I was surprised to find that on the arm height adjustment ring, one can turn it below 0 to approximately what would be -1, if the ring showed a negative scale too.

I’ve very pleased with the deck, but not quite sure if my tonearm has been factory adjusted correctly or not. The build quality on both is truly superb! Initially got the GR model, but almost immediately kept wondering if I should have gone for the more pricier unit (I intend this to be my last deck), so a week later I exchanged it for the G! To be frank, I’m honestly not 100% sure I could tell any huge audible difference between the two if I didn’t know which was playing (though the bass on the GR I recall was a tad exuberant compared to the G) but definitely love the 10mm thick aluminium top-plate and that brass topped platter of the G. To get the ball rolling, I recently bought a SL1200G. Most of us have a shirt pocket music player that can hold 5000 record albums (or one telephone message from your mother-in-law) but there is still something elegant and satisfying about listening to vinyl at home.As more and more people are buying these superb decks now, thought it might be a good time to start a sort of ‘general questions’ thread. I use MSO2 grease on the platter sleeve bearing, and lubriplate (affectionately called 'baby goo' in sound shops.) for everything else. The only service items are cleaning and lubrication. There is a lot of what I call 'monkey motion' to change records automatically, but no serious collector allows his vinyl standing still to drop 75mm onto a rotating record below. The tone arm can track as low as half a gram, and has adjustable anti-skating magnets. When they do, the record will have perfect pitch. There is a speed adjust knob you turn until the printed lines stand still.

This creates a strobe effect in the printed lines. The lamp turns on and off at the line frequency. In front of the platter is a window with a mirror allowing one to see the bottom of the platter. The table is driven by a belt and there is a two step shaft on the motor to make the speed change between 33 and 45 rpm. As the mains frequency is stable in many parts of the world, this system was perfect for 1970's equipment. The frequency of the mains controls the final speed of the motor. The motor is a synchronous type, meaning the speed of the motor is unaffected by changes in mains voltage. A 1Khz tone ET (Electrical Transcription is a 1940's term for a test recording.) plays perfectly in phase with a Zero 100. The pantograph arm pivots the cartridge holder to eliminate phase errors unavoidable on conventional tone arms.

Vintage garrard zero 100 turntable