Name: Michell Gyrodec // Turntable / Michell Focus Tonearm / New Ortofon Bronze
Brand: Michell
SKU: 6792983478440
Availability: OutOfStock

This is a spectacular acrylic plinth Michell Gyrodec turntable that has been upgraded with an incredible Michell Focus unipivot tonearm with azimuth adjustment weights. This is a serious turntable for the serious audiophile that appreciates aesthetics as much as sonic performance.The back panel and dust cover had been removed when we discovered this turntable.** New and retipped vintage cartridge upgrades available.

Production

1983

Condition

9/10

Orig. MSRP

$1190

Restoration

Full service check
Completely disassembled and cleaned top to bottom
Lubricated all moving parts
Tonearm rewired with litz wire
New Ortofon 2M Bronze MM cartridge ($455 value)

Factory Specs

Chassis Spider chassis, suspended stable subchassis

Bearing Inverted oil-pumping bearing

Motor High-quality standalone DC motor

Drive System Belt

Speeds 33 1/3 and 45 rpm.

Wow & Flutter 0.04%.

Rumble -78 dB.

Speed Accuracy ± 0.1 %.

Dimensions 21"W x 7.5"H x 17"D

Weight 37lbs

The History of Michell

In the late 60’s, the company started to make parts for Transcriptors who subsequently re-located to the Michell premises. At this time, Michell were still supplying other local firms as well as working directly with the film studios making models and component parts for films such as Star Wars. When in 1973 Transcript...
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Liner Notes

The early ‘80’s saw the introduction of the GyroDec – surely one of the most iconic turntable designs of all time. Developed to be used with an A.C. synchronous motor and two drive belts, the original GyroDec featured a heavy aluminium platter fitted with a rubber mat and the signature gold platter weights mounted below. Over the next four decades, the GyroDec has continued to be the company’s bestselling and most popular product. Key to this success has been the numerous developments to bring it to the level of performance offered today. These include the now famous inverted oil-pumping bearing; an ingenious design that dramatically reduces the amount of friction and wear resulting in low noise and rumble. Being the modular design that it is, the company is still able to offer all of the upgrades to bring an original deck right up to current spec.A uni-pivot design, the Focus Tonearm has a layered-dampened arm tube and precision side weights for azimuth control.

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