Garrard 401 Mounting to Plinth- Isolation Washers?


401 owners: do you use isolation washers between your plinth and the 401? Or attach without?

dhcod

@dhcod ​​​ Why not try both ways? I did and preferred direct contact. You’ll hear opinions on both ways but it really is down to one’s taste at the end of the day. Further, hard washers like Dover’s carbon fiber will retain much of the direct contact effect, and may even improve on it. However, I do not recommend soft washers or rubber/Sorbothane gaskets.

I used bolts through the plinth and carbon fibre washers between chassis and plinth and between bottom nut and plinth for both 301 & 401.