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Old 28th Feb 2014, 4:54 am   #139
GP49000
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Default Re: Garrard record player deck identification.

Most low-priced record changers had steel platters. Even the SP25s, AT60 and such with nonferroudiecast outer platters had steel inner platters, and the lower-cost models with 10" platters such as the 2000, the Model 50 and others had a steel outer platter over their steel inner platters. Most modern magnetic cartridges had a weak external magnetic field and weren't affected, but such cartridges as the Decca FFSS with strong magnetic fields were unusable. The magnetic-cartridge "Deccadec" version of the SP25 didn't have a steel inner platter; its platter was all aluminium.
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