RIP John Michell
 

"PJ" wrote in message
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Just heard on the grapevine , sadly he has died .



I'm very sorry to hear that. I was talking to John recently about
manufacturing phono cables for Michell decks and he sounded fine then but I
guess that does'nt mean too much. He was a fine engineer and a good man. A
very sad loss indeed.

Mike

RIP John Michell
 

On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 19:37:50 +0000, Old Fart at Play
wrote:

PJ wrote:

Just heard on the grapevine , sadly he has died .


Who?

Were those the turntables that didn't have a platter? Balanced the
lp on half-a-dozen pillars?

What was the thinking behind that? Didn't other designers clamp the
vinyl to a massive platter?

RIP John Michell
 

On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 19:37:50 +0000, Old Fart at Play
wrote:

PJ wrote:

Just heard on the grapevine , sadly he has died .


Who?

Were those the turntables that didn't have a platter? Balanced the
lp on half-a-dozen pillars?

What was the thinking behind that? Didn't other designers clamp the
vinyl to a massive platter?

RIP John Michell
 

On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 16:09:22 +0000, Laurence Payne
wrote:

On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 19:37:50 +0000, Old Fart at Play
wrote:

PJ wrote:

Just heard on the grapevine , sadly he has died .


Who?

Were those the turntables that didn't have a platter? Balanced the
lp on half-a-dozen pillars?

That was a very old design from the Transcriptors days, the modern
GyroDec looks equally spectacular, but is a more conventional design.

What was the thinking behind that?

Some argued that the record should be allowed to flex naturally.

Didn't other designers clamp the
vinyl to a massive platter?

As do the current Michell turntables.
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

RIP John Michell
 

On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 16:09:22 +0000, Laurence Payne
wrote:

On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 19:37:50 +0000, Old Fart at Play
wrote:

PJ wrote:

Just heard on the grapevine , sadly he has died .


Who?

Were those the turntables that didn't have a platter? Balanced the
lp on half-a-dozen pillars?

That was a very old design from the Transcriptors days, the modern
GyroDec looks equally spectacular, but is a more conventional design.

What was the thinking behind that?

Some argued that the record should be allowed to flex naturally.

Didn't other designers clamp the
vinyl to a massive platter?

As do the current Michell turntables.
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

RIP John Michell
 

In article ,
Stewart Pinkerton wrote:
Were those the turntables that didn't have a platter? Balanced the
lp on half-a-dozen pillars?

That was a very old design from the Transcriptors days, the modern
GyroDec looks equally spectacular, but is a more conventional design.

What was the thinking behind that?

Some argued that the record should be allowed to flex naturally.

So that it acted even more like the diaphragm of a microphone and caused
much earlier feedback?

And, of course, if the pickup should accidently be knocked off its rest
with the turntable rotating but no disc, it would smash itself to pieces
on one of the pillars...

Didn't other designers clamp the
vinyl to a massive platter?

As do the current Michell turntables.

That's more like it.

--
*I yell because I care

Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn

RIP John Michell
 

In article ,
Stewart Pinkerton wrote:
Were those the turntables that didn't have a platter? Balanced the
lp on half-a-dozen pillars?

That was a very old design from the Transcriptors days, the modern
GyroDec looks equally spectacular, but is a more conventional design.

What was the thinking behind that?

Some argued that the record should be allowed to flex naturally.

So that it acted even more like the diaphragm of a microphone and caused
much earlier feedback?

And, of course, if the pickup should accidently be knocked off its rest
with the turntable rotating but no disc, it would smash itself to pieces
on one of the pillars...

Didn't other designers clamp the
vinyl to a massive platter?

As do the current Michell turntables.

That's more like it.

--
*I yell because I care

Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn

RIP John Michell
 

what about the aesthetics of it tho, never mind the practicality..........


"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
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On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 03:14:23 GMT, "malcolm"
wrote:

very nicely engineered turntables and bits,

Indeed yes, and a true craftsman of the old school.

shame the CD project was
abandoned.

Not really, since CD has no need of precision mechanical engineering
outside the transport, which is almost always a perfectly adequate OEM
Sony or Philips unit.
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

RIP John Michell
 

what about the aesthetics of it tho, never mind the practicality..........


"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 03:14:23 GMT, "malcolm"
wrote:

very nicely engineered turntables and bits,

Indeed yes, and a true craftsman of the old school.

shame the CD project was
abandoned.

Not really, since CD has no need of precision mechanical engineering
outside the transport, which is almost always a perfectly adequate OEM
Sony or Philips unit.
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

RIP John Michell
 

On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 18:27:56 +0000 (GMT), Dave Plowman
wrote:

In article ,
Stewart Pinkerton wrote:
Were those the turntables that didn't have a platter? Balanced the
lp on half-a-dozen pillars?

That was a very old design from the Transcriptors days, the modern
GyroDec looks equally spectacular, but is a more conventional design.

What was the thinking behind that?

Some argued that the record should be allowed to flex naturally.

So that it acted even more like the diaphragm of a microphone and caused
much earlier feedback?

The theory was that vibrations from the stylus would be dissipated
into the air instead of reflected by the platter. Experience and
observation proved this theory to be false, so you don't see any such
tables today, indeed even the asociated Linn theory of unclamped discs
resting on soft felt matss has been effectively discarded, as all the
'high end' tables use clamps or vacuum hold-down to mostly acrylic or
other rigid platters.

And, of course, if the pickup should accidently be knocked off its rest
with the turntable rotating but no disc, it would smash itself to pieces
on one of the pillars...

OUCH!

Didn't other designers clamp the
vinyl to a massive platter?

As do the current Michell turntables.

That's more like it.

Yup, the Orbe is great value, and one of the best at any price.
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering