SME and Garrard

[Nick]

So that's why they bought the name from Terry...

https://www.audiolounge.co.uk/garrard-301-advanced/

Maybe I should put the price of the power supply up and do a matching RAL case colour.

[simon]

Holy ffff....flippin heck. c£50k. It's not clear but looks to be a completely new "301" rather than an original in a fancy plinth?

Please don't put the price of the power supply up for a while - I can't save up fast enough!

[Morgan Jones]

There was a review in HFN+RR this month. It has to be read carefully, but it appears that what you would be buying is an old 301 that has been refurbished and prettified by SME. And the platter is machined to, "an accuracy of one thousandth of an inch". Oh, wow. Even on my ex-school Bantam I can machine to within 10um (quarter thou) on a good day, using traditional tools, no fancy DRO.

[bob orbell]

I bet the dame thing still rumbles . Bob

[Greg]

Clearly, their market expectation is to just sell a few, maybe fewer than few.

[Mike H]

There was a review in HFN+RR this month. It has to be read carefully, but it appears that what you would be buying is an old 301 that has been refurbished and prettified by SME. And the platter is machined to, "an accuracy of one thousandth of an inch". Oh, wow. Even on my ex-school Bantam I can machine to within 10um (quarter thou) on a good day, using traditional tools, no fancy DRO.

[Morgan Jones]

Wow! That's a big "Like"!

Using Ant's idea of dial gauge on cross slide, I have been able to improve my accuracy to 6um, which is just about the limit determined by the head stock bearings of the Colchester Bantam, so I have made a platter bearing for my new turntable that has no discernible play. But I'm not selling my 301; I'll need something to compare new turntable against.

[steve s]

Don't blame you morgan, a good reference is everything

[Mike H]

Wow! That's a big "Like"!

It certainly is Ollie.