@pindac A slate tile is not the same as a 40kg 50mm slab of Pennsylvania state!
The trace below shows how a slate tile rings for about a second, when struck, (and they say it makes a good plinth material). Its damping factor is 0.017, very poor!
Is a Garrard 401 or 301 "accurate"??
So my question is this..I have been running a modified Garrard 401 or 301 for the last 20 years. Right now I have a 401 in a slate plinth, after market Idler, bearing and platter. I honestly have not really done much listening to modern high end turntables. Now that I've been spending more on my system over the last few years, the rest of the components including arm, cartridge and phono stage are of a higher caliber than they were 20 years ago. I am wondering if what I am hearing is a colored presentation. To my ears it sounds great but it's a very full weighty kind of sound. Just wondering what people who have compared a high end table directly to a modded garrard feel. Are the Garrard's presentation one that is not necessarily tonally accurate?? Thanks David
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@pindac Thanks for an enjoyable read. I have three refurbished 401s—two early and one later model units. One in 50mm Pennsylvania slate, one in 5x13 layer Baltic birch ply with a solid walnut top, and the other as a working skeletal project. I too have been impressed by the large improvement in sound quality when using the SPH bearing. |
@pindac What bearing did you prefer? |
I too have a slate plinthed rebuilt 401 with aftermarket idler (Artisan Fidelity), platter (PAC), and SPH bearing. I don’t have a power supply. One inexpensive tweak that really helped open up the mids/highs was to add 3 x Nobsound springs as feet. Another was to use a "rack" of concrete blocks. See my system under my profile. |