The Lenco Reference Pt XCIII - Awaiting Mr. Postman....
The Lenco is now reaching end stage. It's broken down into all its (remaining) components. I've stripped things back even further and now I honestly think we are now at bare minimum. The top plate is getting a new paint job, hopefully it's last as I'm done with modding the top plate (for now)! I've polished the bearing. I'm now awaiting two packages, one from Germany with the bearing upgrades and one from London. The London package should include a wonderful new platter mat and some brand new motor springs. I remember requesting some new motor springs being made and being met with a wall of scepticism now, funnily enough a new batch have been made and sold out , seems no-one believed me that 40+ year old motor springs could deform. We shall how they perform in a few days. I can't wait to lash the whole thing together and see how it sounds. I'm also experimenting with some woods for the tonearm mount. I've started with ebony. I won't be straying too far as there are already quite a few known safe options i.e. bamboo, ebony, cherry wood. So, ebony is a starter and we'll see what happens from then on. Not much more to report so stay tuned.
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CD Teac VRDS25X(Audiotuned) DECK 1210 Mat Crystal Audio Mods MN Base/Bearing/Platter+Ebony armboard Feet Isonoe PSU Paul Hynes SR7EHD-27XL/DCSXL Ag DC lead/3 Stage Regs/Recap PCB+No Pitch/Strobe/Light ARM SME V(Kondo Ag Rewire&Tags) MC Cadenza Black FGS CABLES Arm Yannis SPD-4 IC Yannis 222 Litz+Ag bullets Power WAR PRE ATC SCA2 SPEAKERS ATC 50ASL STANDS Atacama PHONO Sugden Masterclass PA4 SUT Ortofon ST80SE POWER PSAudio P10
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PRE Croft Epoch(Modded) AMP Sondex S100 (Modded) SPEAKERS Tannoy 15"MG+RFC Warwick cabs+ Ref XO + Batpure supertweeters DECK Garrard 301 Mat Teunto Bearings 401(Bastin) Plinth Bamboo Arms 3009/3012 PSU Eagle+Tachometer MC Ag Meister II/FGS + Ortofon SPU MONO CABLES Arm Yannis 420.5 Litz+ SpeakerPC Tripple C+WBT-0681 Ag IC Oyaide FTVS-510 AgWBT 0110Ag Phonostages Paradise(4 Box Mega-Modded) / Croft Musicmaker