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Recommendation for a wall-mounted turntable light

I’m looking for a good light that I can use to illuminate my turntable.  However, I live in California/earthquake country and don’t really want a light that’ll just sit on my audio rack in case if falls over and damages my turntable/tonearm/cartridge when things start to shake.  So that kind of puts one of the UberLights out of the picture (although I love the Frame model and think it would look pretty awesome).  I know that the Frame can be bolted to a surface, but I’m not about to drill holes in my Symposium Acoustics rack!  I don't really want to clamp it to the rack either.  So, I was thinking that there might be a light that could be wall mounted that might do the trick.  I’ve looked around a bit but haven’t found anything that great, so I thought maybe someone here might have a suggestion.

Any ideas?

lpluvr
crnkit
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I bought this and received it no issue. It is really quality feeling to it.

 

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elliottbnewcombjr
7,701 posts
 

@crnkit 

I like Aliexpress, at 1st I didn’t check shipping cost, I learned to pay attention to that, same item, many sellers, let shipping cost be your guide.

That is a unique and clever fixture, reminds me of step lights we used to install low.

I’m not sure it would be enough light for many, especially old dogs like me. I researched lighting when I designed Corporate Office Space for a living. A big IBM study way back when, showed that as we age we need more light, but are more bothered by glare.

I found a fixture in Germany (they were way ahead of USA on ergonomics) that used a compact fluorescent lamp (new at the time) in a flexible task lamp that directed the light to the side, so for Fortune Magazine’s researchers and editors, I had them make a custom version, throws the light across what they are reading, from the side, thus no glare looking front to back. They were persnickety people, but loved that solution.

For my friend, linear, between two TTs, directing to both sides, works very well.

It’s not that apparent, but I keep a jointed light fixture on top of my right side speaker that also has a swivel head, it can aim backwards into the corner for a little atmospheric light in the corner, or pull over my amp and aim light onto the TT area. It has a dimmer, can get quite bright (100watt halogen), and I bounce that light into my mirror on the TT which is reflected up by the magnifying mirror to the underside of my cartridges.

Not something I selected, just something I had and improvised. It’s chrome, looks nicer than plastic next to my amp, but I had a brass one, it died, I preferred that to chrome.

You can see the mirror (has it’s own led edge light) thru the dust cover here

Look under the TT, a 6 column chart, a pencil, I was finally gonna track the hours of play for my various cartridges. What a joke, I forgot all about it right away.

kennyc
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