Does anybody use a light for their turntable? Like a little goose neck type? I’m looking for something small, that isn’t too bright, and doesn’t generate any noise. I’m thinking something like this iGoober amber book light.
Sometimes I like to listen in the dark and don’t want to turn on a bigger lamp. Also it might be nice to have a glowing ambiance to the turntable. I might also want to change the color to green
I’m sure a reading light like that would do the job fine if you can find something suitable to attach it to. I would be a little wary of the level of RFI it might produce, especially near a turntable. I’ve tested a wide variety of mains powered LED lights, and most of them produce high levels of RFI which I would want to keep well away from my HiFi sources. Maybe worth buying one online so that you can test it, and return it if there are any issues.
Yes, I realise that, although even battery powered LEDs can emit RFI. Probably not much, but the very low level signal from a turnable/cartridge will be about the most sensitive bit of HiFi there is.
That’s what I’m concerned about - noise. Any kind of dimming can introduce noise. I could just buy it and try. It’s only like $13. Just mount it on the opposite side of the cartridge. I might remove some leds and then run it in full bright mode too.
At that price I guess you don’t have much to lose, and if it’s really bad you could always return it. It’s true that switching to a lower brightness is more likely to generate switching noise, so it may well be OK on full output.
I’d been thinking along the lines of getting a Tizio desk light but now the way my racks are looking like shaping up it would have to sit on top of the CD player and I’m not sure that would be a good idea
Here is the one I use. Got this one from IKEA a while back, maybe £10 or £12 ish, but think a version is still available, in black or white. (Just keep we’ll away from the sensitive bits of your TT and will work a treat).
Also, you can get similar albeit smaller ones that work from a USB port, (which can be connected from front of other bits of Naim HiFi, I have an n-DAC close by, with a USB port on the front) or from my laptop which is sometimes put nearby.