Hadcock GH242 Integra
G.C. Hadcock 242 SE (now called the GH242 Integra - includes Incognito wiring)
The Hadcock GH242 SE tone arm utilises the experience and expertise gained over twenty five years of manufacture and design of high precision unipivot tone arms.
The Hadcock GH242 SE tone arm has been designed with an increased longer arm tube giving an effective length of 243.80mm (9.60").
The increased effective length of the Hadcock GH242 SE results in an ultimate performance ensuring enhanced geometry and stability.
The Hadcock GH242 SE unipivot is designed to be compatible with all high grade moving iron, moving coil and magnetic cartridges.
The Hadcock GH242 SE has a detachable top arm and arm tubes and headshells are available separately.
Specification
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Mounting hole |
15.87mm dia (5/8" dia) |
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Overall length |
304.8mm (12.0") |
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Height |
43.0mm - 90.0mm (1.7" - 3.5") |
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Pivot stem length |
86.4mm (3.4") |
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Pivot to stylus point |
243.8mm (9.60") |
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Pivot to centre of turntable |
226.0mm (8.9") |
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Offset angle |
23 deg |
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Rear overhang |
62mm (2.4") |
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Headshell mounting |
12.7mm (0.50") |
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Cartridge mass |
3 - 12 grms |
Reviews
"The Hadcock with either the Music Maker or the XX-2 cleans up the bottom end of the Orbe and just makes music so much fun, so that the SME has to take third place. That my two favourite arms are unipivots is significant, I'm not saying that a unipivot is a guarantee of quality (I didn't much like the Kuzma), but those "flat earthers" that have been banging on about them for the last 20 years obviously have something going for them." © Copyright 2002 Geoff Husband - http://www.tnt-audio.com
""Utterly musical high end performance, with a very tempting price tag attached. Very little serious competition at the price."
Hi-Fi World June 2000 - Richard White
"It's an excellent match for any high-quality, non-suspended table (also suspended see OL Aurora Gold review in Hi-Fi World - HIAudio). I'm sure it would also be right at home on rigidly suspended turntables such as the Avid or the Orbe. Now, I've saved the best for last. The Hadcock might be a very fine arm, but its price wouldn't let on. For some reason, I'd labored under the misconception that it weighed in at over £1000. At that price, I thought it a good deal, especially when you factor in the Incognito wiring. Turns out it costs £689.00 including Vat. That's $1,102 for the Yanks. What?! All I can say is, I'm amazed that you can get this quality of sound at that price. If I were in the market for a unipivot, this arm would be my first port of call. Land ahoi! You know what us sailors do after a long absence from solid ground under our feet, don't ya?." Edward Baker on the GH242 SE (Integra) Edward Barker, 6Moons May 2003.
"The Hadcock's price is roughly comparable with the Rega 900 and the SME300 range and, in my opinion, it is both more versatile and more able than either. In truth its performance places it in a higher class altogether. All-in-all, whether you view it as a bargain high-ender or as an improbably musical medium-pricer the GH242 SE deserves a long, blissful listen." Hi-Fi World June 2000
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