The Garrard 301 Restoration Project PT LXXIV - Sensible Head!

It's Friday night and there's a little Jazz being played and a little whiskey (McCallum 12 year old) being sipped, time for a little reflection and an update on the 301. I've decided against a third arm on the 301 for vintage MM carts, instead I've pressed my Garrard 401/SME V-12 combo into action instead, I've been using my Grace F9E on the SME V-12 and it sounds excellent, so I guess that saves funds and more messing around with the 301. I've made one major change to the setup of the 301 and that's with the tonearm mounts, previously I'd been bolting these to the bamboo plinth and things sounds ok, things no sound better as I've glued both the 3009 and 3012 mounts into place and things seem (to these ears) sound a little better. So, here's the proof.....



MONO also sounds very good, I have shelved the idea of using IPE tonearm mounts on the bamboo plinth, the Panzerholz mounts work really well. Now I think it's time to stop messing around for the time being and just and the fruits of my labours, but this may be easier said than done . I;ve heard that Stack Audio have just produced a new record puck and platter mat, now the isolation footers worked TOO WELL in my system and I ended up sending them back as they made things too analytical and just like my Technics 1210 setup (what's the point in having two systems which sound very very similar) ? Well, that's about all I have to say this time around, so as ever stay tuned.........