Products from brand The Funk Firm
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The Funk SAFFIRE II
Introduction: “Pink Triangle’s Anniversary heralded a milestone on the turntable’s development”. 18 years on, its legendary performance has people fighting over it, willing to pay double its retail price on Ebay. (Yes, really) So, it’s true. Saffire II is precision sculpted from solid acrylic and meticulously finished by hand. Inert and stable this provides an ideal platform to hold arm and record(...)
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The Funk VECTOR 3
Funk’s Vector has been winning awards since it was launched back in 2005. Ongoing development and refinement has resulted in Vector 3. Its radical appearance immediately captures the attention. Leaving aside all else that serves no purpose other than merely to fill space, Funk Vector's shape is organic and minimal, encompassing all that is necessary in a turntable. Attention to detail extends(...)
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The F•XR II
Funk’s first arm A.N.T.I. (F • X), really challenges convention to show how little we’ve progressed. Introduction: Recall: We are after information smaller than the wavelength of light (~ 500 nano metres). If that seems a bit meaningless try thinking of it this way: It’s so small that a laser would swamp, yes, SWAMP the groove, yet a tiny diamond can trace it. Strange but true. Well, you’ve heard(...)
Accessories
VR arm
VR (Vta-Rega) Like its more costly brother, FXR II, Funk’s entry level arm, VR is based on Rega’s 301. In turn 301 is based on their RB300 arm. RB300: No VTA No coherent ground - unbalanced. Re-tightening of the arm mounting can be awkward. RB301: No VTA It has no ground whatsoever. Simply, this is wrong. The pillar and mount of the new 301 is plastic. This is in direct(...)
Analog Sources
The Achromat
How does it work? (Customer question) “Hello! Just one quick question: How can a simple mat change the sound of a turntable? Sorry if that sounds too skeptical or simplistic, but just curious! Michael” Well, if that doesn’t ask it all! We all flounder about things we cannot actually see – that doesn’t mean they do not happen, (flat earth / round earth?) so here goes: The most significant thing(...)
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The Achroplat
How does it work? The most significant thing to realize about analogue is that once you lose any information, it is lost FOREVER; you can NEVER get it back. ..and how easy it is to lose that information? Well, the information in the groove is actually smaller than the wavelength of light. Diamond styli are more sensitive than Lasers which are clumsy. It’s that easy! The term “Groove Grinder”(...)
Do It Yourself
Arm Upgrade
Wraith-Flex Arm Upgrade Cable Soul Coaxing... The output from a Moving Coil cartridge is low. How low? At the lowest signals, there is only just a single electron passing across a transistor’s junction - they don’t get any smaller than that. Signal degradation is never far away. (The single electron theory - forward by O Jones of Pink Triangle during development of the revolutionary Pip pre-amplifier).(...)
Do It Yourself
The Funk Vector Link (Upgrade LP 12)
Are you a happy LP12 owner who wants to keep your deck but experience the dramatic benefits of modern design and technology? If so, then Funk Vector Link is for you! What is the Funk Vector Link? e=vc2 EVOLUTION = VECTOR x CLARITY x CHARM The CHARM is a radically new, low-mass rigid sub-CHassis and ARM board design. It has an optimised teardrop shape and is made from a composite of carbon fibre(...)
Do It Yourself
Upgrade Rega
Achroplat or Achromat : A well-designed platter actually forms a path for the vibrations to travel away from the record. It tricks pressure waves into thinking that they are in a much thicker record - That’s the first requirement. Now we’ve got to get loose the energy. Achroplat does so by using bubbles. Just as in a quality sponge bed mattress, which both supports and damps, as the thin bubble(...)
Do It Yourself
Upgrade SL 1200
The Technics SL 1200 : a decades old bullet proof design, audiophiles are ever increasingly showing interest in it. Unsurprisingly, given its main application is in the high stress environments of the DJ arena weaknesses are evident when applied to audiophile use. Overcoming all its limitations, Funk has re-worked the model. FX1200 is now a direct drive for audiophile use. FX1200 features : • Achromat(...)
