Re: Garrard record player deck identification.
Actual model number is 5-300. It was marketed as a lower-priced version of the 6-300 Unimech record changer.
Underneath is a Unimech subchassis. On top are controls derived from the CC10 minichanger that was the ancestor of the Unimech.
There were also lower priced models 5-200 and 5-100. 5-200 lacked cueing and antiskate; 5-100 also had a smaller platter.
Tonearms are simple: no counterweight, usually supplied with dedicated cartridge, and with a tracking weight adjustment screw in the plastic arm housing alongside the tonearm tube. There is an antiskate setting dial, not present on the 5-200 and 5-100, adjacent to the tonearm base.
Since they have the Unimech mechanism, they "fix" like Unimechs; which is to say, a lot of the "guts" are hidden between the main chassis and the Unimech subchassis.
5-300 etc. were discussed before (Post #86) but I think I have more pictures now, than then.
Last edited by GP49000; 22nd Jan 2014 at 9:20 pm.
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