I always enjoy reading about your vinyl adventures. Lovely patina on that mat (gunmetal? ).
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I always enjoy reading about your vinyl adventures. Lovely patina on that mat (gunmetal? ).
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The Garrard 301 Restoration Project PT XCV - She Sings!
Well the new tonearm works and it outputs sonics but it hums like a bugger. I'm knackered and had a long day so this is a problem for another day. I have been looking around the spares bin again and managed to find to N44-7 (SAS/B) JICO stylus which originally was used on my M44 and M55 cartridges so it looks like I won't have to spend any more money with JICO. I'll have to do some experiments tomorrow. Suffice to say I'm very pleased that all the modding has worked and now the fine tuning begins.
As ever stay tuned...
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Glad you enjoy it Charles. The mat is a Tenuto mat from years ago and has had thousands of hours of usage over the last decade. Stay tuned, this project has still got a fare bit of steam left in the tank.Originally Posted by Chas B
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CD Teac VRDS25X(Audiotuned) DECK 1210 Mat Crystal Audio Mods MN Base/Bearing/Platter+Ebony armboard Feet Isonoe PSU Paul Hynes SR7EHD-27XL/DCSXL Ag DC lead/3 Stage Regs/Recap PCB+No Pitch/Strobe/Light ARM SME V(Kondo Ag Rewire&Tags) MC Cadenza Black FGS CABLES Arm Yannis SPD-4 IC Yannis 222 Litz+Ag bullets Power WAR PRE ATC SCA2 SPEAKERS ATC 50ASL STANDS Atacama PHONO Sugden Masterclass PA4 SUT Ortofon ST80SE POWER PSAudio P10
VALVE / MONO
PRE Croft Epoch(Modded) AMP Sondex S100 (Modded) SPEAKERS Tannoy 15"MG+RFC Warwick cabs+ Ref XO + Batpure supertweeters DECK Garrard 301 Mat Teunto Bearings 401(Bastin) Plinth Bamboo Arms 3009/3012 PSU Eagle+Tachometer MC Ag Meister II/FGS + Ortofon SPU MONO CABLES Arm Yannis 420.5 Litz+ SpeakerPC Tripple C+WBT-0681 Ag IC Oyaide FTVS-510 AgWBT 0110Ag Phonostages Paradise(4 Box Mega-Modded) / Croft Musicmaker
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Sounds like an earthing problem. Does the SME arm use phono sockets? The metalwork of the arm is earthed separately via an earthing screw, near the phono sockets and uses a separate wire back to the amplifier.
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I'm going to investidate over the next few days. It does indeed use RCA sockets and I have a seperate grounding wire which I've attached to the phonostage, I think the IC's might be a little too close to the 301's motor and might be picking up something from there. It's all good fun and a little frustating at the same time.
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CD Teac VRDS25X(Audiotuned) DECK 1210 Mat Crystal Audio Mods MN Base/Bearing/Platter+Ebony armboard Feet Isonoe PSU Paul Hynes SR7EHD-27XL/DCSXL Ag DC lead/3 Stage Regs/Recap PCB+No Pitch/Strobe/Light ARM SME V(Kondo Ag Rewire&Tags) MC Cadenza Black FGS CABLES Arm Yannis SPD-4 IC Yannis 222 Litz+Ag bullets Power WAR PRE ATC SCA2 SPEAKERS ATC 50ASL STANDS Atacama PHONO Sugden Masterclass PA4 SUT Ortofon ST80SE POWER PSAudio P10
VALVE / MONO
PRE Croft Epoch(Modded) AMP Sondex S100 (Modded) SPEAKERS Tannoy 15"MG+RFC Warwick cabs+ Ref XO + Batpure supertweeters DECK Garrard 301 Mat Teunto Bearings 401(Bastin) Plinth Bamboo Arms 3009/3012 PSU Eagle+Tachometer MC Ag Meister II/FGS + Ortofon SPU MONO CABLES Arm Yannis 420.5 Litz+ SpeakerPC Tripple C+WBT-0681 Ag IC Oyaide FTVS-510 AgWBT 0110Ag Phonostages Paradise(4 Box Mega-Modded) / Croft Musicmaker
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Blinmey it's been some time since I updates this, over a month, bi-gum! Lots of stuff going on and some hardware swapping, more tomorrow if I get chance.
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CD Teac VRDS25X(Audiotuned) DECK 1210 Mat Crystal Audio Mods MN Base/Bearing/Platter+Ebony armboard Feet Isonoe PSU Paul Hynes SR7EHD-27XL/DCSXL Ag DC lead/3 Stage Regs/Recap PCB+No Pitch/Strobe/Light ARM SME V(Kondo Ag Rewire&Tags) MC Cadenza Black FGS CABLES Arm Yannis SPD-4 IC Yannis 222 Litz+Ag bullets Power WAR PRE ATC SCA2 SPEAKERS ATC 50ASL STANDS Atacama PHONO Sugden Masterclass PA4 SUT Ortofon ST80SE POWER PSAudio P10
VALVE / MONO
PRE Croft Epoch(Modded) AMP Sondex S100 (Modded) SPEAKERS Tannoy 15"MG+RFC Warwick cabs+ Ref XO + Batpure supertweeters DECK Garrard 301 Mat Teunto Bearings 401(Bastin) Plinth Bamboo Arms 3009/3012 PSU Eagle+Tachometer MC Ag Meister II/FGS + Ortofon SPU MONO CABLES Arm Yannis 420.5 Litz+ SpeakerPC Tripple C+WBT-0681 Ag IC Oyaide FTVS-510 AgWBT 0110Ag Phonostages Paradise(4 Box Mega-Modded) / Croft Musicmaker
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Thought I hadn’t seen an update post for some time….?
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As far as vintage Garrard decks go, I think the 301 is probably my favourite.
Such perfect symmetry
Last edited by Tim; 03-05-2026 at 21:00.
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Grease bearing or oil bearing?As far as vintage Garrard decks go, I think the 301 is probably my favourite.
Such perfect symmetry
For me it would be the first edition of the 401, for both appearence and performance.
Last edited by Barry; 03-05-2026 at 23:21. Reason: Correction
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Good question, I'd take either if one was offered, but if I could choose whatever I wanted, a grease bearing restored to something like this . . .
As you've said before, beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Last edited by Tim; 03-05-2026 at 22:02. Reason: better picture
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