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23rd Mar 2019, 11:02 am
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Retired Dormant Member
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK.
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Pickup Arm Identification
I'll hold my hands up - I'm not a vintage audio buff - just looking for help in identifying the pickup arm on a Garrard 401 left by my late Father - yes, he mounted it on a chipboard plinth!
Any help gratefully received - Thank you. |
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23rd Mar 2019, 12:07 pm
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Heptode
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Hereford, UK.
Posts: 719
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Re: Pickup Arm Identification
I think it's an Acos Lustre
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23rd Mar 2019, 12:11 pm
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Dekatron
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Fakenham, Norfolk, UK.
Posts: 4,256
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Re: Pickup Arm Identification
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23rd Mar 2019, 12:30 pm
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Retired Dormant Member
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK.
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Re: Pickup Arm Identification
Thank you very much gents...
Is it good enough to warrant selling separately from the deck, or should I just keep them together? And guess what I just found! |
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23rd Mar 2019, 1:06 pm
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Nonode
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK.
Posts: 2,587
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Re: Pickup Arm Identification
You'll almost certainly make more by selling them separately.
Alan |
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23rd Mar 2019, 1:40 pm
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Nonode
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Bristol, UK.
Posts: 2,074
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Re: Pickup Arm Identification
I had one quite a few years ago and it was a nice tonearm. I was surprised as to how well it did at auction when I came to sell it. Acos used to make some good stuff - I wonder what became of them?
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23rd Mar 2019, 2:32 pm
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Dekatron
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Kington, Herefordshire, UK.
Posts: 3,670
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Re: Pickup Arm Identification
Cosmocord, it appears, expired in the mid-80s - their expertise was in crystal and ceramic transducers, and the Lustre and M series magnetic cartridges were bought in from Japan.
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23rd Mar 2019, 9:29 pm
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Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Fife, Scotland, UK.
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Re: Pickup Arm Identification
I used one for years. It is a very satisfactory arm. Not quite as finely engineered as an SME 3009, but it's well worth keeping.
There is a little toothed belt from the anti-skating knob to the anti-skating magnet that can be a problem to replace. David
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