It is the later single player belt drive version, a Garrard Zero 100SB. Three years later I now have my own Zero 100.
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His other reservation was that he didn’t have a clue how to put a record on. He did accept this though when I pointed out that records are 12″ and you need the extra space for the arm and controls. The new owner is delighted with it now, though at first he had his reservations. If all that isn’t good enough for you, it is capable of playing a stack of records one after the other, though I don’t have the alternative spindle required to do this… The latter had a 5 pin DIN plug fitted, as was common at the time. I also replaced the mains lead and audio cable. It needed a good clean up inside and a re lubrication. This is to accommodate the difference in thickness between a single record and a stack, if you are using the auto changer feature. Note that on the shell there is an adjustment M or A. It needed a new stylus of course, being second hand. The cartridge is a perfectly respectable Shure M7 5EJ. Adjustment is provided by moving a metal plate between the magnets to reduce the force. Two magnets are arranged to oppose each other and thus provide a force to counter the tendency for the stylus to skate towards the center of the record. Zero 100 parallel trackingĪnother feature is the magnetic anti skate mechanism. This arm features a pivoting head shell which kept at the correct angle by a second arm which sits along side the main load bearing arm. This is due to the arm moving in an arc over the record. A problem with your normal turntable arm is that the stylus is only actually in line with the grooves at two places as it traverses the record. The parallel tracking arm was only available on the most expensive Garrard decks. The Garrard Zero 100 was top of the range at the time. What I mean by this is to dump the plastic parts of the original chassis and replace them with something sturdier.This beauty harks from the 1970’s. A cabinet player is compact enough to sit on a table, but it can rest on the floor as well. Its basic performancerumble, wow and flutter, speed accuracy, tonearm friction, etc.was quite excellent and it never suffered any excessive reliability problems despite the complexity of the articulating arm. Next, any Garrard turntable for sale nests inside consoles of various sizes. One option would be to replace the plinth without changing the looks of it. Idler-wheel-changer or not, the Zero-100 was an excellent turntable. I understand that we have a different approach with this TT because I don't mind changing the looks a little, that is if the performance gets better. Furthermore, its a bit hard to find Zeros in Finland Whereas the price of a 301 is too high, I'd rather put that money to vinyl. Well I already have a Mission tonearm to try with my Zero so I will give it a go. I like your idea about using a hollow disc, but I quess it has one down side: the contact area with the ball bearing will somewhat increase. So I think I will start "digging the scrapyard" for a suitable piece of ceramic material. You are right about the size, although my platter seems to bee a bit different than yours or at least the small center piece with an opening on one side looks a little different.
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