Garrard Turn Table

MillerLiteScott

I got this Turn table from my father the other day. He has been moving it from house to house to house over the past 10-15 years. I listen to many a record on this turntable from my early teen years until I went to college. It still has the stock IC and hard wired power cord/lamp cord. I got it to work but the motor is noisy and the stylus is gone.

Does any of you TT heads think it is worth salvaging?

I did come across an old magazine ad for Garrard TT on the infonet and it was very similar to a vintage Polk ad.

hearingimpared

Garrard made some great stuff in their day. Maybe with a little tinkering and oil and De-oxit you may have something there. Go to turntableneedles.com for a stylus or cartridge. There are some vintage turntable sites that you can see, what, if any value it may have.

MillerLiteScott

Thanks HI

It looks like the tone arm is a well engineered and machined piece. I just need to spend a little time with it and get a new cartridge. If anything I should just repair it as a nostalgia piece.

Ironically right now I have three turn tables and 5 albums.

hearingimpared

MillerLiteScott wrote:

Ironically right now I have three turn tables and 5 albums.

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa

mhardy6647

aaaaaaaa, it's a Zero 100!

The 'zero tracking error' arm is a clever design (it's a pantograph), but it is heavy and it's not too well executed; they're kind of notorious. There are some fans of the Zero 100 series... I'm not one of them.

Now, if you stumble upon a Garrard 301 or 401... hang on to that

EDIT: These references'll give you an array of opinions on the Zero 100 family:
http://audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=103557&highlight=garrard
http://audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=96834&highlight=garrard
http://audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=90625&highlight=garrard
http://audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=82730&highlight=garrard

more, from AA:
http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.mpl?forum=vinyl&n=629467&highlight=garrard+zero&r=&session=
http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.mpl?forum=vinyl&n=626388&highlight=garrard+zero&r=&session=
http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.mpl?forum=vinyl&n=525005&highlight=garrard+zero&r=&session=
http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.mpl?forum=vinyl&n=479819&highlight=garrard+zero&r=&session=
http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.mpl?forum=vinyl&n=222368&highlight=garrard+zero&r=&session=

hearingimpared

mhardy6647 wrote:

aaaaaaaa, it's a Zero 100!

The 'zero tracking error' arm is a clever design (it's a pantograph), but it is heavy and it's not too well executed; they're kind of notorious. There are some fans of the Zero 100 series... I'm not one of them.

Now, if you stumble upon a Garrard 301 or 401... hang on to that

I recall the 401s nice stuff. I remember when you had to buy Garrard piecemeal.

MillerLiteScott

Thanks guys for the info and links.

I will look into lubricating and de-oxing in the next few days.

What kind of cartridge do you think I should get for this TT?

hearingimpared

MillerLiteScott wrote:

Thanks guys for the info and links.

I will look into lubricating and de-oxing in the next few days.

What kind of cartridge do you think I should get for this TT?

Ask the good people at Turntableneedles.com, they know every cart and stylus ever!

halo

I had a Garrard that I got from my pop in my first "rig". Don't remember the #. Thanks for the memories

strider

Scott,

I have an Ortofon OM 10 from my old table and a Goldring Eroica I found in a box the other day. If either of these would work for you they're yours. When I took apart my old table the Ortofon was still working fine, the Eroica, I have no idea where it came from. Let me know if you want one.

Ben

Schwingding

I have lots of albums you're welcome to take on long term loan Scott. Eventually I'll get a turntable again, but no time in the near future. Next time we schedule a listening session, remind me about the albums.

MillerLiteScott

Wow.

Thanks Ben and Mike. I may just take you guys up on this.

Ben I do not know much about TT but I take your advice.

Mike Thanks for the record offer. I used to have quite the collection myself but an unfortunate incident in college ruined my entir collection.

We should all get together for a listen, we can be more than 10-15 minute from each other.

Scott

P.S. Sorry for the delay in my post but I posted yesterday just as the site went down for maintenance and lost my post.

Schwingding

MillerLiteScott wrote: »

We should all get together for a listen, we can be more than 10-15 minute from each other.

That sounds like a good idea.

strider

Schwingding wrote: »

That sounds like a good idea.

I agree. Let's set up a time, otherwise my S/O will have something planned for me. I've been wanting to get my ears on some tubes; on the other hand Jesse helped me get the SDA's running strong, too, and I don't mind hosting.

MillerLiteScott

Let's figure something out. I am out of town this weekend. But plans in the next coming weeks would be cool.

Schwingding

Ben, where do you live? I'm in Glen Arm, near the corner of Manor and Glen Arm roads. We should do a thing at all 3 of our houses to get our ears on various equipment.

MillerLiteScott

Progressive listening. Now there is an idea.

Schwingding > Big Guns

Strider > SDA 2 B's

MLS > Budget 2 channel