Thorens

If you mean that polished mahogany one, that is really nice. But it is a Garrard 301.

I have been looking at similar vintage tables as well, but the cost can get very hich and mechanically they’re not on par with the modern stuff.

There’s nevertheless a certain charme to it IMHO.


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Kuoppis said:
If you mean that polished mahogany one, that is really nice. But it is a Garrard 301.

I have been looking at similar vintage tables as well, but the cost can get very hich and mechanically they’re not on par with the modern stuff.

There’s nevertheless a certain charme to it IMHO.


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The Garrard 301 was big in the restoration market, but that is coming to an end. SME bought all rights to the 301 and are re-introducing it, in as original build as is possible, with an SME arm. But, at a cool $23,000. Yea right... you have to be nuts to buy 1960 tech newly released at $23k....

By the way, all parts to restore old ones are no longer available....

This is the cover story for the latest Stereophile mag. Art is all excited about it... I think it is rather silly...
 
They just killed a flourishing Garrard modding business, and got out of the tone arm business in the process.

Interesting to see where they are going with this prehistoric design.


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Yea, I was kind of shocked. Why would they want to do this even. It is not like this design could ever make a truly worthy $23,000 turntable in my view. There are 301's available, recently refurbished, for a fraction of that.
 
Kuoppis said:
If you mean that polished mahogany one, that is really nice. But it is a Garrard 301.

I have been looking at similar vintage tables as well, but the cost can get very hich and mechanically they’re not on par with the modern stuff.

There’s nevertheless a certain charme to it IMHO.
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My wife and I started looking at photos of Garrard 301's and 401's, and Thorens, on sites of various rebuilders. Totally charming! But I'm led to believe that none will perform on a par with my current RP-8 (??). Perhaps just looking at the photos will be good enough?? We have no room for 2 tables.
 
Bart001 said:
My wife and I started looking at photos of Garrard 301's and 401's, and Thorens, on sites of various rebuilders. Totally charming! But I'm led to believe that none will perform on a par with my current RP-8 (??). Perhaps just looking at the photos will be good enough?? We have no room for 2 tables.
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I also like to look at pictures of the refurbished Garrards, but they simply do not perform on the same level with my Brinkmann Taurus.


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