Tonights Update - The Garrard Project Pt XI - With love from Bulgaria.

The new PSU is coming from Bulgaria and this is in keeping with the build of the 301 in that it's been assembled from pieces of kit from all over the world.

Here are a couple of pictures of the handsome beast.

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The new PSU is great because not only do I have the same speed stability as the old Pheonix engineering system but I have the added bonus of now only being one box and more importantly it's a UK plug. I can also drop the voltage down and see if this has any impact on quality of the soundstage. Getting the new PSU will also mean that I have to start building my "Ultimate" EAR 834 clone. I'll need the shelf space on my rack to accomodate the new PSU!! I'm even more happy now as I have the ability to assess bearing rumble so any further tweaking can be measured to some extent to assess the effects and to see any negative or positive outcomes on the 301's performance. The SPH bearing is now well and truly broken and there is no way that I'm going back to the old 401 or the Martin Bastin bearing that I had before. The deck isn't even bolted into it's plinth (I've been waiting for the new PSU) and it's sounding wonderful. I have a few more things that I'd like to try out but I'm nearing the end of tweaking for this year. As ever, stay tuned...