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A pair of Micro Seiki style armboards in progress.
Made from solid ebony
One will be AX-5G and the other AX-8G format.
From lump to shaped. More to follow..
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After shaping and machining, drilling and threading comes the polishing.
Here's the first of a pair of armlift carriers.
This one for Audio Technica AT-1503
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Here are the pair before polishing. Note the larger arm pillar drilling for the beefy 1503 diameter.
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Here's the second Audio Technica armlift / clip carrier.
This one is for the AT-16T.
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Here's a pair of extra weights to original specs, that screw in to the end of the Kenwood L-07D direct drive turntable and tonearm.
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Here's an armboard for a TW Acustic turntable in solid ebony.
This will be used with a Reed3p tonearm.
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Here is one of the sub-weights I made for a Kenwood L-07D Direct Drive Turntable.
Pictured on the customers tonearm.
Always nice to see stuff working in-situ.
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Here's a pair of Tannoy GRF style cabs I made for a customer in Belgium (years back).
They are back with me for a modification to the input (going, DSP bi-amp active, but with the passive capability retained), and a refinish, as they were left for a good long while during a holiday with the sun streaming in on them under a hot sun.
The passive / active set up
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I've been setting up the DSP system that will do the crossover and HF filter necessary to tame the Tannoy horn tweeter.
This route benefits from not using an L-Pad to lower the dB of the tweeter to that of the bass, and also the filter I mentioned is not a passive component one.
Another benefit is being able to run an amplifier most suitable for the tweeter (a EL84 SET amp has been chosen) and a Quad solid state amp for the bass.
Different damping factors can be used to optimum driver control / sound.
I will be setting up the sound side with further measurements and listening tests once the finish is restored.
Here the fade before treatment (actually looks worse in daylight).
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First remove the varnish..
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Then treat with specialist wood bleach..
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Further treatment will be done as necessary, before neutralisation of the bleach and then staining and re-varnishing.
More to follow..
