Michell Gyro SE Turntable

Company Overview

John Michell started his engineering career when he served his apprenticeship at Finchley Motors in the early 1950s, ultimately starting his own business in engineering, growing from a small shed to an industrial building, and even building models for Stanley Kubrick for movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey.

While doing these engineering jobs, John also made parts for Transcriptor turntables, as well as other brands at the time. When Transcriptors moved to Ireland in 1973, John took over manufacturing under license for the reference hydraulic turntable.

In 1977, John Michell produced his first turntable under his own name, called the Michell Reference Electronic. Michell also invented the record clamp technology that is still used today in many of the finest turntables. In 1982, John Michell introduced the Gyrodec and made turntable history. The Gyrodec has been improved over the years and is still offered by Michell Engineering to this day. While John Michell passed away in 2003 after a long illness, his family has kept Michell Engineering going and has even