LENCO - GL75 Project

[Jimbo]

Which tonearm are you using?

[Wakefield Turntables]

See post #53 it's an old Rega I bought from a fellow member. Didn't sound too bad until a snapped the right channel wire

[Wakefield Turntables]

Brian,

As promised a couple of Idler wheel pics. Let me know if you want some more, hope they help.

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The idler looks a little skewed but it more the position of the camera, I promised you it's straight.

Finally I bolted the old Rega Tonearm on today. Here's how my 3rd system is looking. It's the Lenco GL75, a Quad 405-2 (fully net audio modded), then a selection of valves in the form of Radford pre/power amp. I have a few mains filters and a Lenco head amp.

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This is the lull before the storm. I've a few little parcels arriving over the next few weeks. The Tonearm should be finished in the next few days and hopefully I can start playing some vinyl to get a feel for the machine. I'll probably start bashing Lenco Heaven to really fine tune the deck. I'm enjoying this Lenco journey.

[Jimbo]

Very nice looking deck Andrew, understated and clean look.

They are great to work on and very well engineered in my opinion. I really like the drive to the sound and the compulsive way they have with rock and jazz music.

[brian2957]

Brian,

As promised a couple of Idler wheel pics. Let me know if you want some more, hope they help.

DSCN2580.jpgDSCN2581.jpg

The idler looks a little skewed but it more the position of the camera, I promised you it's straight.

Finally I bolted the old Rega Tonearm on today. Here's how my 3rd system is looking. It's the Lenco GL75, a Quad 405-2 (fully net audio modded), then a selection of valves in the form of Radford pre/power amp. I have a few mains filters and a Lenco head amp.

DSCN2578.jpg

This is the lull before the storm. I've a few little parcels arriving over the next few weeks. The Tonearm should be finished in the next few days and hopefully I can start playing some vinyl to get a feel for the machine. I'll probably start bashing Lenco Heaven to really fine tune the deck. I'm enjoying this Lenco journey.

Thanks Andrew , difficult to see properly . At 33rpm the idler wheel on mine seems to be very close to the ridge which drops the speed down to 16rpm .

Nice system BTW .

[brian2957]

Sorry for hijacking your thread Andrew . This is what I mean . The idler wheel is in this position at 33 rpm . Is yours the same ?

[Wakefield Turntables]

I'll have a look when I get back tonight. You need to lose the two red transits screws that I see in your picture. They generate a lot of rattle in the motor and also change the declination angle of the motor which will effect the idler. Even to keeping them in situ like you have now will cause them to rattle and hit the lenco chassis.

[brian2957]

Didn't know about the screws . Thanks for that Andrew .

[rossman]

Sorry for hijacking your thread Andrew . This is what I mean . The idler wheel is in this position at 33 rpm . Is yours the same ?

Brian, the position of the idler arm can be adjusted at the slider but you would need to get under the top plate to do this. You would then have more room to alter the speeds. This would mean that the positions of the pieces that keep the control in place for each speed would also need adjusting.

[Wakefield Turntables]

Brian, the position of the idler arm can be adjusted at the slider but you would need to get under the top plate to do this. You would then have more room to alter the speeds. This would mean that the positions of the pieces that keep the control in place for each speed would also need adjusting.

good point Paul. My Lenco has been modded to just play 33rpm as I only own albums. Modding the deck just to play at 33rpm would mean that Brian would only need to alter the speed selector for the 33rpm all the other could just be removed. If you look earlier in the thread I have added a picture showing just such a modification.