Artisan Fidelity
Garrard 301 Statement
The Garrard 301 Statement is a comprehensive, hand-executed restoration and re-engineering of the classic English Garrard 301 idler-drive mechanism, built to order by Artisan Fidelity's small California-based workshop with a solid billet-aluminum chassis and a modular multi-metal platter system.
MSRP
$18,995
Used market · Good
$11,750
MSRP to used market
From $18,995 at launch to $11,750 today.
Specifications
- Motor
- Rebuilt original Garrard AC induction drive motor, configured 220V/50Hz, with precision CNC-machined spindle pulley options in marine brass or austenitic steel
- Price
- $19,995, compatible with dual 9"–12" tonearms
- Weight
- ~34–35 kg (~74–78 lb) net instrument weight
- Bearing
- Inverted, modular sapphire hydrodynamic bearing — described as the world's first inverted modular bearing/platter architecture
- Braking
- Precision billet-aluminum eddy-current disk brake
- Platter
- Modular multi-material platter; copper hybrid main unit with magnesium alloy, aluminum, acetal, and stainless steel components
- Drive type
- Idler-wheel drive, based on the original Garrard 301 mechanism
- Idler wheel
- CNC-machined austenitic stainless steel, matched to within 0.002–0.003 inch of factory Garrard tolerances
- Recognition
- Named Analog Product of the Year for 2018 by Tone Publications; reviewed in depth by Dagogo
- Chassis plinth
- Proprietary solid billet aluminum alloy chassis with glossy automotive paint finish; optional exotic hardwood and automotive finishes
- Optional power supply
- Sound Carrier Universal Turntable Power Supply (UTPS), $1,995
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