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Design by DCA

In the mid-1970s, Ira Gale engaged DCA Design Consultants, led by founder Derek Carter, to realise a radical vision for a transparent, suspended record player that fused precision engineering with modernist form. The collaboration produced the Gale GT2101, layered perspex over stainless-steel pods, plus a separate cylindrical control tower housing the speed electronics and LED display. This page preserves a studio portrait of the DCA team alongside high-resolution product photographs that document the language and craft of this partnership.

DCA Design Consultants team, black-and-white studio portrait
DCA Design Consultants, black-and-white studio portrait from the GT2101 era.
GT2101 control tower front view with red and green buttons
Cylindrical control tower of the GT2101, showing the red and green power switches on its brushed-steel front panel.
Top-down view of the GT2101 turntable with control tower and coiled connection cable
Top-down view of the GT2101 turntable with its external control tower connected by a coiled cable, displaying the LED speed readout.
Three-quarter angled view of the GT2101 turntable
Three-quarter angle revealing the acrylic layer construction and stainless-steel isolation pods supporting the floating platter assembly.
Side profile of GT2101 with control tower
Side profile showing the GT2101 turntable and its companion control tower, a striking combination of engineering precision and industrial design.
Right side close-up of GT2101 tonearm and acrylic plinth structure
Close-up of the right side, highlighting the tonearm base and layered acrylic/steel plinth structure that defined the GT2101’s distinctive form.

DCA team portrait, enlarged ×

GT2101 control tower, enlarged ×

GT2101 top-down with control tower, enlarged ×

GT2101 three-quarter angle, enlarged ×

GT2101 side profile with control tower, enlarged ×

GT2101 right-side detail at arm base, enlarged ×

Photographs © Gale Electronics Archive / DCA Design Consultants, preserved as part of the GT2101 documentation set.