Labor of Luv - 301

[gee_john]

...and after 6 months of hard work, today I completed my DIY Garrard 301, with Jelco 750 L 12 incher with Denon 103 on independent tonearm pod...& Nagaoka dust bug...

 

[malvai]

Beautifuuuuuul!


superb stuff gee! what material is the plinth??? share details bro!

 

[santy.iyer]

super..! :clapping:

 

[gee_john]

Near view of the independent tone arm..

 

[gee_john]

Beautifuuuuuul!


superb stuff gee! what material is the plinth??? share details bro!

Plinth is made of baltic birch hard wood.. stained to rosewood color and finished by a friend of mine who runs a carpentry workshop.. Guess what.. the main stay of the tone arm is a hydraulic push rod of a JCB backhoe.. solid and heavy...

 

[hydra]

That looks beautiful!

 

[jls001]

Stunning finish! And very beautiful arm setup. How does it sound?

 

[gopib]

Guess what.. the main stay of the tone arm is a hydraulic push rod of a JCB backhoe.. solid and heavy...

That is innovative.....real DIY.....:clapping:

The whole unit is good looking. How have you paired it?

 

[gee_john]

Stunning finish! And very beautiful arm setup. How does it sound?

Thanks..I haven't run it yet.. The catridge is new. It would require min 50 hrs to open up..

 

[gee_john]

That is innovative.....real DIY.....:clapping:

The whole unit is good looking. How have you paired it?

I hope to pair it with my decware zen zp3 tube phono and SUT.

 

[Rajiv]

Hi,

Superb.:clapping:

That is one beautiful looking turntable.

Regards
Rajiv

 

[heliumflight]

Beautiful site to look at. I'm sure it will sound divine. Please do share you listening experience. We music lovers, love sharing our happiness

helium
Cambridge Audio 640c V2 + Lyrita SET 2A3 + Vintage Akai Speaker SW-175 + Pure Silver cables = 'Music Nirvana'

 

[stevieboy]

Gee John,

That looks absolutely lovely the dark wood setting off the white 301. Very neatly and cleanly done. The armpod looks superb too.

Regards

 

[gee_john]

Beautiful site to look at. I'm sure it will sound divine. Please do share you listening experience. We music lovers, love sharing our happiness

helium
Cambridge Audio 640c V2 + Lyrita SET 2A3 + Vintage Akai Speaker SW-175 + Pure Silver cables = 'Music Nirvana'

Sure, You need to find the right people to understand, appreciate and enjoy the fruits of hard work. I need to get a stand to fit this into my current rig, before I sit down and fine tune...The DIY stand is expected to get ready by Saturday. It consist of sand filled square pipes with a black granite counter top...

 

[heliumflight]

Sure, You need to find the right people to understand, appreciate and enjoy the fruits of hard work. I need to get a stand to fit this into my current rig, before I sit down and fine tune...The DIY stand is expected to get ready by Saturday. It consist of sand filled square pipes with a black granite counter top...

I'm sure your carpenter friend, he'll help you out.

 

[Sunderpalanivel]

Great job. Fantastic !!

 

[arj]

Awesome..Loved it. Am really interested in the base for the tonearm..how did you get that ?
I am looking for a good base for my tonearm as well.

 

[Gerry_the_Merry]

Very nice. As to the feet, some of the TTs I have seen have the cones pointing upwards. Look at this beauty.

Garrard 301 plinth design - Page 11 - pink fish media

 

[santhosh]

Marvellous!! Very neatly done. Labour of Love indeed!!

 

[cmsajith]

Great and kudos on your DIY. If you dont mind, could you please elaborate on the tonearm base and its construction (esp on the stability, any retuning required if there is any accidental dislocation / movement etc)