Pierre et Vacances?

10 September 2025

When is a holiday not a holiday? When you’re asked to fix a turntable instead of going to the beach 😂

Ever helpful, that’s what Rob ended up doing a couple of weeks ago during his summer holidays, resurrecting a vintage Audiomeca Pierre Lurne J1 turntable that was out of action and badly in need of some TLC.

This music fan had run out of options. The turntable specialist in Malaga confessed they didn’t know where to start. He turned to a custom installer in the area, who could help with his Naim streamer, but not the Audiomeca. However, the custom installer did know Rob, and put the two in touch.

Rob arrived to discover a half-built deck; issues with the SME IV tonearm set up, the drive belt and VTA amongst others. He stripped it back and started again re-building, seating the belt properly (easier said than done on these!), measuring and setting up the SME IV correctly, set the VTA and hey presto, it’s singing!

Rob has a new and very happy Spanish customer and friend for life!

All in a day’s working holiday…😉