SME release new Garrard 301

Price is 12,500GBP (c.$16500)

noromance05-08-2019 12:52pm

noromance OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 9,936 posts 05-08-2019 at 02:25pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Insider info from Munich show! I believe it comes with the tonearm and plinth.
lewm Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 13,296 posts 05-08-2019 at 02:33pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete THAT tonearm and THAT plinth? It looks like a replica of the original, rather than an upgrade from it. Unlike what Technics did with the SP1000R.
noromance OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 9,936 posts 05-08-2019 at 02:40pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I know Lew, it's almost like it's 4/1. Seems to be a Loricraft-style plinth.
totem395 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 390 posts 05-08-2019 at 04:18pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Not one to normally begrudge a re do but I sense "a swing and a miss" considering what its asking price.
jperry Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,458 posts 05-08-2019 at 07:10pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I was hoping for a Garrard 601. With improvements in materials and manufacturing process precision I would hope SME could take an idler drive turntable to the next level of precision and sound quality.