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I think SRX stood for stereo receiver, but don't recall any other reason. It was first used on the SRX24 chassis which was the first to have a stereo FM decoder built in. The SRX29/30 series became the 1275 and 1375 in 1975, when we changed over to the Garrard SP25 instead of the Goldring G101 which was not liked by dealers, although it had a much better rumble, wow and flutter performance. Apparently, customers complained it couldn't handle a dust bug as the extra drag slowed it down. We got Goldring to fit a bigger, flat drive belt in the G102, but that produce too much motor noise. We had to re-design the cabinets as the G101/102 had a different motor board shape to the Garrard. Ironically, most of the models had previously been fitted with auto-slim derived units like the SP25, so it was a back-spec exercise. There was also something to do with purchase tax, or somesuch, which meant we had to make the chassis sound new to enable us to change the price! That was in the thick of three-day weeks and all that.