Revolver BRC Turntable / Linn Basik LVX Tonearm – Black

Here we have a vintage turntable from British company Revolver. It features their trademark split plinth, belt drive system, Linn LV-X tonearm and a Goldring anti-static record mat. It comes in fully working condition with a few age related marks. It will be professionally packaged and comes with our usual 3 month warranty. Please note the fitted cartridge is not covered by this warranty and there is no lid.
Revolver Said….
The Revolver is a two-speed belt drive turntable available without tonearm or complete with factory fitted tonearm/ cartridge. Plinth finished in either red or grey.
The unique operating concept of the Revolver is the split plinth configuration. This allows the record tracing system to be placed on one (upper) platform with everything else on the other (lower) platform. The two platforms are connected together in such a way that extraneous movement is controlled in direction with no moving parts or set up requirement.
Both plinth and platter are made of medium density fibreboard, a self-damping material with good sample consistency and surface accuracy.
Drive is from an AC synchronous motor with two-speed stepped pulley through an ethylene propylene drive belt to the platter periphery. Speed change is manual. High quality adequately rated components are used in the motor control circuit.
The bearing assembly is a traditional engineering type, i.e. a steel shaft, and captive ball running in a lubricated brass housing. Combining this simple design with computer controlled machining facilities, bearing tolerances of ± one ten thousandth of an inch can be maintained.
The dust cover is pressure moulded acrylic, the shape giving increased torsional rigidity. The machine sits on three moulded rubber non­adjustable feet.
Specifications:
Type: manual turntable
Drive: belt drive
Speeds: 33 and 45 rpm
Dimensions: 420 (W) x 360 (D) x 135 (H) mm
Weight: 6.5 kgs
Linn Said….
The Linn Basik LV-X was designed according to many of the same criteria as the Linn Ittok LV-II. The Basik arm is 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.
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.
Specifications:
Effective Mass: 12 g
Tracking Force: 0 to 3 g
Cartridge Weight: 2 to 10 g
Effective Length: 230 mm
Overhang: 18 mm
Mounting Distance: 211 mm

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