Garrard 50 Mark II (c. 1967)
Little is documented about the Garrard 50 Mark II beyond the advertising campaign that introduced it. What survives is a series of full-page magazine announcements from 1967. These are advertisements, not editorial reviews. They present the 50 Mark II as a new compact automatic turntable with high-performance features at $54.50. The Garrard ad copy made a bold claim for a turntable at that price: it insisted the model should be compared with the finest and most expensive automatic turntables, not with budget or medium-priced music systems. Audio (March 1967, p.5) carried the announcement, as did HiFi/Stereo Review in the same period.
The 50 Mark II was introduced as one of five new Garrard automatic turntables that year. Beyond that, the record is thin. There is no measured-review data, no confirmed specifications, and no detailed documentation of the drive system, tonearm, or platter in Archive sources.
- Type: compact automatic turntable
- Advertised price: $54.50
- Period: advertised throughout 1967
- Introduced as one of five new Garrard automatic turntables
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