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I'm hoping to construct a stealth hifi so there will be true blind listening and testing

Lovely work and sounds fabulous.

It's the improvised cardboard 'shutters' over the blue LEDs that spoil the pro look LOL!

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Originally Posted by MartinT

It's the improvised cardboard 'shutters' over the blue LEDs that spoil the pro look LOL!

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They are 'pro' bits of card tho'
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Here's an African Blackwood armboard fitted with the uprated Jelco arm collar.
This one has been stained to be dark similar to Ebony. Matching black domed capheaded bolts and a shortened allen key to enable arm fitting.

You may wonder the difference between African Blackwood and Ebony. Both are hard and dense. African Blackwood is not quite as dark in natural state. It is denser and harder with a tighter / almost no grain its so dense. Due to this it machines and drills very well indeed.

I can't say what acoustic difference there is between them though, as I've never had the opportunity to listen to them back to back on identical equipment.

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Here it is mounted (to ensure perfect fitting) on my scruffy test SL-1200 deck.

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