Garrard SP25 arm won't travel to centre

All general audio posts go here.
Forum rules
Post Reply
Apprentice
Posts: 21
Joined: Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:40 am
Has thanked: 0
Been thanked: 0

Re: Garrard SP25 arm won't travel to centre

Unread post by Apprentice »

Dr Bunsen Honeydew wrote:That's not a REAL autochanger - this is :mrgreen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_ouqCsZUx0

The Garrard is a tractor, this is a Swiss watch. :dance:
I have to say that is really quite cool.

But I do know the difference between ploughing a field and telling the time.

So how does this help me fix my Garrard?
Top
User avatar
wallace
Posts: 980
Joined: Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:03 am
Location: Bridgwater ,Somerset.
Has thanked: 0
Been thanked: 0

Re: Garrard SP25 arm won't travel to centre

Unread post by wallace »

Dr Bunsen Honeydew wrote:That's not a REAL autochanger - this is :mrgreen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_ouqCsZUx0

The Garrard is a tractor, this is a Swiss watch. :dance:
Looks like fun,could be a bit of a mess if it went tits up though... :angry-screaming: ;) :mrgreen:
Revox B795,,NVA PHONO 1,Teac PD-H500C,Squeezebox Touch,Bushmaster MKII,NVA AP70,LS5,Royd Minstrels i/c's SSC's. .
Sony Laptop,E-Dac, NVA AP10P, LS3,SSC,Royd Coniston R.Grado RS1
Top
User avatar
wallace
Posts: 980
Joined: Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:03 am
Location: Bridgwater ,Somerset.
Has thanked: 0
Been thanked: 0

Re: Garrard SP25 arm won't travel to centre

Unread post by wallace »

Apprentice wrote:So how does this help me fix my Garrard?
Simple,take it all apart,clean and lightly grease, and straighten the bent bits,failing that,put back in the loft.... :confusion-confused:Oh,and get a squeezebox touch...
Revox B795,,NVA PHONO 1,Teac PD-H500C,Squeezebox Touch,Bushmaster MKII,NVA AP70,LS5,Royd Minstrels i/c's SSC's. .
Sony Laptop,E-Dac, NVA AP10P, LS3,SSC,Royd Coniston R.Grado RS1
Top
_D_S_J_R_
Posts: 4185
Joined: Mon Feb 03, 2014 9:53 am
Location: The end of the road in Suffolk Coastal.
Has thanked: 10 times
Been thanked: 6 times
Wales

Re: Garrard SP25 arm won't travel to centre

Unread post by _D_S_J_R_ »

Nah, this is my favourite autochanger - I grew up with one of these -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qE-r_lkooQ


I've said what to do to fix an SP25! It's a bloody Garrard Autoslim with the changer parts either disabled or removed entirely and problems that occur are known and an easy fix - usually!
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way...The time has gone, The song is over, Thought I'd something more to say...
Top
User avatar
Dr Bunsen Honeydew
Posts: 30758
Joined: Wed Jul 11, 2012 7:26 pm
Location: Muppet Labs
Has thanked: 0
Been thanked: 48 times

Re: Garrard SP25 arm won't travel to centre

Unread post by Dr Bunsen Honeydew »

Garrard were capable of being even more bonkers :mrgreen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfI21OD4gcs

This one turns them over as well
Top
Apprentice
Posts: 21
Joined: Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:40 am
Has thanked: 0
Been thanked: 0

Re: Garrard SP25 arm won't travel to centre

Unread post by Apprentice »

Dr Bunsen Honeydew wrote:Garrard were capable of being even more bonkers :mrgreen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfI21OD4gcs

This one turns them over as well
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Top
User avatar
wallace
Posts: 980
Joined: Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:03 am
Location: Bridgwater ,Somerset.
Has thanked: 0
Been thanked: 0

Re: Garrard SP25 arm won't travel to centre

Unread post by wallace »

Dr Bunsen Honeydew wrote:This one turns them over as well
And then drops them on the floor.... :lol: :lol:
Revox B795,,NVA PHONO 1,Teac PD-H500C,Squeezebox Touch,Bushmaster MKII,NVA AP70,LS5,Royd Minstrels i/c's SSC's. .
Sony Laptop,E-Dac, NVA AP10P, LS3,SSC,Royd Coniston R.Grado RS1
Top
jammy395
Has thanked: 0
Been thanked: 0

Re: Garrard SP25 arm won't travel to centre

Unread post by jammy395 »

Surely the Golden Age of turntale manufacture..........Those machines were bonkers. :clap:
Top
User avatar
Classicrock
Posts: 2316
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2013 12:51 pm
Location: Bristol
Has thanked: 3 times
Been thanked: 15 times
Great Britain

Re: Garrard SP25 arm won't travel to centre

Unread post by Classicrock »

Incredible engineering skills lost in the digital age. It probably didn't do the records a lot of good though. Laughed my head off that after all that clever innovation it just dropped the record on a hard surface. Garrard were a sad loss - they produced serious engineering at real world prices - probably why they didn't survive the 70s. Sp25 was my first proper TT.
I Know What I like (In Your Wardrobe)
Top
User avatar
Dr Bunsen Honeydew
Posts: 30758
Joined: Wed Jul 11, 2012 7:26 pm
Location: Muppet Labs
Has thanked: 0
Been thanked: 48 times

Re: Garrard SP25 arm won't travel to centre

Unread post by Dr Bunsen Honeydew »

This one just throws them out the side :-?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkHxXL4jebE
Top
Post Reply

Return to “General Audio”