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Garrard 301 - Project

I have been contemplating for a while which turntable to pursue given so many choices. Every time I look around, I just can’t help drooling over a fully restored Garrard 301 or 401. Aside from being an idler-drive, I keep reading and hearing about their unique ability to reproduce music with its sense of drive and impact thus making them very desirable to own. And with available meticulous restoration services and gorgeous plinth options, what’s not to like, right!

Would you please share your experience, good and pitfalls (if any) with a restored Garrard 301 to avoid before I go down this path.

And what about the IEC inlet and power cord, would they be of any significance. My two choices would be Furutech FI-09 NCF or FI-06 (G) inlets.

I have already purchased a Reed 3P Cocobolo 10.5” with Finewire C37+Cryo tonearm/interconnect phono cable with KLEI RCA plugs option.

Still exploring Cart Options, so please feel free to share your choice of cart with Garrard 301 or 401.

And lastly, I would like to extend my gratitude to @fsonicsmith, @noromance ​​​​@mdalton for the inspiration.

lalitk
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lalitk OP
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“I much, MUCH prefer flip”
@tomic601

Likewise! Now that I recall, we did chat about the record storage. Prather wood works is very high quality. I wanted to maximize storage capacity within in my limited space and retain total flexibility for future expansions. So I choose WickerWoodWorks. Lot of his pieces can be added at later time as your collection grows.

I ordered the Irving Tallboy with 3 12” Cubes, giving me 350 records storage. The Tallboy serves dual purpose for me, record storage plus Record Cleaning Machine work station :-)

https://wickerwoodworks.com/products/the-irving-tallboy?variant=43209131589870

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@lalitk @tomic601 Yay for "flip!" Jim - need more photos of your recent updates!

You were of course the source of inspiration behind my switch.

lewm
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That thing (Tallboy) holds 350 LPs? Can you optionally configure it so the center section holds additional LPs, instead of a TT plus electronics? I assume you will not mount your Garrard on it; I hope. It does not look sturdy enough for a TT or even possibly for 3 racks full of LPs, I apologize for saying.

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@lewm 

Matt at WickerWoodWorks offers unlimited customizations. The Tallboy serves dual purpose for me, record storage and RCM station. I am placing my Project RCM on top shelf of Tallboy. And I did not order hairpin legs, instead I went with Lowboy option with two additional record drawers (click on link below),

https://wickerwoodworks.com/products/the-lowboy-turntable-station?_pos=1&_sid=f4252a2a2&_ss=r

TallBoy + LowBoy with 6” wood legs for much sturdier storage solution. 

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@noromance Brian - Tried sending update video… some thing about enabling imessage …. 

I will see about updating my system photos on audiogon…. not much appetite given it’s still fishing season…

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