I wish I had the money for this!!!

[Accudazed]

Hi

I've fallen out of love with vinyl BUT if I had the money I would simply have to have this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/KENWOOD-TRIO-L07D-TURNTABLE-mkII-/131636208899?

I hope someone off the AoS buys it!

I've been lucky enough to see and hear an L07D - what an experience.

Cheers

Steve

[struth]

That is one fine TT

[RobbieGong]

Hi

I've fallen out of love with vinyl BUT if I had the money I would simply have to have this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/KENWOOD-TRIO-L07D-TURNTABLE-mkII-/131636208899?

I hope someone off the AoS buys it!

I've been lucky enough to see and hear an L07D - what an experience.

Cheers

Steve

Yes Steve, I can see why. The L07d looks stunning and is ONE of those decks ! Trio Leo here has or had one. A wonderful deck indeed. Hope you get lucky somehow :)

[trio leo]

Beautifully over-engineered piece of machinery, I used to sell these as well as owning one for about 12 years, I was told at the time that Trio sold them at a loss, it wouldn't surprise me, when you read the technology that went into bulding them it was fascinating.

The arm mechanism weighed 9lb, the whole thing weighed 73lb, but it also played records with a beautiful timing and it delivered a truly solid bass. Probably the best deck I've ever heard.

I was lucky enough to buy it, a Trio L01A amplifier, a Trio L01T tuner (hence Trio Leo) and a pair of Allison 3 speakers for £500 from the widow of a customer I sold the system to some 14 years earlier, after 2 years of use sadly he died and his widow kept the system in it's original cabinet unused. all the equipment was immaculate but the amp was faulty, years later I still sold it for £250, I got the same for the Tuner and another £250 for the speakers.

As for the L07D, after 12 years of total enjoyment (photos are on the gallery I think) I decided that whilst it was still perfect it would sell, but if it broke down, it would be difficult if at all possible to fix and worth nothing, so I sold it for £2,500 to a chap in Scotland and hopefully he's still enjoying it.

I hope someone ends up with that all time classic.

Cheers Al

[SCIDB]

Hi,

Very nice!

I remember seeing on of these in the window of Alpha Hifi in Leicester back in the 1980s.

[Theo]

It will be interesting to see what that ends up going for. There are a couple for sale at the moment.

I've never regretted buying mine:

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/TFP_2007/DSC_6338_zpsc96b5045_1.jpg (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/TFP_2007/media/DSC_6338_zpsc96b5045_1.jpg.html)

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/TFP_2007/DSC_6328_zps0d2b6fa0_1.jpg (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/TFP_2007/media/DSC_6328_zps0d2b6fa0_1.jpg.html)

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/TFP_2007/DSC_3246_zps02881541.jpg (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/TFP_2007/media/DSC_3246_zps02881541.jpg.html)

[rubber duck]

Hi

I've fallen out of love with vinyl BUT if I had the money I would simply have to have this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/KENWOOD-TRIO-L07D-TURNTABLE-mkII-/131636208899?

I hope someone off the AoS buys it!

It's in the US, so 110V and I'd be surprised if anyone in the UK buys it. In any case, this has now been clearly surpassed in the fantasy turntable wish list by the Nak Dragon in the classifieds.

[struth]

It's in the US, so 110V and I'd be surprised if anyone in the UK buys it. In any case, this has now been clearly surpassed in the fantasy turntable wish list by the Nak Dragon in the classifieds.

It has a universal tx and can be used anywhere

[RobbieGong]

It will be interesting to see what that ends up going for. There are a couple for sale at the moment.

I've never regretted buying mine:

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/TFP_2007/DSC_6338_zpsc96b5045_1.jpg (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/TFP_2007/media/DSC_6338_zpsc96b5045_1.jpg.html)

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/TFP_2007/DSC_6328_zps0d2b6fa0_1.jpg (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/TFP_2007/media/DSC_6328_zps0d2b6fa0_1.jpg.html)

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/TFP_2007/DSC_3246_zps02881541.jpg (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/TFP_2007/media/DSC_3246_zps02881541.jpg.html)

A super looking, sonic beauty !

[Ducatiist]

What's the umbilical chord for?
I assume it's some kind of vacuum platter?
There's a Nakamichi turntable on here at the mo at £7k, that also looks like a stunning thing!
A little too rich for me I'm afraid!

[Accudazed]

Hi Theo

Thanks for the photos!

Jeez, it's enough to get me back into vinyl.

There's another one for sale on ebay Germany (naturally - the Germans know a good thing when they see it).

I don't care what it costs, the L-07D IS a bargain. Imagine how much it would cost to make now?

Wonder what happened to the engineers who designed it?

More L-07 pics always greatly received!

Cheers

Steve


It will be interesting to see what that ends up going for. There are a couple for sale at the moment.

I've never regretted buying mine:

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/TFP_2007/DSC_6338_zpsc96b5045_1.jpg (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/TFP_2007/media/DSC_6338_zpsc96b5045_1.jpg.html)

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/TFP_2007/DSC_6328_zps0d2b6fa0_1.jpg (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/TFP_2007/media/DSC_6328_zps0d2b6fa0_1.jpg.html)

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/TFP_2007/DSC_3246_zps02881541.jpg (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/TFP_2007/media/DSC_3246_zps02881541.jpg.html)

[Theo]

Thank you Robert, Steven & Stuart - it is a fabulous turntable (as is that Nakamichi monster!)

I see the one mentioned here went for a paltry sum. There are a couple more for sale are far higher prices.

Yes, that is a vacuum platter: coincidentally, the same one that can be found on the Nakamichi Dragon...