Originally Posted by
Marco
I do like your taste in T/Ts, Adam -nice one
As far as your 301 is concerned though, I'm not sure I would (in fact I wouldn't) swap your HR-100S for an SME V, as depending on what cartridge was being used, I think it would be more of a 'side-grade' than an upgrade...
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I have actually done the comparison on my Garrard 301 as David foolishly left his own SME V in the HFW office just before the Christmas holidays a few years back - he was off East for the duration so I ...er....'borrowed' it for the festive season!
Running an ATOC9-MLII I still found it to be an improvement over the HR-100S but I was surprised that it was a quite subtle improvement, rather than the huge leap forward I was expecting. This was also before I sent the HR-100S off to Johnnie at Audio Origami for a bearing service, whereupon it came back sounding even better, although not necessarily in the areas where I felt the V excelled.
Consequently, I shall still have a V some day but the Alphason is also in the category of items that I will never get rid of - I'm sure I can find another deck to put it on when the day comes!
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