WmartinB
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEL NICE
I was told by a big-time collector that the 260's are heads and shoulders above the 255's, Had I seen them I probably would have bought this one and the one that sold back in November with the original cage
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- Thread starter Sam Cogley
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I was told by a big-time collector that the 260's are heads and shoulders above the 255's, Had I seen them I probably would have bought this one and the one that sold back in November with the original cage
Not sure why but I see $2500 not $1500 for the last pair sold unless we are talking different pair.
There are 3 255 there now. Also a nice Stromberg Carlson pair from the same seller who sold the last pair of 255:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stromberg-C...547546?hash=item237c04d7da:g:N~kAAOSwopRYgqdS
There are 3 255 there now. Also a nice Stromberg Carlson pair from the same seller who sold the last pair of 255:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stromberg-C...547546?hash=item237c04d7da:g:N~kAAOSwopRYgqdS
The pair with the item number ending in 1809 ended at $1500. Top of page 4 of this thread.
The serial number is weird. It has a lower serial number than my earlier 412-1, but it has the glued-on, embossed dataplate that didn't appear until sometime in the 600s. I'm wondering if there isn't an ink-stamped "Basic Chassis" dataplate under that one.
WmartinB
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEL NICE
Too many of these 255's popping up recently -
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fairchild-2...804398?hash=item3d324b5b2e:g:vfcAAOSw2xRYer4t
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fairchild-2...804398?hash=item3d324b5b2e:g:vfcAAOSw2xRYer4t
Sandstrom
Seldom turns out the way it does in the song
There are a beautiful looking arm and do fairly well with low compliance carts, I tried mine with a GE VRII as well as a Denon DL102. I have to say I wasn't particularly impressed with the bearings. Rather simple and can break if you aren't careful when handling the unmounted arm and it drops, etc. (they are very heavy) IMHO the Gray (and other clone variants) viscous damped arms are way better as far as vintage arms go. It is pretty collectible, if it were mine I would probably sell it and use the funds towards something more recent.
It has a Shure cartridge on it currently but I don't know what model, that I'm hoping to upgrade at some point.
Sandstrom
Seldom turns out the way it does in the song
By all means give it a spin! It is an interesting arm for sure. That arm would probably like an old Shure M3 or M7 cartridge. I really think the design of these things, they are beautiful but wasn't the best tracking arm I've ever had. Looks great with your 401 by the way! Let us know how it sounds.
The Garrard 401/ Fairchild 280 combo is rather unusual - the arm is probably several years older than the drive unit. I'm not sure exactly when Fairchild stopped producing the "banana" arms, but the more advanced SA-12 and 500 had already been in production before the 401 came around.
bob smog
Creebling at the Turntables
Fairchild 412-2 s/n 426
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fairchild-4...207915?hash=item3adba63c6b:g:RHoAAOSw4CFYtt0G
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fairchild-4...207915?hash=item3adba63c6b:g:RHoAAOSw4CFYtt0G
Interesting, also metal plate. Beautiful shape.
Very interesting tonearm as well
