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Wakefield Turntables
The Garrard 401 (39432) Restoration Pt XIII - Not unlucky for some...
The 401 has been a mainstay of my collection for a good number of years now. Presently I'm having a kick-ass time experimenting with JICO stylii, this time it's the JICO SAS/B N447X stylus and it's a real stunner. I'm using this with my modded Shure M55E cartridge, this in itself will be going through a modification with a new Panzerholz body when it arrives from Germany. The new stylus has had about 5-7 hours usage and is nicely burning in, I'm having loads of fun trying different LP's which I haven't played for years. The 401 really is an amazing deck even though it's shunned by people who want an example of it's older brother the 301. Here's a quick picture of current 401 setup.
And here is a close up of the JICO N447-X SAS/B stylus in the Shure M55E.
I'm still debating getting the SAS/R which would be the ultimate for the little Shure M55E, maybe one day! Stay tuned...
Err what happened to your M55e Andy - is that a special edition!? SHURE would like to hear that combo and seriously considering the JICO N447-X SAS/B.
Main system : VPI Scout 1.1 / JMW 9T / 2M Black / Croft 25R+ / Croft 7 / Heco Celan GT 702
Second System : Goldring Lenco GL75 / AT95EX / Pioneer SX590 / Spendor SP2