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As an ex Celestion Engineer I used to test these on the production line at Celestion.... love them. Great speakers and way ahead of their time back then. I'd love them but 1) They're a bit richly priced for me and 2) I'd get lynched if I brought more speakers into the house. I have my prototype...

I think you'll find the original Cranfield only had a round armboard. As I stated above, it's hard to find one now that hasn't been modified after all these years, so those with 'rectangular' armboards have no doubt, been modified, to fit later arms, including later Excaliburs and the plinth has...

Hi, im afraid you get me totally wrong, I absolutely DO love the Cranfield Rock. In fact I.love the Rocks in all their forms, and scarcity doesn't worry me at all - I have rebuilt and have here the Cranfield prototype used to demonstrate the Rocks abilities way back in the late 70's - it doesn't...

You are right, very few have heard a Reference at all, let alone back to back against anything else. Apart from Max, myself and a few other few persons I know, some of whom are no longer with us, sadly. There's probably very few other people that have heard two against each other, or had the...

The original Cranfield is good, but it's plagued with problems, hence it was quickly replaced by the Rock 2. There is a story behind all that, but it's a long one - too long for here! If you can find an original one, that's been looked after, with all the original parts on it, it would be a good...

I'm always interested, for use as donors for my custom Rocks, so marks, peeling powder coated and even rust is fine for me as long as the bearings ok. I can make a pretty much instant assessment of that, just by looking at it, or at least requesting a video . Cheers Matt

The trough I believe is a Townshend Avalon one. It has no pin and is less tall than the original Rock one, which means arm height could be wrong. I can supply troughs, but theyre not cheap. The clamp is also not original, same with the armboard, not that that matters. I can supply acrylic...

Both those arms work superbly well on a Rock. I've just put a NOS Zeta from my collection, (similiar of course to the Mechanic also made by GB Tools) on one of my custom Rock 3's, with a Benz Micro Wood SL. It sounds weighty, but fast, detailed and very nice. The Mechanic, I suggest would be...

It all depends on the spec... I only sell full custom modified, one off versions. I don't sell them as standard units.... Hence my comment about the budget. Keep looking and you'll find one on here or ebay at some point, If you just want a cheap standard one. They come up quite often, but are...

Also a rock reference but at ludicrous money (it actually isn't any better than the basic one with a merlin or alternative PSU. Sorry, but I have to say I don't think you've heard one in full fettle in a suitable system if you think that. Also, in comparison to a lot of very high end and...

I have loads, but I suspect they'll be above your budget.... see my website. www.therockdoconline.com

No it won't, it'll need a tweak to the motor psu (ie a component adding) and a new 50Hz pulley... All the best Matt

It's defo a Rock two, but that's a non-descript later trough, likely from an Avalon, as it looks Rock 3 'era' but has no pin... Cheers. Matt (P.S. I'm the RockDoc that Mark refers to up above!). I have about 19 Rock 2's and 3 Rock 3's here currently... as well as at least one of all the others...

Thats defo a Rock 2

Yeah, most of them are still going strong and are still reasonably cheap. What do you use now? Best regards Matt