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Vinyl Essentials
OK, you have a turntable, but how do you know how it is
performing? A very common and often overlooked problem,
but here we have everything you need. If we have missed
anything, please let us know.
Oyaide
For some of the
most innovate vinyl essentials
click here or on
the logo.
Stylus force
gauge SFG-2
We tried
most of the digital gauges and found problems. The cheaper
ones give you a different reading every time you
switch them on, and that varies depending what part of the
platform is used. And all electronic ones suffer from the
effects of the strong magnets in moving coil cartridges. So we chose the Shure precision balance. Made like a Swiss watch, this is
totally perfect. You even get a little mirror to adjust
for absolute accuracy. It may be cheaper than some gauges, but nothing at any
price is better ! To quote Shure: Accuracy to within 1/10
of a gram in primary operating range (1/2 to 1-1/2 grams).
Extended force measurement rage (1 to 3 grams). Fiction-free
precision stainless steel pivot joints. Easy-to-read reference
bars for perfect balance and absolute accuracy. Tracking force
is measured with tone arm in actual playing position
Our price £33.95
Stylus cleaning
This will keep your stylus clean. Remarkably, even
extremely expensive cartridge manufacturers recommend the Audio
Technica AT607. It comes in a bottle with a cleaning
brush, nothing else needed. It is made in Japan to
extremely strict standards. Buy two and get free postage!
Our price £9.00 buy two get free postage!
Spirit
level
Pure and
simple, no stainless steel or gold, a simple sprit level.
Our price £12.95
Record cleaning
brush
Carbon fibre. Effortlessly removes unwanted dust, dirt, or small
particles from your vinyl records, whilst effectively reducing
any static charges. This pulls dirt out of your records
unlike some velvet cleaners that push it to the bottom of the
groove! This is the superior Clearaudio one.
Our price £18.00
Record care kit
Turntable Care kit Professional wood
The care-kit for the professional turntable care. Contents:
record cleaning brush "Pure Groove", carbon fibre record brush,
diamond stylus cleaning brush, diamond cleaner fluid "Elixir of
Sound", polishing paste, 100 ml record cleaning fluid "Pure
Groove", cleaning fluid for acrylic parts (100 ml), screwdriver
and micro fabric cleaning tissue.
Our price £79.95
Record Sleeves
anti static
25 Antistatic Sleeves. Most records are positively charged with
static electricity. This positive charge attracts dust and grime
to the disc groove, resulting in clicks, crackle, unwanted
noises and also accelerates deterioration of the stylus. These
sleeves safely protect the disc inside the outer sleeve,
reducing the positive charge and releasing the dust. We
use them on every record we own.
Our price £12.95
Clearaudio Strobe
disc and 300Hz light source
This is the
best there is, running at 300Hz you get much better accuracy
than 50 or 60hz strobes. The disc has groves in it, so you
can put the cartridge on the strobe disc and set the speed under
loaded conditions. We use one on everything we sell.
If you want the best, you have to own this set.
Our price £160.00
Key Strobe 50 - 60 - 300 Hz 300Hz light source
We think this is the ultimate strobe, arguably better than the
Clearaudio.
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You can download a
33 1/3 rpm 300Hz test disc from Seb by
clicking here
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You can download a
45 rpm 300Hz test disc from Seb by
clicking here
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You can download a
78.26 rpm 300Hz test disc from Seb by
clicking here
Our price £46.00
Tonearm
alignment block
This is the best solution for arms with tapered tubes as for
example SME series. Have a look through the highly transparent
block and compare the parallelism of the marked lines with the
centre line on the tube. The polished acryl block is ideal for
direct use on the LP with the tonearm lowered. The precise
lines, marked in steps of 2.5 mm, are perfect for reproducing
fine adjustments of the tonearm height.
Click here
for more details.
Our price £37.50
Record weight
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Weight I
A beautiful
and massive stainless steel record clamp. This will keep
warped records firmly in place and ensure that the energy
reflected into the record gets absorbed by the platter mat.
390 grams.
Our price £125.00 |
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Weight
II Finished in black chrome to match the Jelco
750D, this weight can be used on all turntables, old and
modern. It's smaller the Weight I at 450 grams..
Our price £55.00 |
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Weight
III STB-MS
is
the original vinyl stabilizer produced with innovation
concepts. It is composed by detachable 10 parts and its
weight is changeable by the number of the weights for
your best timbre tuning
Our price £225.00 |
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Turntable
platter mats
Mat 1:
A black elastomer "donut" on top of the white full-size foam
base reduces vinyl/stylus feedback and eliminates lateral
slippage, while drawing static electricity away from the record.
Unique qualities allow the vinyl to "give" slightly
with stylus contact, allowing the record groove
to be tracked smoothly and accurately. Completely non-tacky,
records lift right off the mat, while the underlying foam sticks
firmly to the platter. This 3.7mm thick mat virtually eliminates
the effect of platters that can be prone to ring.
285mm
Sl-1200 version Our price £89.95
292mm for the SP-10 and other Japanese turntables Our price £89.95
295mm
Standard version Our price ££89.95
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Mat 2:
Unashamedly inspired by the no longer manufactured Micro Seiki
CU-180, this is a precision machined, copper mat that offers an
optimal platform for vinyl records.
Weighing 1.8 Kg, the additional mass does increase the kinetic
energy stored by the platter while affording very effective
damping of the unwanted resonance that alloy platters can
contribute to the sound of vinyl replay. The copper also
provides a more appropriate impedance match allowing energy
imparted into the vinyl by the stylus to be dissipated
harmlessly. You can easily pay about £500 on EBay for a poor
condition used one, ours is just
Copper mat
£249.95 and UK postage free.
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Mat 3: The
o riginal turntable mat, Oyaide “MJ-12”, is designed to trace the
groove on the vinyl absolutely. The surface of MJ-12 is curved
1.0 degree which makes the record surface closely fit to MJ-12
by using a stabilizer (more than 300g is recommended). This
corrects the warpage of an analogue record and makes the stylus
moving stable.
Oyaide “MJ-12”
£225.00 and UK postage free.
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Mat 4:
 Achromat
is the natural progression from the original acrylic interface
invented by Arthur Khoubesserian back in 1979. Refining
the theory he subsequently launched Achromat in 2005. Ongoing
refinements in composition and application means that Achromat
is now more universal and better than ever. Achromat is the
ideal material to absorb energy from the record. In
2009, first, Achromat came top in a mat comparison in HiFi
Choice. It then won the Gold Award for Accessory against all
comers. No other mat is like it and simple A-B comparisons can
demonstrate that, whilst longer term listening allows subtle
nuances as well as greater bass intelligibility to be
appreciated. Some turntables, (Garrard 301 / 401 and Technics
SL1200), have a platter with a machined lip which precludes the
use of the normal Achromats and the SL-1200 mat is designed for
them
5mm 293mm standard
Achromat
£66.40 and UK postage free.
5mm 285mm SL-1200 301/401
Achromat
£75.00 and UK postage free.
Vinyl
Cleaner – LP cleaning machine
Audio Desk
Systeme's Vinyl Cleaner is the first and only LP cleaning
machine that incorporates an ultrasonic cleaning cycle in
addition to a more conventional mechanical cleaning via
bi-directional rotating microfiber cleaning drums, and the
result is the cleanest LP's ever. Careful cleaning of discs is
particularly important to preserve their value. The
washing machine works fully automatically and is very easy to
use.
The disc is inserted into the machine’s opening vertically from
above and the red button is pressed. The gentle cleaning process
runs fully automatically during which time the yellow LED lights
up. When, after a short period of time, the green LED lights up
the cleaned disc can be removed from the apparatus.
Counter-rotating micro-fibre cleaning barrels and ultrasonic
waves softly remove even deep-sitting dirt particles from the
grooves of the LP. When in operation the machine permanently
filters the cleaning fluid. Two extremely high-performance
motors guarantee effective yet quiet drying of the LP.
We first saw this
German machine being demonstrated at the Munich Hi End show,
like everyone we were simply amazed. You can spend a lot
more money than this on a record cleaner, but why? This is
one of those very rare "must have" products, if you love vinyl
you will love this record cleaner.
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Cleaning cycle: 5
minutes
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Operation: fully
automatic
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both sides at once
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Dimensions: 33cm
wide x 20cm deep x 27cm high
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Weight (empty): 5,5
kg
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Water capacity: 4,5
Litres, cleaning concentrate 20 ml
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Manufacturer’s
guarantee: 2 years / Made in Germany
Click here
to download the instructions to see how easy and good this
record cleaner really is?
Vinyl Cleaner – LP cleaning machine and cleaning fluid
£1,995.00
okki nokki record cleaning machine
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Built-in safety
features prevent fluid being sucked into the vacuum motor and
the turntable motor overheating.
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Made in Germany
with the highest build values.
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Cool running
turntable motor allows for hours of use, no need for noisy fans.
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Forward and reverse
motor for 'scrubbing' action.
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Quiet vacuum motor.
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Auto shut-off
should the user forget to drain down reservoir.
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Vacuum tubes for
10" and 7" records available.
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Comes complete with
concentrate and brush.
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New, modern,
lightweight design, available in black or white finish.
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Virtually
waterproof plastic / aluminium body gives increased stability.
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Added soundproofing
- the quietest of all comparable machines in its class.
It is available in white and black.
Complete record cleaning machine and cleaning fluid
£399.00
Acrylic cover as shown (not included in machine price)
£50.00
Spare 10" suction
arm £30.00
Spare 7" suction arm £30.00
Replacement 2 velvet strips £5.75
Wooden hand brush £7.00
Spare 12" suction arm £30.00
Additional fluid £8.50
Replacement 3 velvet strips £8.50
Goats hair brush £16.00
Clearaudio Cartridge and
arm alignment gauge
This is for
the diehard purist. You can set up any arm and any
cartridge. A thing for the enthusiast only. We use one to
set up every turntable we do. It's very simple unlike some! £190.00
If you want the best, you have to have this!
Cartridge
Stabiliser & De-resonator
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A soft copper Cartridge Stabiliser that adds mass
to your arm allowing the better use of the Denon DL-103
series when using normal headshells. 7.8g
(3mm thick) and 3.1g (1.2mm thick) available, so you can
have 3.1, 6.2, 7.8, 10.9, 14.0 and 15.6g.
1 off £24.95, 2 off £34.95, 3 off £44.95 free UK postage.
A Carbon
Fibre cartridge de-resonator that actually works.
Unlike the boy racer carbon effect, this is the real
McCoy! This beautifully formed device tightly
couples your cartridge to your headshell dissipating and
thereby suppressing any nano resonances. £14.95 |
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Test records
Clearaudio trackability (315hz in increasing steps) and also
one complete side of 3.15khz for wow and flutter measurement £55.00
Clearaudio 'Break In' (pink noise endless grove) £55.00
Dr. Feickert's Adjust+ 7" test record, download the iPhone/iPad
software for free! £15.00
Allen Keys
 clamp
These are long arm ball ended allen keys. They allow you
to tighten up screws even if you can't get the key straight into
the hole. They are essential to fit most tonearms, without
them you may simply be unable to secure your new tonearm
properly. Included is the elusive 1.27 essential for Linn
and other arms, B&Q/Hombase do not stock these! Sizes are 1.27,
1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 5, 5.5, 6, 7, 8, and 10mm.
Our price £12.95
Bearing
oil
TE05M
Timestep
highly refined,
ultra pure mineral oil with absolutely no additives.
The thinnest oil we
could find. Our price £10.95
TE20S
Timestep
fully synthetic oil as recommended by David Price. The thinnest
pure synthetic we could find.
10ml. Our price £14.95
TE75S
Timestep
fully synthetic oil for a smoother rotation in moderate
clearance bearings,
10ml. Our price £14.95
TE90M
Timestep mineral oil for classic turntables. 10ml. Our price
£10.95
TE140M
Timestep mineral oil for older turntables. 10ml. Our
price £10.95
TE220M
Timestep mineral oil for very old turntables. 10ml. Our
price £10.95
ALL
All 6 Timestep oils £60.00
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