RE: Garrard Zero 100, 1st impressions and another question - Old nuff 2 no better 16:26:37 01/22/09.RE: Garrard Zero 100, 1st impressions and another question - MAS 13:23:31 01/22/09.RE: Garrard Zero 100, 1st impressions and another question - Old nuff 2 no better 08:16:20 01/22/09.How did you get the underside soooo clean? - Phil_in_CA 17:02:43 01/22/09.RE: Garrard Zero 100, 1st impressions and another question - Marky P 13:06:03 01/23/09.Regarding the arm alignment - Mark Kelly 16:29:57 01/23/09.RE: Garrard Zero 100, 1st impressions and another question - paragons 21:31:40 03/30/09.Topic - Garrard Zero 100, 1st impressions and another question - Munkie_NL 02:11:49 01/22/09 Support of people like you and our sponsors: This post is made possible by the generous I've just scratched the surface with this TT, more money and elbow grease could lift it to a much higher level.
Compared to other vintage TT in my collection: i've heard better but i've also heard worse. It's not fair to compare this vintage TT with the 1000 euro + high end TT of today. As usual the answer lies somewhere in the middle. OTOH when i posted about this TT on VA i got mostly HATE posts in reply, "total POS, mechanical disaster, stay away" etc.
There's a favourable review on a somewhat tweaked Zero 100 SB on the TNT-Audio site, they even wrote 3pages about the old beast. Could be setup, the point is, can you use a normal 2 point protractor like the one that comes with the HFNRR test record? This arm is so unique it keeps you asking questions on the VA forum, questions often unanswered since it's so long ago for most users of this vintage TT. Alas there's some tracking distortion further up the record. I hear details in my test records i only hear with good TT. Timing is tight especially for a belt drive TT. Less is more.įirst listening impressions are not bad.
Garrard zero 100 spindle manual#
If you don't care about originality: remove all the mechanics you don't need for simple manual operation. Take the TT out of the hollow box, remove the springs and mount it on the new plinth as hard as you can. Even better: make a heavy DIY birch multiply plinth like the idler wheel brigade does: Garrard 301/401, Thorens TD124, Lenco. Put it on 4 rubber pods or even better mount 4 spikes, one in every corner. Of course i removed the shitty plastic bottom plate. Sigh.ĭespite the motor problems the rumble and noise level is tolerable. Speed seems a little higher but now i hear a "woosh" sound in the main bearing. The 86 SB ran too slow and so seems this Zero 100! Mmm is it the grease in the bearing? The next day i cleaned the bearing again and used oil. It's an inverted bearing, see the 86SB page. I cleaned the main bearing and stuffed it with grease. It's better than it used to be but not as quiet as the 86 SB. So now the motor isn't balanced anymore resulting in vibration and noise. Or actually 3 pieces of metal with 1 piece loose and rattling away on top of the other 2! Mmm some glue did the trick but the metal ring had holes drilled in it for balancing purposes. In the hole there's a round piece of metal with the spindle in the middle. Very nice but didn't he see the 2 RCA females? He could have just plugged a new RCA cable in! On the right the "synchro-lab" motor.The usual affair of a chunk of metal with a hole in the middle with 2 coils on either side. The hifi shop owner had soldered a new external cable on it.