Garrard 301 - Project
I have been contemplating for a while which turntable to pursue given so many choices. Every time I look around, I just can’t help drooling over a fully restored Garrard 301 or 401. Aside from being an idler-drive, I keep reading and hearing about their unique ability to reproduce music with its sense of drive and impact thus making them very desirable to own. And with available meticulous restoration services and gorgeous plinth options, what’s not to like, right!
Would you please share your experience, good and pitfalls (if any) with a restored Garrard 301 to avoid before I go down this path.
And what about the IEC inlet and power cord, would they be of any significance. My two choices would be Furutech FI-09 NCF or FI-06 (G) inlets.
I have already purchased a Reed 3P Cocobolo 10.5” with Finewire C37+Cryo tonearm/interconnect phono cable with KLEI RCA plugs option.
Still exploring Cart Options, so please feel free to share your choice of cart with Garrard 301 or 401.
And lastly, I would like to extend my gratitude to @fsonicsmith, @noromance @mdalton for the inspiration.
Matt at WickerWoodWorks offers unlimited customizations. The Tallboy serves dual purpose for me, record storage and RCM station. I am placing my Project RCM on top shelf of Tallboy. And I did not order hairpin legs, instead I went with Lowboy option with two additional record drawers (click on link below), https://wickerwoodworks.com/products/the-lowboy-turntable-station?_pos=1&_sid=f4252a2a2&_ss=r TallBoy + LowBoy with 6” wood legs for much sturdier storage solution. |
@noromance Brian - Tried sending update video… some thing about enabling imessage …. I will see about updating my system photos on audiogon…. not much appetite given it’s still fishing season… |
Lalitk, That does look MUCH more stable. Good choice. 350 LPs is roughly 10% of my LP collection (though I estimate 3000 LPs, not 3500). I’ve got LPs stored in 3 locations on the first floor of our house in two antique cabinets and on some bookshelves in a corner of our library, with LPs displayed on edge, and the bulk are in the basement, in two big cabinets, one of which is the flip type and the other of which displays (about 900) LPs on edge. I found that once the flip type cabinet is nearly full, it is not so easy to "flip" LPs to find what I am looking for (jazz vocal LPs stored in alphabetical order according to artist, flip style). I have come to prefer storing on edge; I sometimes use a LED flashlight to find what I am looking for in the rather dim ambient light, but once you know you are in the right place in the alphabet, it is not so hard to find what you’re after. It took 40+ years and the death of my closest audiophile friend from whom I inherited about 800 LPs I selected from his collection of 6000, to get to ~3000. |
@tomic601 Received the photos. Thank you. Audiogon can wait until the fishing season is over. All in good time. |
