Tonights Update - The Reference Lenco Pt LXXII - BIG ANNOUNCEMENT - Version 3 of the Reference Lenco has started.
I've decided that now would be a good time to seriously start spending some time of developing Version 3 of my Reference Lenco. A lot of my other projects are virtually finished and the winter months are drawing in so I need something to keep me busy! I've spent quite a lot of time thinking about some of the ideas that I incorperated into the latest version of the '75 and how I could progress them even further. I have several general concepts to improve the performance of the 75.
1. Dampen and couple parts.
2. Minimise components.
3. Increase mass wherever possible.
4. Protect from EMI/RFI
5. Minimise / interupt / sink vibration when possible
Over the next few months I'll post some updates on how these latest ideas will be implemented.
One of the areas that I've been tinkering with is EMI/RFI and area where the deck could be prone to magnetic inteference. I have been looking at the decks current components and checking for those which are magnetic and ultimately they will be replaced. I have once MASSIVE problem! The top plate is extremely magnetic
. So I've bought myself a cheap magnet and over the next few days will be looking for areas which need some attention. The platter mat shoot out proved interesting and has come up with a replacement for the old technics rubber mat. I played around with Thorens TD160 mat for some time and decided that it produced slightly more detail in the soundstage presentation. It was an extremely close run thing, we are talking minuscle differences but this is supposed to be a reference Lenco so the Technics mat had to go. I also like the Thorens mat because it has a nice non-magnetic 1mm steel or aluminium disc at it's centre which means that it's probably working as a rotating shield from the electromagnetic effects on some of the motor. This may not be the case and it may not offer any protection at all but it's their and not doing any harm. So, a quick snap of the deck as it looks with its new platter mat.
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