Garrott Brothers FGS Brochure

At Garrott Brothers we care a great deal about music.

FREQUENCY RESPONSE

NS

We constantly work towards achieving perfection in
vinyl sound reproduction, utilising only the finest
materials and up to the minute technologies in our
products.

Our Moving Coil cartridges are individually hand built

and tuned to exacting standards. Each cartridge must
pass critical listening tests when completed, to ensure
absolute musical satisfaction.

SPECIFICATIO

CHANNEL SEPARATION

COMPLIANCE Vert./Lat.

OUTPUT VOLTAGE

TRACKING FORCE

INPUT IMPEDANCE

CARTRIDGE WEIGHT

Audio Dynamics Pty.Ltd.

167 Camberwell Rd East Hawthorn Victoria Australia 3123

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Optim S2

Garrott Shibata

20Hz-20kHz +/-2dB

25dB (typical) @ 1kHz

Approx. 18/18um/mN

3.8mV @ 5cm/sec

1.5 to 1.8 Grams

47k

5.8 Grams

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26dB (typical) @ 1kHz

Approx. 18/18um/mN

Optim FGS

Garrott FGS

20Hz-20kHz +/-2dB

3.8mV @ 5cm/sec

1.7 to 2.0 Grams

47k

5.8 Grams

GARROTT research has proven that this technology offers first class focus and

& FGS

Repairs and Retipping

Phono cartridges are mechanical instruments and are subject to wear and
ageing.

Many cartridges coming in to our laboratory for repair and upgrade
services are in a very poor state of health. It is false economy to spend
valuable listening time using a poorly performing cartridge that may be
chewing up your irreplaceable record collection. Diamond wear,
suspension fatigue, hardening or softening of vital
compliance control components, can all
significantly affect the performance of
your cartridge.

It is not always easy to identify
problems that you have learned to
live with, but the causes are
obvious to our expert eyes and
ears, and can usually be quickly
remedied.

We will replace a worn diamond or
perform a full upgrade with an
appropriate selection from our
range of advanced stylus profiles;
the choice is yours.

There comes a time when total
replacement is the obvious answer
and we invite music lovers to
review the Garrott range of new
cartridges as a replacement and
upgrade for your present system.

The Garrott Optim S2

The Optim 'S2' cartridge is the latest member of the GARROTT family of
"Dynamic Coil" cartridges. Its release brings the development of this exclusive
range of audiophile products to new heights of impact and musical realism.
Based on time proven GARROTT design principles it offers extended dynamic
range, deep and full bodied bass, and a more solid and musically convincing
midrange, blending with a beautifully smooth and enchanting treble
performance, free from the brittleness and glare that so often passes for 'detail'
in musical reproduction today!

Many cartridges suffer from overdamping of the complex signals they are
expected to reproduce. Manufacturers often include this in an attempt to
control excessive high frequency brightness and distortion artefacts inherent in
the mechanics of the stylus/record interface.

However overdamping quite seriously degrades musical dynamics resulting in
dull and unconvincing reproduction. This is especially noticeable in the upper
bass to lower midrange region, which encompasses the body and 'feeling' of the
music.

GARROTT Optim cartridges have been designed using a system of graduated
cantilever control that retains optimum stylus to groove contact while allowing
dynamic events and fine musical detail to be reproduced unimpaired.

imaging of the soundstage without resorting to the
added and unrealistic levels of high frequency
emphasis that so typically create listener fatigue.

Optim S

The Garrott Optim FGS

The Optim 'FGS' takes this design concept to the
ultimate with the inclusion of a special stylus
profile which together with careful balance of
moving parts produces superior tracking of even
significantly worn record grooves. The listener
can enjoy full-bodied and powerful, yet highly detailed
reproduction of a calibre not before achieved with affordable cartridges.

We are pleased to be able to offer highest quality analogue sound reproduction
from easy to live with cartridges that will reveal hitherto unrealised dimension
from your carefully preserved record collection, and do so with a level of
performance usually approached only by the most expensive of moving coil
designs.

We are confident that you will be delighted with your purchase.