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I think you're right about the provenance of your second unit... I had heard they were trying to use up as many old parts as possible in the last year of MC-30 production, which included factory assembly of the numerous MK-30 kits that were leftover, so I wouldn't be surprised that an odd...

Well, based on our running list, somewhere between 414 and 528... my money is on approximately 500. - Kevin

and the reason this is a popular question right now, is this: I'm sure this is probably a pricing error at the vendor that @monkboughtlunch used, but you **can** buy the product elsewhere, for about $28.00 per roll... - Kevin

Just an additional idea-- for the ends of the replacement 2mm metal tubing, instead of a somewhat unsightly crimp, you might want to consider the use of rubberized end caps, which can be trimmed in length to help snug them up tight to both sides of the switch bracket... and which would be easily...

Correct on the tweeter-- it's an Audiotek car stereo tweeter. As for electronics, I just essentially re-created the JBL crossover circuit. I had intended to just use actual JBL crossover boxes, but I needed a little more space/flexibility due to size constraints (reduced scale of the speaker...

Definitely a scale version-- they're each about the size of a 60s clock radio. They're for use in tandem with a subwoofer... a setup I'm pleased to say works surprisingly well! - Kevin

Duesy: Thanks-- I think I figured everything out... The Bel Petites are up and running...! Just gotta build the front screens... - Kevin

I'll have to get by with just one, I'm afraid... - Kevin

The original was cracked (though it's been repaired). And in any event, in this specific case, I'll need to sub it out with a new board that's populated with new components. - Kevin

I have a MacKit MC-30 which needs a new circuit board-- preferably a reproduction of the original board (which had numbered turrets/holes), but I'm not choosy. IIRC, there used to be a company that manufactured these, at least as of a few years ago... is that no longer the case? Thanks for...

Thanks-- added to the list! - Kevin

Thanks for the measurements, Dobieguy-- that's a help...! Let's see what I can come up with... - Kevin

Anyone have a source for replacements for these little guys (either modern-day, or NOS), as pictured on the right side of the example below...? Mine are both missing... I can't even do a search for the proper name of the part ("selector knobs"... "lever knobs"...?) They seem like a pretty...

...actually, the main counterweight portion of the two-piece split version, to be specific. What are the specs for the standard-issue version of that weight? The arm I just got came with what I'm guessing is a somewhat larger brass counterweight (though it actually resembles one that I saw on...

Hmmm... as far as I can tell, with the one that I purchased, the 401 plops onto the top of the plinth, and looks as though he's just drilled through each layer of birch plywood until it gets to the bottom. Since the plinth is 90mm thick, I'm gonna need some fairly long mounting bolts. Since...

And here's a couple of the back plate, which holds the crossover components, etc... I know it would have been much neater to have just used a small box, like the old JBL crossover, but I liked having a little more flexibility in where to put things, especially because space is at a premium in a...

A few... here are the boxes: Tweeter installed - from the inside: Tweeter installed, from the front: Inside of the woofer space, marked for screw placement - the small hole to the right is where the front screen peg will insert through the face of the speaker, once I fabricate it: -...

I purchased a plinth for a Garrard 401 from the Moldovan gentleman that advertises on the well-known auction site, and I'm sure that 1 or 2 other people here may have done the same... So my question is, how long should the mounting installation bolts be? I see them offered from other sellers...

So how does a Bel Petite come into the world...? Well, I promised pics, so here we go: One of the cabinets in the early stages of construction... as I said, I owe an enormous debt to the local woodworker who took my plans, made some important suggestions/improvements, and hand-crafted them...

March 5, 2003.

Thanks very much for the comments & suggestions, guys-- looks like a sub is in my future. Since it'll be largely hidden it doesn't necessarily have to match the Bel Petite design... any recommendations for a particular sub? And I appreciate the compliments, but I have to give an immense...

Since we all have so much time on our hands these days, I decided that I'd love to have a miniaturized version of the classic 1950s JBL Bel Aire speakers. Of course, the problem is that such a thing doesn't exist.... or at least it didn't-- until now. Pardon the remaining signs of...

Like those on the 10b, 7c, 7t, etc... Is there a Marantz model that utilizes the wonderful, heavy, knobs... **without** a marker line cut into them? A blank (infinite) knob, I guess. The only one I can think of is the center tuning knob on the 10b... and I don't suspect that's a very likely...

ACME did that for you...: https://acmeaudio.net/ Let's hope it works better than the stuff that they sold to Wile E. Coyote...! :biggrin: - Kevin

Just to be Paul Harvey for a moment, and provide "The Rest of The Story"-- At one point in time, the top (electronics) portion of blue interface box in the Hitsville studio was temporarily taken out of the studio and overhauled by its designer, Mike McLean (late '90s, I was told)... and...