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Garrard 401- My New/Old Turntable
Ive had a 401 gathering dust in the garage for a while- and thought it was about time I had it serviced & add a new plinth.
So, I made contact with Tony who is renown for his high quality servicing & refurbing of Garrards here in Auckland. I purchased a new Piano Black Plinth, a cork mat & other bits & piece. A month later, Tony had completed the refurb/servicing- mine was an early example in good condition & only needed a service & cleaning (the linkages were replated as well). Transferred my Jelco 750D & Lyra Argoi cartridge & gave it a spin. Wow- big difference from my Oracle Delphi- subjectively more drive & deep base, slightly recessed upper treble however (Tony thinks that will return once the table settles down & run in properly- usually after 50 hours of use). Thinking of installing the SMD Acoustics Garrard 401 Stainless Oil Bearing & Spindle Upgrade & adding the Artisan Fidelity precision replacement idler wheel featuring a special rubber composite concentric seamless periphery running surface. Unfortunately- after a week had to pack it all away due to kitchen/lounge renovations- so am looking forward to playing with the 401 in a few weeks time. Anyway- its been great fun setting the old/new 401 up . Last edited by jdandy; 08-18-2017 at 12:29 AM. Reason: enlarge photo |
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Looks real nice and would make any owner very proud to have that TT. Great job by all.
Best Sir, Bob
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Nick.......What a lovely turntable. This is going to fit right into your new dedicated room.
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Congratulations on a gorgeous table.
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Wow! Your 401 is a real beauty.
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Stunning.
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Very nice.
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Very very cool to have these serviced and ready to keep rolling -things like the 401's should never go away. In fact a friend of mine has parts of it here in his house so I will be starting a project, get the missing parts from England then make it come to life at some point next year.
Cartridges wise, would you say going for a Benz Ebony H (MC but with a very high gain) into the MM of my McIntosh MA6600 would be a wise choice? I loved that tonearm you transferred from the Oracle btw!
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Jarrah floors are sanded tomorrow (Monday) & carpets cleaned on Friday, so with a bit of luck I can reassemble my system on Saturday (2nd Sept). Im really excited about having music back in the house- & trying out the Wireworld Speaker Cables - its gonna be fun! |
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