Griffin Audio turntable and system (lots of pictures)

[Greg3333]

Here are some photos of an early-mid 1980s turntable built by Griffin Audio of West Bromwich, England. It was originally bought along with a full Griffin system by my uncle, who still uses it in Canada. It appears to be OK with 60Hz power - I'm not sure if it's been modified at some point. Perhaps when the 120-240V power transformer was supplied?

I'd be very interested to know what you analogue experts think of this turntable. What would you suggest that we should service or upgrade?

The tonearm is believed to be constructed partly using carbon fibre:

Cartridges are Micro-Acoustics, as originally recommended by Griffin. We have various 2002, 3002 and 630 carts (some used but mostly new old stock):

Wiring looks to be a weak link:

The TT sits on Audio-Technica pods. It plays through a Griffin G82 integrated amp (used only as a pre-amp) into Griffin Studio Electronic 85 active floorstanders:

I hope you enjoy seeing this old audiophile equipment. I can take more photos of particular parts if there are any requests.

Greg

 

[sreten]

Hi,

I'm not going to give tutorial on serving turntables and tonearms,
if you don't know what to do you need to get someone who does.

However my one point is this : the tonearm headshell joint is very
poor and (after servicing the arm bearings etc) conversion of the arm
to fixed headshell (via some judicious Araldite) is recommended.

🙂/sreten.

 

[Greg3333]

Hi Sreten

Thanks for the tip. We'll consider fixing the headshell

Also, thanks for your concern. I'm not asking for a tutorial. I have limited experience of turntables but we'll be sending the work out to the pros as necessary.

Greg