Heybrook TT2
Not much is documented about the Heybrook TT2 beyond its November 1984 equipment profile in Audio. The record shows a serious belt-drive turntable with an integrated pivoted tonearm. The review's title lists it plainly as a "turntable and tonearm" package. It used a synchronous motor and a heavy, two-part aluminum platter on a floating suspension. The reviewer felt the suspension blocked the acoustic feedback a dust cover can cause on more rigidly coupled decks. The arm was a straight tube with a non-detachable headshell, balanced by a counterweight on a threaded shaft.
Audio (November 1984, p.100) found the TT2 exceptionally stable. It compared the calm, unruffled presentation to a great ocean liner undisturbed by its surroundings. Measured wow and flutter was 0.03% unweighted and 0.18% DIN peak weighted, which the magazine praised as superb performance (p.98). Manufacturer's specifications published alongside the review claimed speed drift under 0.1%, wow and flutter within ±0.1% DIN peak weighted, and rumble better than -73 dB DIN B weighted.
Known specifications from the profile:
- Belt drive; synchronous motor; 33⅓ and 45 rpm
- Speed drift: less than 0.1%
- Wow & flutter: less than ±0.1% DIN peak weighted (measured: 0.03% unweighted, 0.18% DIN peak weighted)
- Rumble: better than −73 dB DIN B weighted
- Pivoted straight-tube tonearm with non-detachable headshell
Production years and original price are not documented in the available material.
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