Garrard ZERO

[pirca]

In the '70s I allways see the Garrard ZERO in the Hi-Fi stores. It costs so much for me in those days :tears: and, I buy a DUAL 1211 turntable.
Now, near 40 years from this, I see many in EBay.
Anybody can say anything about the Garrard ZERO.
Was good in his time?
Is good now?
Now, I have Three turntables, A Garrard Model 210 that I buy New in 1959, A New Sherwood PM 9805 that I receive as a Gift in 2008 and, a "Near mint" JVC L-E5 that I buy in this january.
But... always I think in a ZERO.:scratch2:

 

[vinyldavid]

The one I had was frozen up.

Gave it to a friend that's gonna rebuild it and use it occasionally.

I got the impression that they were not built all that well, and the arm mechanism felt quite loose, along with flimsy.

Certainly a cool concept, tho.

 

[secretguy]

Badly designed, badly built. Other than that, they're great.

 

[gouzos]

I've always liked the look and especially the innovative design ideas.
However, the consensus is that the innovative ideas were all poorly executed giving a disappointing end result.