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.

Stylus force
gauge analogue
A tiny and very easy to use gauge made out of pure aluminium.
You may not be able to set to 0.0001gm, but you will know that
it is accurate !
Our price £18.00
 
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.
We use this at
shows about every hour to clean the stylus, absolutely essential
!
Our price £9.95

Anti Static
Brush from Furutech
It has been known to all those concerned with high end audio
for many years now that by removing electrostatic charge from
records and CD's improvement in sound quality can be realised.
But until now removing electrostatic charge has always been a
costly exercise, both in time and money. Developed by SFC of
Japan, the patented electrostatic brush SK-II has arrived
brought to you by Furutech. This revolutionary product, so
simple to use, will change your listening for good.
Experience the product that has become such a great hit among
Japanese high-end audio fans.
How it is made:
Natural Goats hair surrounded by thicker strengthening acrylic
fibers. Only the natural fine goat hair is exposed to any disk
media and will not damage or mark in any way. By using
electrically conductive acrylic fibers that have been coated
with copper sulphide and binding them together with a metal band,
when both sides of the metal band are held during use, a corona
discharge results; thereby removing static charge from media and
charged dust particles. The acrylic fibers have been set back
15mm from the tip of the brush and their chemical coating
absorbs positively charged copper ions. The structure of these
electrically conductive acrylic fibers (40 denier, thickness
69.3 microns) is patented (#1677237).
We were sceptical about this, very sceptical! But it works
and we use one every single time we play a record and so should
you.
Our price £109.00

Spirit
level for the turntable
Pure and
simple, no stainless steel or gold, a simple sprit level.
Our price £18.00

Spirit
mini level for the headshell
So tiny it can rest
on the headshell to make sure your headshell and arm are
correctly set up. Quite essential.
Our price £12.50

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 £20.00

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

Record weight
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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 3: The
original 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.
Furthermore, on the highly rigid aluminium disk coated by hard-alumite
treatment, there are tuning holes which are arranged in spiral
pattern for effective vibration attenuation. MJ-12 gives the
whole new expression power to your turntable and you can hear
the new sound pieces in your favourite analogue records.
This unique and 0.7Kgm mat is ideal fit for the SL-1200 as the
lip fits perfectly. We also use it on our SP-10. It gives extra
mass and a complete elimination of any platter ringing. When you
see it, you will want it!
Oyaide “MJ-12”
£499.00 and UK postage free.
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Mat 5:
Inheriting the shape of MJ-12 above, it is made of butyl rubber
which has excellent vibration damping properties.
Due to its high friction coefficient and grippy material, it
enhances the adhesion with the vinyl surface and ensures stable
vinyl playbacks by its anti-slip property. Tungsten, which has
almost same specific weight with gold and known as
anti-vibration material, is mixed into butyl rubber which has
excellent low-repulsion force and vibration absorbing property.
The tapered structure angled 1.0° from centre circle to the edge
for correction of warping. 18 of tuning holes are arranged in
spiral pattern for effective vibration attenuation.
This remarkable mat
has a small undercut "lip" so that although it is a full 295mm
diameter and hence will hold a 12" record properly, it will fit
on a SL-1200, SP-10, Garrard 301 - 401 and any other turntable.
It comes with a really rather nice Stroboscopic disc and
overhang gauge too.
Our price £90.00

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! £185.00
If you want the best, you have to have this!
Our price £185.00

Cartridge
Stabiliser & De-resonator
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 resonance's. £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 £50.00
Clearaudio 'Break In' (pink noise endless grove) £50.00
Clearaudio CA-TRS-1007 a remarkable copy of the pivotal JVC
TRS 1007 £50.00
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/Homebase 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 £15.00


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