Steve Graham looks forward to getting his groove back with two turntables. (and a microphone?) Funk Firm Flamenca Pro-Ject The Classic SB SuperPack Feast or famine, or rather famine or feast – recently Noam and I were lamenting the fact that I had no decent analogue source. Then all of a sudden two turntables appeared on the horizon steaming straight for me. The Funk Firm (link) from the UK is one of those small British manufacturers that brings to mind men in flat caps, riding bicycles to work in the rain and stopping for a pint of warm brown ale on the way home to eggs, chips and beans for “tea”. A post-WWII austerity image that is no doubt wildly inaccurate today. Funk Firm, which appears to be the phoenix from the ashes of long-gone turntable manufacturer Pink Triangle, has some “out there” designs. The Flamenca is one notch up from their entry level ‘table, with some funky (sorry, couldn’t resist) arm “pivots” that actually use thread! More the thinking of English eccentrics than traditionalists, it would appear. I can’t wait to see it and take it for a spin. Pro-ject Audio is an Austrian/Czech company that produces [...]
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