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Ja det er svært at diskutere relgion, fordi diskussionen kan ende lige så brat som den startede, når modparten udbryder, jeg tror
Spøg til side, er årsagen til at mellemhjulspladespillere ifølge mange af indlæggene lyder bedre simpelthen, bedre trækkraft? Det er enkel fysik, der her gør sig gældende, pick-up'en yder en modstand mod enertien når nålen tvinges igennem pladerillerne, jo kraftigere passager jo mere modstand og dermed en hastighedsreduktion, nok til at lægge en dæmper på de kraftigst modulerede passager af musikken, hvis det er rigtigt burde de bedst lydende, være de direkte drevne med automatisk hastighedskorrektion, de bedste af den skole kan faktisk nå at holde hastigheden så konstant at man kan støve pladen af mens den spiller uden man kan høre det!! Så bliver man også fri for et rumlende mellemhjul
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(1) Linco/Garrard. Hvornår ophørte man med at fremstille disse kæmper.
(2) Loricraft 501. Er det en ny ny maskine.
VH. Larsen.
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HansRoskam skrev:
Ja det er svært at diskutere relgion, fordi diskussionen kan ende lige så brat som den startede, når modparten udbryder, jeg tror
Spøg til side, er årsagen til at mellemhjulspladespillere ifølge mange af indlæggene lyder bedre simpelthen, bedre trækkraft? Det er enkel fysik, der her gør sig gældende, pick-up'en yder en modstand mod enertien når nålen tvinges igennem pladerillerne, jo kraftigere passager jo mere modstand og dermed en hastighedsreduktion, nok til at lægge en dæmper på de kraftigst modulerede passager af musikken, hvis det er rigtigt burde de bedst lydende, være de direkte drevne med automatisk hastighedskorrektion, de bedste af den skole kan faktisk nå at holde hastigheden så konstant at man kan støve pladen af mens den spiller uden man kan høre det!! Så bliver man også fri for et rumlende mellemhjul
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min 301'er har både en rensearm og kan klare en tur med carbonbørsten uden det kan høres - men Ja dyre - DYRE - direkte drevne pladespillere kan nok gør det bedre - dog kan man komme meget støj i mellemhjulsværket til livs med masser af masse i plinten.
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Ja det er ikke til at holde styr på de indlæg.
Du skriver bedre trækkraft. er det et system der stadig bliver brugt??
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loricraft er en ny super pladespiller til €15.000 uden arm
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Group 4 skrev:
(1) Linco/Garrard. Hvornår ophørte man med at fremstille disse kæmper.
(2) Loricraft 501. Er det en ny ny maskine.
VH. Larsen.
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nu det er en Garrard tråd: Date | Activity |
1721 | Garrard and Company
appointed Crown Jewellers of London. One of their duties being the care
and maintainance of the British Crown Jewels and the Royal Crown. They
had an international reputation for craftsmanship in the design and
manufacture of jewellery, gold and silverware. In 1952 they amalgamated
with the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company of Regent Street, London. |
1914 | Garrard and Company
were asked to manufacture precision range finders for the British
Artillery because they had both the craftsmen and special machinery
needed. |
1915 | They formed "The
Garrard Engineering and Manufacturing Company Ltd" with Major
S.H.Garrard as Chairman, and Mr C.E.Newbegin as Managing Director, to
run a factory set up in the premises the White Heather Laundry in
Willesden, London. |
1918 | At the end of the war,
the workers returned to their previous jobs, and Garrard decided to
continue to operate the company and they looked for consumer products
to manufacture. They hired a young engineer, Mr. H.V.Slade, who became
General Manager, who started the production of small lathes and boring
tools. He had also seen a need for quality spring wound motors for the
fast developing gramaphone manufacturing industry. The first model, The
Garrard Number 1 Spring Wound Gramaphone Motor was produced and sales
quickly followed. |
1919 | The White Heather
Laundry had requested its premises back, and so the company looked for
a new location. They moved to Swindon where there were plenty of
skilled engineering apprentices from the Great Western Railway Company,
the largest employer in the town. |
1920 | The development of the
spring wound motor continued and as a result of its quality, silent
running and price, it was used by the major gramophone companies,
Columbia, Decca and His Masters Voice, and others such as Lugton,
Selecta, Coppock, Itonia and Thompson, and Diamond and Butcher. The
company had a policy that one model of every range should be the best
obtainable. The "Super" Gramophone motor was the first of these
prestige products - probably the best spring motor ever produced. |
1920 - 1928 | Other products
produced at this time included motors for construction kits (Primus), a
cine-camera/projector (Campro), and a device for playing records at a
constant linear speed which almost doubled the playing time (The World
Record Controller). |
1926 | Garrard became a public company to finance the expansion needed to meet the demand for spring motors. |
1928 | Development started on
electrical motors for gramophones, which resulted in a belt drive motor
called the Model E. Because there were few electrical supply standards
at that time, it could be used with AC and DC, 25 to 100 Hz, and 50 to
250 Volts. Improvements led to the Model ED. As AC current became more
common, the Models AC4 and AC6, the most popular electric gramophone
motors of the time, were developed. |
1930 | The motor development
programme led to the first Garrard gramophone. Previously it had only
produced motors for its customers. They decided to make a super quality
alternating current gramophone motor as a prestige model, just as they
had done with the Super spring motor. This direct drive motor became
known as the Garrard Model 201. It was taken up by the BBC and other
broadcasters, cinemas, and it became very popular with HiFi
enthusiasts. It was originally just for 78rpm records, but was later
modified to play the 331/3rpm, 16 inch records used in cinemas. It was
the first of what were later to be called transcription turntables. |
1931 | A subsidiary company,
Garrard Clock Ltd was set up to manufacture and sell clocks using
spring motors produced by the parent company. |
1932 | The first Garrard
record changer, the RC1, was developed for shellac 78 rpm records by Mr
E.W.Mortimer. These used AC current, but the RC2 series could use AC
and DC. Subsequently a new dropping technique was obtained and the RC3
and the very popular RC4 was developed. About 4,500 were produced
during the next 5 years. The development of radio tuners and amplifiers
meant that electronic pickups could replace the old accoustic horn
systems. This led to a big increase in the sales of radiograms, and
record players. Garrard produced some arms and pickups for its
turtables. |
1938 | The RC100 record
changer, which could play both sides of each record, and also mixtures
of 10 and 12 inch records, was produced for sale in the USA |
1939 - 1945 | Production ceased and large numbers of clock based mechanisms were made for mines, and other military equipment. |
1945 | Following the death of
Major S.H.Garrard, all the links with Garrard and Company the Crown
Jewellers were severed and The Garrard Engineering and Manufacturing
Company Ltd. became a separate entity with Mr H.V.Slade as managing
Director. Competition was fierce and a new record changer had to be
rapidly developed - the Model TC30 (1946). It and similar models were
produced around the clock as demand escalated. It was the last model to
play only 78rpm records. |
1948 | The Model RC70 record
changer was introduced to play the new 10 and 12 inch, 331/3rpm and 7
inch 45rpm vinyl records, as well as the older 78rpm records. It was
the forerunner of the RC80 in 1950, which sold for many years. Large
numbers were sold in the USA. New lightweight pickups and arms were
developed for these records, and the RC80 was the first with a magnetic
cartridge. |
1954 | Garrard 301 turntable
launched for the serious HiFi market. It has become one of the icons of
design and performance. When fully restored mechanically they are again
in great demand. They had grease bearings which were later changed to
oil bearings. The enamel colour was changed from grey to white.
Clockmaking was stopped due to cut price competition. |
1957 | Garrard released one
of the first stereo pickups, the Model GCS10, when stereophonic records
were introduced. The Model 4HF was in production until 1965, by which
time about 100,000 units had been produced. The TPA 12 inch
transcrition pickup arm was launched in 1958 for use transcription
units for playing stereo and mono recordings. It had height and stylus
pressure adjustment, and a plug-in pick-up head. |
1958 | A serious factory fire
occurred, but production was restored with help from a local company,
the Plessey Company Ltd., which loaned factory space. A further small
factory in Blunsdon was aquired to produce component parts. |
1959 | The new Autoslim series was launched with help from Plessey. The SP25 was probably the most popular model Garrard ever produced. |
1960 | Garrard became part of
the Plessey Group of Companies with the name Garrard Engineering Ltd.,
and another factory was aquired in Swindon. There was also a factory in
Wigan which exported to the USA via Liverpool. Mr. H.V.Slade died a
year later and in 1962 Garrard, as part of the Plessey Components
Group, came under the direction of Mr T.H.Pritchard. |
1961 | Garrard developed a
novel Magazine Tape Deck, but it failed as it was more cumbersome than
the Philips Compact Cassette launched in 1963. |
1964 | The Model Lab 80 was
launched as the first record changer which had the performance of a
transcription turntable. It had many unique adjustment features
including a wooden arm. |
1965 | The Garrard 401 was
launched to replace the 301. It was produced until 1977 when over
50,000 units had been sold, and it is still treasured by enthusiasts
around the world. The Model SP25 was launched with the Mark I version.
I was so popular it continued for many years up to the Mark IV version.
A disco version, the Disco 80 was also produced. |
1971 | The Zero 100 automatic
transcription table was introduced with its revolutionary tangential
tracking arm. Garrard received a series of awards for its development -
The Queens Award, The Italian Mercurio d'Oro Award, and the USA's Emile
berliner Award. |
1975 - 1976 | Garrard's first
direct drive player, the DD75 began production. The GT 20/25 and 35
were introduced and they stayed in production with design changes until
1979. |
1978 | The DD range of
products, DD1 30, DD1 31, and DD1 32 were introduced in the autumn
using the garrard designed and produced direct drive motor. Improved
versions of the GT seies were introduced - the GT 250 and 350. |
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1979 | Garrard sold to Gradiente Electronica of Brazil. |
1992 | The small development team led by the Managing director, which had remained at Swindon, was partly closed down. |
1992 | Terry O'Sullivan had
been involved with turntables since he got his first Bush Record Player
in 1958. After lusting after a 301 in the 60's, he started building
plinths in 1979 and bought his first 401 from the factory in nearby
Swindon. He began to collect and restore 301s and 401s and in 1990 he
set up Loricraft Audio, encouraged by his friends Julian and Nigel, who
owned the HiFi shop in Oxford, "Westwood and Mason". Terry visited the
Garrard development team at Swindon up till 1995, when it was finally
closed down completely, and he still remains in contact with some of
the owners and employees. |
1997 | Following the closure,
Terry opened discussions with Gradiente and in 1997 he obtained the
licence to use the Garrard brand name. Gradiente had always wanted
development to continue and the later that year the award winning
Garrard 501 was launched at the London Audio Show. |
200... | The small team of
Terry, Nigel (yes, the innovative electronic engineer from the Oxford
HiFi shop) amd Martina (who has worked with Thorens and Ortophon) can
be seen at the London, Frankfurt and Las Vegas HiFi shows, where their
turntables are in great demand to drive high end amplification systems,
and satisfied owners take their chance to talk about the history and
engineering of these renowned turntables. You may even see me, Roger,
the webmaster and unofficial progress chaser. |
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Lenco findes stadig og laver noget værre l**t - rebadged beltedrevne USB pladespillere og dårligt souruond - Deres tid forsvandt da de gik væk fra Mellemhjulspladespillerene - på lenco lovers kan du læse deres historie
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Tak. Så blev der lidt læsning til i nat.
VH. larsen.
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Hmm, je der er altid lidt stof til eftetanke på disse sider. Har nu, siden jeg røg på vinyl (lyder som et slags narkotika ) haft 5 forsk. REMDREVNE maskiner og lyttet til en del flere. Det startede med en Clearaudio Champion med deres uni pivot arm. Den var en tynd kop the. Pink Triangel kom til med stor batteri forsyning og Helius Orion arm. Det gav gang i både gården og gaden, men også den karakteristiske farvning i mellembassen. Samme historie med Maplenoll - først Athena (kom aldrig rigtig til hægterne) og så en Ariadne. Nu var der musik med fussen helt fremme i dansskoen. Men altså stadig noget uldent i den berygtede mellembas. Den sidst tilkomne er en Townsend Elite Rock med dedikeret Exkalibur arm. Intet er mere overladt til til fældighederne, lyden er glat,´glat, ultra dynamisk med enorm udtstrækning op i det hemmelblå og med en bas helt ned til kinaserne. Glem alt snak om at en remdreven ikke kan klare de store dynamiske udladninger. Samtidig tåger den ikke kvindestemmer til, som jeg har oplevet de direkte drevne har en kedelig tendens til for ikke at tale om den afrullede top, som også karakteriserer denne type. Syns det er kedeligt og kantløst. 3 rigtige vinyl ingredienser: # - fast ophæng # - død plint, talerken og afkobling i rette materialevalg # - REMDREV!!! For KLANGENS skyld G´NAT !
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Dolce
Er det rem/snor eller elastik/gummibånd på din Townsend - som jeg ikke kender og hvor kraftig motor er der på sådan en fætter ?
Mellembas problemer ? - hvilke instrumenter/stemmer ligger der i denberygtede mellembas - Jeg tror ikke jeg er så avanceret i min lytning endnu til jeg har oplevet tågede kvindestemmer
Jeg kan følge dig fint i dine to første teser - jeg tror det sidste er et spørgsmål om kvaliteten af rem/mellemhjule/DD-værket
Men længe leve musikke inkl. Klangen
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diamondduck skrev:
Nightpuma skrev:
Hei
Efter å ha fået æren at lytte til diamondduck sit ypperlige oppsett har jeg været interesseret i Garrard. Det hadde været sjovt om nogle af jer der
kender spillerene kan sige noget om forskællene på 401 og 301 i praktisk brug og lydmessige.
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jeg tror ikke der er nogle af loricraft 501 i dk endnu,men terry fra loricraft har sagt til mig at den er væsentligt mere dynamisk og fuldstændig
lydløs.Den er også lavet med de fineste tolerance man kan tænke sig.Det er mere ro i lydbilled.Den er bare for lækker,lækker |
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Hei og tak for svar. Jeg tenkte igrunden på den lydmessige forskæl på 301 og 401. 501 er som du sier utrolig lækker, men også utrolig dyr Asbjørn
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HansRoskam skrev:
Ja det er svært at diskutere relgion, fordi diskussionen kan ende lige så brat som den startede, når modparten udbryder, jeg tror
Spøg til side, er årsagen til at mellemhjulspladespillere ifølge mange af indlæggene lyder bedre simpelthen, bedre trækkraft? Det er enkel fysik, der her gør sig gældende, pick-up'en yder en modstand mod enertien når nålen tvinges igennem pladerillerne, jo kraftigere passager jo mere modstand og dermed en hastighedsreduktion, nok til at lægge en dæmper på de kraftigst modulerede passager af musikken, hvis det er rigtigt burde de bedst lydende, være de direkte drevne med automatisk hastighedskorrektion, de bedste af den skole kan faktisk nå at holde hastigheden så konstant at man kan støve pladen af mens den spiller uden man kan høre det!! Så bliver man også fri for et rumlende mellemhjul
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Jeg fik vist formuleret mig lidt for uklart. En Garrard lyder som standard ganske glimrende, det gør en Lenco ikke. En Lenco med en anden arm og i et bedre kabinet spiller nogenlunde i samme område som en Garrard, men der skal altså knofedt til. Så skal man bare have noget der skal spille med almindelig vedligeholdels for sådan nogle gamle sager, er en Garrard nok det oplagte valg. Grunden til jeg solgte Garrarden var så fordi jeg synes knofedt udgaven med Lenco var sjov, og fordi jeg ikke nænnede at "ødelægge" en Garrard, som jo er det man gør når man laver et ikke reversibel indgreb i sådan en.
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jeg overvejer lidt at lave en Lenco baseret pladespiller med to Lenco motorer/melemhjul - Den ultimativ trækkraft - jeg har bare ikke helt regnet ud og der kan blive plads til dem begge. Jeg arbejder også på at lave den tredelt så motordelen - tallerken delen med centerleje - og resten er i hver sin plint - det må da også kunne slå noget støj ihjel
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er der ikke noget med at man skal syncroniserer motorene?
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For lige at bryde tråden. Jeg har hørt et der skulle være lavet et kit, Shandu??
Til opgradering af 301. Ved i noget om det.
VH. Larsen
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jeg ved at man kan få et bedre bronzeleje til begge værker,som giver en mere opløst diskant og strammer mås -nårh naj strammer BAS
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Mås!!! hmmmm.
Valg af arm og pu, bør det være noget vintage, ortofon/SME
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Det eneste måde et tallerkenleje kan have indflydelse på lyden er hvis det gamle er slidt og forudsager støj der forplanter sig op i pick-upen, ellers er det aldeles ligegyldigt for lyden!!!
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Valg af pick-up og arm er en smagssag og selvfølgelig et spørgsmål om pengepungens formåen.
90 % af den endelige lyd fra en pladespiller er pick-up'ens fortjeneste og det har, som alt andet hi-fi, intet med vintage at gøre, det er efterhånden et begreb der bliver misbrugt på linie med begreber som professionel eller high-end.
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