Plattenspieler und Zubehör

MICHELL


In the mid-1960s, John Michell founded Michell Engineering. The company concentrated on making parts for other record player companies for a decade, but all the time, John was focused on developing the single biggest development in turntable history.

In the 1980s, with the goal of isolating the sensitive parts of the turntable from sources of vibration and mechanical noise, John designed a suspended turntable with a floating pendulum sub-chassis and an ingenious oil-pumping inverted main bearing, which advanced vinyl playback far beyond the competition. 

John sadly passed in late 2003, but not before ensuring Michell’s future under his family’s steady management. Today Michell designs and manufactures a suit of turntables, tonearms and cartridges that offer music lovers the opportunity to experience high-end analogue audio at a very affordable price.
John Michell founds Michell Engineering.

John began his engineering career when he served an apprenticeship with Finchley Autos in the early fifties. Deciding to start his own business, he set up in his garden shed and quickly moved to a small industrial unit in North London. Working as a jobbing engineering company, he soon outgrew the premises so, during the mid ‘60’s, moved to Borehamwood. Although very much an engineering company, John also made scale models and it was during this time that he met Stanley Kubrick and built the space ship ‘Discovery’ for the film 2001 – Space Odyssey, later to become the inspiration for the GyroDec.