I am considering to upgrade my current turntable with -a long time dream- Gyrodec with a SME V. I want to learn that is it possible to add a second tonearm (Rega RB301) to Gyrodec?
It has been years since I sold them but I think so; I believe I have seen them with 2 and I think it said so in the dealer lit, which I no longer have. A very good table and very good looking.
Yes it's possible but only with the early versions of the Gyrodec like the MK I, II. I have a MK II converted to an SE and it has holes where the motor is for a second arm board. There is a counterweight in the subchassis that is removed.
The original version had a hole in the plinth where the motor would move to.
The later Gyrodecs seem to have abandoned this option. I am not sure when it was discontinued but somwhere along the time line of MKIII or MKIV.
I remember seeing pictures of the Gyro SE Mk II with 2 arms. The 2nd arm gets placed where the motor housing normally sits and the motor moves to the front-left of the table. This is from memory, and I don't know what has to be done to the table technically for it to be balanced properly in this setup, but it can be done.
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