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Gale 1975 Gale GT2101 | | Asking Price: | $3,500.00 | | Original Price: | $3,500.00 | | Condition: | ExcellentItem Condition Descriptions- New
Brand new and factory sealed in the box. - Excellent
Perfect in every way. Indistinguishable from a new product but not factory sealed. - Very Good
Used but with no major damage anywhere. Item works as new and has no visible damage. - Good
Used with 1-2 minor scratches anywhere on the item. Item works as new. - Fair
Well used with minor scratches anywhere on the item. May have minor functional issues. - Parts Only
Does not work, use for parts only.
| | Location: | Singapore | | Included Items: | Owner's Manual
Original Box
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| Description: | Very rare, super exotic 1975 Gale GT2101 direct drive turntable with great history. Cosmetics are excellent as can be seen below, works fine, sounds great.
I bought this table from Sao Win of WIN LABS 5 years ago. It was given to Win by Gale company founder, Ira Gale and was the first or second to arrive in the U.S. This very turntable was loaned out by Sao Win and appeared on the cover of the October, 1975 Stereo Review and in the April, 1976 Playboy magazine. I bought it without a tonearm and added the SME 3009 type II that is on it now. According to a factory brochure, the Gale GT2101 came with an SME 3009 Type II or no arm at all. This auction is for the turntable, SME arm, phono cables, original instructions for the arm and chrome adjustment tool for spring suspension. The Empire 4000/III cartridge and headshell pictured are not included. This turntable outfit is sold as-is, as seen with no warranty.
Sao Win and Ira Gale were classmates and friends who met at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California. Ira went on to study music at the Royal Academy of Music and Sao to Cambridge University. Sao helped Ira develop the turntable while they both lived in London. They share the patents on the GT2101, that's why there are so many similarities to the Win SDC and SEC turntables.
Technical: The motor was adapted from one of the Litton Industries designs used for shipboard gyros. Cost in those days was $633 each in quantities of 100. The same motor these days would cost thousands. Highly advanced, high torque, D.C. brushless with floating magnetic bearing. Speed is variable from 10 to 99.9 r.p.m. with a push button quartz lock for 33.3 r.p.m. with an accuracy of 10 p.p.m. The turntable speed is referenced to a 1.048 mhz. quartz crystal. Speed is monitored within the motor 600 times per revolution, and this information goes to a logic system in the speed control which makes instantaneous corrections possible. Both the short and long term speed stability exceed any other turntable by a high order of magnitude. Speed is set by rotating the smoked glass disc on top of the motor control canister. Touch the chrome center of this disc, the motor stops and the digital numbers on the readout lower to 00.0. Touch the center again and the motor speeds up to whatever the speed was set before. Push the black button on the bottom of the canister and the speed locks on 33.3. The red button next to the black one is the on-off switch.
The floating suspension uses adjustable, grease damped springs. Rumble if any is inaudible. I am including the original chrome adjustment tool pictured.
Payment Terms: Cash, Other
Telegraphic Transfer
Shipping Terms: United States, Canada, Worldwide, Local Pick-up
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