Turntable trauma!

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Hi everyone I hope someone can help. During a recent house move one of the springs for the suspension on my Systemdek iv snapped and is now in need of repair, does anyone know of a place in the Manchester / Stockport ares I can get it repaired? It's like I haven't moved in properly yet as I haven't had chance to kick back and listen to some vinyl.

Pete.

 

[John Duncan]

Hey mutation23

I suspect that your hunt for a genuine spring might be quite difficult. Personally, I'd be looking for somebody who can make a copy of one of the other springs (or a set of three to the same spec). A quick google for "spring manufacturers" came up with these people, for example.

JD

 

[Petherick]

And I can also recommend this company - http://www.leespring.co.uk/pages/home.html having dealt with them for a number of years. I can't give any specific help with the spring you need, but I'd be surprised if it wasn't a 'standard' from a manufacturer's range. Give them a call - you'll need to know the spring diameter, the wire diameter, the number of coils, the length and the (most difficult of all) 'spring rate'; that is the force you need to apply to compress the spring by 1mm. Good luck.

 

[chebby]

Audionote now make the current version of the Systemdek and may be able to help you...

http://www.audionote.co.uk/contact.shtml

Also there are the people who originally made the Systemdek who also may be able to help...

http://www.loudspeaker-art.com/contact.html (The guys who run this company use to manufacture the Systemdek)

Inspire Hifi make their own turntables and service/rebuild and sell many others - including Systemdeks - on their ebay site. They may know how to source spares for you....

http://www.inspirehifi.co.uk/inspirehifi/contact.html

 

[John Duncan]

I did think of that chebs, but was a bit worried that the 2x2 (which was what I guessed the OP might have) might be totally different from the IIx suspension wise?

 

[Anonymous]

Thaks for all the suggestions everyone, I had been thinking replacing all three was the way to go and will be exploring all the links posted today. Will let you know how it goes.