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Arny Krueger wrote:
"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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A 301 is usually always a worthwhile rebuild project.

The 301 caused a lot of head-scratching in the U.S in the day of. Idler
wheel drive was equated to cheap and poor performance in most
discriminating people's minds. One more reason why anybody who was
interested in serious quality paid no attention to Garrard. My Garrard
Lab 80 cured me, permanently.

The 301 was the basis of a record playing unit at the BBC (RP2/4, IIRC) -
modified so it motored up the record off rests and therefore from
stationary (on an aluminium disc) for cueing purposes. A typical BBC
device that must have cost a fortune to make - and worked very well. But
for mono only. Stereo pickups of course respond to vertical as well as
horizontal movement. Not that BBC R3 used them anyway for playing serious
music - only really TV etc for sound FX.

I can't see why anyone would bother with a 301 apart from as a curiosity
given how many decent belt drive units are around. Unless you wanted 16
and 78 rpm.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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