Need a turntable? "Mr Podknocker....come on down"

[Gray]

I was reading this, thinking how basic and old-fashioned it looks.
See what you think.
Then see the price.
Iconic brand, but how good can it sound?
https://www.hifinews.com/index.html

 

[Integralista]

Hi, my friend is using Garrard 301, "refurbished one" with SME arm. It sounds just owesome. He was using some Kuzma TT before. Now Kuzma is gone...Garrard is a big legend.

 

[Gray]

Garrard is a big legend.

In this case, £51,000+ of ugly legend 👍

 

[abacus]

Cheapo knock off of the original

Bill

 

[Integralista]

In this case, £51,000+ of ugly legend 👍

In this case 51000 pounds (some 60000 of our eurs) are too much for refurbished TT. I will buy big SME 60 or Kronos or Kuzma XL for this money. But dynamic of such Garrard is like Volcano machine gun. You must hear it to believe it.😊

 

[nopiano]

Ironic when I remember they could hardly give away the last of the Garrard 401, which used to rumble like train in the typical fixed plinth. A humble Japanese Pioneer knocked spots off it in a domestic setting.

The 301 shown was at the Ascot Hifi News Show last year, and I was looking closely at it. When the nice sales guy told me all the work they’d done to recreate each one I was amazed. But not as much as I was by the barmy price.

I happened to think the recently announced Pro-ject Signature 12.2 looked pretty stupendous, and it seems like a bargain at less than a quarter of the price!

https://www.whathifi.com/news/pro-jects-new-usd15k-signature-12-2-turntable-is-a-hefty-high-end-model

 

[Friesiansam]

There's a lot of it about. If you're not already aware of them, look up restomod cars...

 

[Jasonovich]

I was reading this, thinking how basic and old-fashioned it looks.
See what you think.
Then see the price.
Iconic brand, but how good can it sound?
https://www.hifinews.com/index.html

Like your new avatar Gray WoW price is nuts £51K for something that looks like a lump of plastic.

Please tell me it doesn't remind you of SMEG fridge turned on its side

 

[podknocker]

I was reading this, thinking how basic and old-fashioned it looks.
See what you think.
Then see the price.
Iconic brand, but how good can it sound?
https://www.hifinews.com/index.html

Looks like some 1950s US bakelite garbage. People have no idea.

Get yourself a streaming amp and enjoy fantastic, faff free music in the 21st century!

 

[daytona600]

£51,645, picked up a mint original in the 90s for 20quid you could not give away a garrad at one point

 

[Gray]

Looks like some 1950s US bakelite garbage.

I knew you'd be keen.


😆

 

[Gray]

Like your new avatar Gray

👍 That's the headphone rig, used for the first time in ages last night.
Pi, DAC, SSD and amp in what was supposed to be a portable unit, made from a single B&Q shelf.
It's got a handle, but it hasn't moved an inch 😜

 

[Jasonovich]

👍 That's the headphone rig, used for the first time in ages last night.
Pi, DAC, SSD and amp in what was supposed to be a portable unit, made from a single B&Q shelf.
It's got a handle, but it hasn't moved an inch 😜

Good job 👍