Heybrook TT2 Turntable / Linn Basik Plus Tonearm / K5 Cartridge

Here we have a classically styled turntable from British company Heybrook. Our example of the vintage TT2 is fitted with a Linn Basik Plus tonearm and K5 cartridge. It comes in good fully working condition and will be supplied in original factory packaging along with manual plus our regular three month warranty. Please note that the warranty does not include the fitted cartridge. No original lid is supplied with the turntable but we will have one to fit if the buyer would like it – just ask…

Heybrook Said….
This precision engineered and hand-built record deck is designed and manufactured to the highest standards of British Audio craftsmanship, for the best in musical performance at a realistic cost.
The objective was to produce a turntable which accurately extracts information from the groove. This can only be achieved by optimising the performance of each component in the design. A turntable must be seen as a complete electro-mechanical system. The performance can never be better than the system’s weakest link. Thus every design
detail on the TT2 has been exhaustively developed to ensure a fine blend of quality engineering.
The attractive outer plinth is massively constructed of laminated, high-density particle board. This inert structure has excellent properties for the dissipation of acoustic energy. It is thus an effective shield, preventing unwanted forces from acting on the chassis assembly within. Unlike conventional designs, there is no large air space beneath the plinth to act as a resonant cavity.
The immensely strong  chassis is mounted on three coil springs. Their resonant frequency of 5 Hz., together with their rubber mounting bushes, ensures total isolation of the chassis assembly at audio frequencies. The robust and rigid nature of the construction gives direct coupling between the chassis, armboard, bearing and platter. Thus a closed mechanical loop is formed within which energy is dissipated in a controlled manner.
The laminated armboard possesses excellent self-damping properties. It also provides a secure base for the arm, and is rigidly coupled to the chassis. This is essential to maintain the correct relationship between stylus and record. The armboard can be supplied ready for most major arms, as well as the Heybrook arm.
The high inertia of the heavy two-piece platter gives excellent speed constancy. The inner platter terminates in a hardened and diamond¬ polished bearing shaft. This runs on a precision steel thrust ball lubricated by a high specification light oil. Extreme care is taken in the engineering and assembly of this close tolerance moving system to ensure exceptionally low wow, flutter and rumble.
Further control is achieved by using a precision-ground drive belt circulating on a close tolerance crowned pulley. The pulley has two steps and speed change is effected by lifting off the platter and manually moving the belt from one step to the other. The pulley is attached to the drive shaft of a low-speed, 24 pole, synchronous motor. This is firmly bolted to the plinth to isolate motor noise from the chassis assembly.
Because the TT2 is designed as a complete system, the excellence of all component parts complement and enhance each other. The sheer mass and strength of the turntable keeps acoustical and mechanical resonances to an absolute minimum. The high quality of the drive system and moving parts ensures exceptionally quiet and stable operation. The extreme solidity of the design enables the arm and cartridge to track the record without being adversely affected by external sources. The resulting sound is clean, detailed and dynamic, with satisfying solidity and weight. Detail resolution is excellent and stereo imagery is precise and with good depth, allowing the listener to appreciate fully all aspects of the music.
Specifications:
Speeds; 33 and 45 rpm
Speed Drift: Less than 0.1% peak to peak
Wow and Flutter: Less than 0.08% DIN peak weighted
Rumble: Better than minus 79 dB (DIN B weighted)
Chassis Suspension Frequency: 5 Hz
Linn Said….
The Linn Basik Plus and Basik LV-X were designed according to many of the same criteria as the Linn Ittok LV-II. The Basik arms are intended to provide substantially better performance than has heretofore been available in a moderately priced tonearm, and will outperform arms which are vastly more expensive. They are the obvious choice for use on the Linn Sondek turntable, where monetary or other considerations preclude the use of the Ittok. They mount on the same armboard template as the Ittok, making a later upgrade extremely easy. They are also compatible with most transcription turntables, but it is well to remember that the turntable is by far the most important component. In our experience a Linn Basik tonearm with its original cartridge mounted on a Linn Sondek turntable will outperform a Linn Ittok tonearm with an Asak cartridge, mounted on any other turntable.
The Basik arms incorporate full gimbal ball bearings, and a large diameter straight arm tube. The Basik Plus utilizes a non-detachable headshell. The Basik LV-X incorporates a special detachable headshell which uses a C-clamping arrangement. This approach allows the headshell junction to be almost as rigid as a non-detachable type, at the cost of a slight increase of the effective mass of the arm.
The Basik Arms are suitable for use with a wide range of magnetic cartridges. The Basik Plus, with its more rigid non-detachable headshell, is suitable for use with a variety of moving coil cartridges.
Specifications:
Linn Basik Plus Tonearm
Effective Mass: 10 g
Tracking Force: 0 to 3 g
Cartridge Weight: 2 to 10 g
Effective Length: 229 mm
Overhang: 18 mm
Mounting Distance: 211 mm
Lateral Bearing Friction: < 50 mg
Horizontal Bearing Friction: < 50 mg