Vintage analogue broadcast equipment

Hi Andy
I really must touch up on my much older equipment, i always think of Revox first deck as the 'B790' from the late 70's.. That one went right over my head :doh:

I *love* the tonearm on that Schlumberger!

And especially that gorgeous 'fat and chunky' headshell... I dig high-mass headshells which enclose the top and sides of cartridges - I hate seeing ugly nuts and bolts and wires. And they suit the low-compliance, spherical-tipped cartridges I prefer down to the ground.

It's one of the reasons why I love the (classic) SPU :)

They used to make headshells like that all the time, where alignment was done via a sliding plate underneath the headshell, which the cartridge was fixed to. This was a much cleverer, neater, and more effective way of doing things. Observe in the case of this Microseiki:


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Or this Sony:


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Or this rather lovely Supex:


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My all-time favourite detachable headshell, though, is the Rek-o-Kut:


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Gorgeous!! :stalks: Is that sheer retro cool or what??!!

One day, I'll treat myself to a Russco or Gates T/T with a Rek-o-Kut or Fairchild tonearm :cool:

Marco.

get one while the prices are right :)

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Originally Posted by Alex_UK

Here's a screengrab of his home turntables that I've taken from the "John Peel's Record Box" documentary. Not a great picture unfortunately, but anyone know what they are?

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/u...g?t=1299744249

(The documentary is well worth watching if you've never seen it.)

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Interesting - they look remarkably like London Acoustical Developments (L.A.D.) turntables. I've been a fan of these for years and have....er. four currently!

Interesting, Adam. Is their design based on a Technics D/D motor unit? It looks a bit like that to me. The tonearm also looks rather like a Jelco 750....

Marco.

I think Jelco too - not sure if this will help?



(If you click it and watch it on the YouTube page it will be a bit bigger)

They might be Koss headphones too, Marco?

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Originally Posted by Alex_UK

They might be Koss headphones too, Marco?

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No, they are Beyerdynamic Headphones 'DT 100'..yes they are LAD TT's

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Originally Posted by Andre

No, they are Beyerdynamic Headphones 'DT 100'..yes they are LAD TT's

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Cheers Andre! Never even heard of L.A.D.! Every day is a school day!

Aye they were out in the 80's..funnily i don't recognice the decks cream colour! they will more than lilkley be Jelco '370' arms fitted..