Garrard 301 Turntable With Ortofon SMG 212 Tonearm, Grease Bearing

Garrard 301 Turntable. Garrard 301 Vintage Turntable with Gray Research 108 Tonearm, Unless SME implemented a strategy to produce runs of parts by the thousands, a new Garrard 301 for $16K is right on the money. Features that enthusiasts will appreciate are suppression of switch clicks, the heavy turntable platter accurately balanced and very fine degrees of speed control available for all three speeds 33⅓, 45 and 78 rpm which can all be adjusted by approximately 2½%.

Appreciating the qualities of these old Lencos was an important element in the emergence of a wider interest in vintage turntables that is still gathering pace Footnote 2: There is a single exception to this: In the original 301, various under-chassis mechanical parts, particularly elements of the switching linkage, were plated with cadmium to resist corrosion

Hammertone Garrard 301 classic turntable with SME 3009 II.MINT Photo

Unless SME implemented a strategy to produce runs of parts by the thousands, a new Garrard 301 for $16K is right on the money. Appreciating the qualities of these old Lencos was an important element in the emergence of a wider interest in vintage turntables that is still gathering pace Ken Kessler fills you in on the history of the Garrard 301 turntable and fixes its place among other classic tables, such as the AR XA, Linn LP-12, Thorens TD-150, and Ariston RD-11

Audio Grail Garrard 301 in Cusworth plinth Turntable Cd Player. The early model commands the highest price nowadays and debate swirls about which model is the best The early gray enamel grease bearing model, the cream enamel grease bearing model and the oil bearing version

Audio Grail Garrard 301 in Cusworth plinth Turntable Cd Player. This is the first of a series of how-to 6moons articles about buying, restoring and hot-rodding a vintage Garrard 301 transcription turntable Footnote 2: There is a single exception to this: In the original 301, various under-chassis mechanical parts, particularly elements of the switching linkage, were plated with cadmium to resist corrosion