What's British in your system?
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arts
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SME 3009 non improved
Garrard 301
Michell clamp
Andy
I was using the "standard" Michell clamp on the Gyro, but it's a real pita to use on a suspended table. Quickly upgraded to the (threaded spindle & clamp) Orbe clamping system.
adnick
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You know someone was telling me about one but I didn’t understand exactly how it works…
bob smog
Creebling at the Turntables
I’ve been fiddling around with a Naim NAC 42.5 preamp for the last couple of months. Very weird, British. Typically is powered by a companion power amp (which I don’t have) so I’m building a dual 24 VDC power supply for it. All the connectors are DIN and a PITA.
adnick
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Admire your tenacity an ingenuity.I’ve been fiddling around with a Naim NAC 42.5 preamp for the last couple of months. Very weird, British. Typically is powered by a companion power amp (which I don’t have) so I’m building a dual 24 VDC power supply for it. All the connectors are DIN and a PITA.
Good luck,
Andy
bob smog
Creebling at the Turntables
Admire your tenacity an ingenuity.
Good luck,
Andy
Thanks!
Naim really doesn’t want you to use their gear outside of their ecosystem. The NAC 42.5 seems like a pretty nice preamp. Phono section has a lot of speed and detail.
adnick
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I’m a preamp freak, you’ll have to start a thread about it….
arts
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With the standard Michell clamp, you push it down onto the record, then tighten the knob to secure it to the spindle. Works kind of like a drill chuck.
With the Orbe clamping system, you remove the original smooth spindle from the bearing and platter, and replace it with one that has a short smooth section for locating the record, but has a threaded upper section that the new record clamp screws on to. No more having to push-hold-tighten, you just thread the new clamp on and tighten it down.
Here is the original spindle as installed in the bearing. The remaining threaded portion in the middle is for the platter:
Here's the replacement spindle, the skinny threaded part at the top is for the clamp:
bob smog
Creebling at the Turntables
Posted back in February. Too weird for AK I guess
https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/vintage-naim-nac-42-preamp-rummage-find.1051302/
arts
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boza
Super Member
My system hasn't changed for a while now
I've been running my mission 770 MK2 since 2004. They're sat on ebony cones on top of foundation stand's that I think are also British
Same with my arcam cd73t that I brought the same year. Everything sits on a target stand.
Other things British are QED speaker cables and interconnect cables and Russ Andrews power cords.
I've been running my mission 770 MK2 since 2004. They're sat on ebony cones on top of foundation stand's that I think are also British
Same with my arcam cd73t that I brought the same year. Everything sits on a target stand.
Other things British are QED speaker cables and interconnect cables and Russ Andrews power cords.
Chad Michael
Dissonant Rhino
speakers
- Celestion DL8 series 2
- KEF C30
- Wharfedale Sapphire SP-83
- Rega RS1
- Celestion DL8 series 2
- KEF C30
- Wharfedale Sapphire SP-83
- Rega RS1
