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Garrard Pic of the Day

Hi Guys,

I thought you'd get a kick out of seeing some pics of my new Garrard setup. The motor assembly is the cream oil-bearing version that I bought off eBay. The arm is an Origin Live Silver with a Denon 103 cartridge mounted on it. The arm rests in one of Pete Riggle's Vertical Tracking Angle on the Fly (VTAF) adjusters. The plinth design is by Terry Cain of Cain & Cain Audio who is known for his gorgeous hand-made double horn speakers.



The light colored wood is all solid maple, and the dark wood is solid walnut. The armboard is combination of walnut and maple with a hand hammered brass covering on the top plate. The brass leveling devices are onion shaped like the domes you see on Russian churches and rest in little indentations you see in the inverted brass discs.





I haven't put it on a scale yet, but the whole assembly weighs in around 70 pounds I'm guessing. The plinth has some interesting features. The base of the plinth is leveled to level the armboard which is is decoupled from the Garrard motor assembly. The solid maple upper plate with the motor assembly is leveled separtely and is decoupled from the armboard and the lower base.



The design is much more beautiful than the photos suggest. In low light listening when the walnut uprights fade into the low light there is a surrealistic effect of the upper plinth and motor assembly floating unsuspended in the air - very cool looking!





The best part is how it sounds - stunning!

Enjoy!

Jeff

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Topic - Garrard Pic of the Day - Jeff Day 08:44:15 12/19/04 (48)
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