![]() ![]() They weren’t particularly successful, due to the extra friction created by the pivoting headshell arrangement, but Garrard got the idea to work reasonably well, with lower friction. ![]() Incidentally, that type of pivoting headshell tonearm for zero tracking error was originally invented in the mid-1950’s by Burne-Jones, and you can find pictures of them on the web. There was a later (1977) improved iteration of the Zero 100 tonearm, the Garrard GT-55 turntable, which had a lighter magnesium alloy tonearm with an effective mass of 14g, and that worked much better with high compliance cartridges, and was frequently sold with the high compliance Shure M75ED Type 2 or M91ED, which were acceptable matches with the tonearm. It's in this most fundamental sense, we feel, that Garrard turntables. So older Shure cartridges like the M44-7, M70B, M70EJ, M72B, M72EJ, M75-6, M75B Type 2, M75EJ Type 2, M93E, M95EJ, M97B, M97EJ, M97圎 (stabiliser down), ME75EJ and a host of others which track at similar tracking forces, as well as any current-model (or older) cartridge with a recommended tracking force of 2g or higher (look on or similar websites) will all be OK. But even though 100 is impossible, there's a big difference between 99.9 and 98. That produced a resonance of 5Hz, well into the warp region. DescriptionThis is a lower-priced version of the Zero 100c, retaining all of its important features. The Shure M75-6 was one of the better-matched cartridges to be sold with it, with a tracking force range of 1.5-3g (~2g ideal), but one reviewers tried it with the Ortofon VMS-20E (1g tracking force), which was much too compliant. A cartridge with an ideal tracking force of at least 2g is best for the Zero 100, to match well with the tonearm. ![]()
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