My new Artisan Fidelity Garrard 301 Statement

bgupton

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My Artisan Fidelity Garrard 301 Statement is finally complete. Looking forward to receiving it. Thought you guys might appreciate some pics since it's a new veneer he's not used before.

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Mike Lavigne

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wow!

stunning! congrats.

it makes me wish for my Dobbins Garrard 301 with the Loricraft power supply back. I loved that tt. it was a force of nature. it made me smile every time I listened to it.

enjoy.
 

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What a work of art! Very nice sir, congrat's!

Tom
 

audio.bill

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That is truly beautiful and quite unique in appearance, hope you get many years of listening enjoyment with it! Curious to know what that veneer is, a great choice.
 

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Hi what cart, arm, and phono do you have? Anyone knows any well-set up Artisan Fidelity on the East Coast?
 

bgupton

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That is truly beautiful and quite unique in appearance, hope you get many years of listening enjoyment with it! Curious to know what that veneer is, a great choice.

It's called Kingwood. Originally I wanted Cocobolo, but we couldn't find a sample that would give us the deep gold hue's I wanted AND have interesting figuring.
 

bgupton

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Hi what cart, arm, and phono do you have? Anyone knows any well-set up Artisan Fidelity on the East Coast?

The arms in the pics are mine or at least will be when it all arrives. I'll be putting my Koetsu Blue Lace on the Ikeda and a miyajima zero mono cartridge on the Schroeder CB-1. My SUT is a Auditorium 23 Hommage.

The Ikeda comes with an extra headshell, so I'm actually thinking about getting another stereo cart to put in the CB-1 and then putting the Zero in the spare headshell. If I go that route, I'll either get a EMT JSD6 Gold (which my SUT is optimal for) or maybe an Air Tight PC-1 Supreme once I investigate whether my SUT is a good mate for it.
 

bonzo75

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The arms in the pics are mine or at least will be when it all arrives. I'll be putting my Koetsu Blue Lace on the Ikeda and a miyajima zero mono cartridge on the Schroeder CB-1. My SUT is a Auditorium 23 Hommage.

The Ikeda comes with an extra headshell, so I'm actually thinking about getting another stereo cart to put in the CB-1 and then putting the Zero in the spare headshell. If I go that route, I'll either get a EMT JSD6 Gold (which my SUT is optimal for) or maybe an Air Tight PC-1 Supreme once I investigate whether my SUT is a good mate for it.

OMG, so far one of my favorite TT setups demoed (with limited TT knowledge) was SPJ Alba with Koetsu Blue Lace and FMA 122. I did not like the looks of the Alba. If the Artisan with the Blue Lace sounds as good it will be awesome because it looks so much like a work of art.
 

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..love the way Chris matched the armboard veneer to that on the plinth...his is the best TT workmanship on the planet IMO..
 

JackD201

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..love the way Chris matched the armboard veneer to that on the plinth...his is the best TT workmanship on the planet IMO..

It's hard to make a Shindo look pedestrian but Artisan Fidelity does just that IMO.
 

Zero000

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Wow it is a long time since I looked at his website but things have certainly come on a bit with a lot more examples in the gallery!

My personal fave is the one in the gallery that is nearly white, which was done a while back I am sure.

He takes the most fantastic photos (or someone does!).

Very nice to the OP. Very nice indeed:)
 

bgupton

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Wow it is a long time since I looked at his website but things have certainly come on a bit with a lot more examples in the gallery!

My personal fave is the one in the gallery that is nearly white, which was done a while back I am sure.

He takes the most fantastic photos (or someone does!).

Very nice to the OP. Very nice indeed:)

I wish more audio businesses would make the effort to have nicer websites with better photography. Most are embarrassing and look like they were put together in 1995.
 

Audiophile Bill

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That is a stunningly beautiful TT - congratulations. Severe envy :D
 

rockitman

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Chris does amazing work. If I were to add another table to the stable it would be one of his...either an idler Garrard 301 or a Technics SP10 Mk3. Congrats on the table.
 

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