Hello Iohswharan,

Your 950 sounds as if it is custom job, what with being fitted with Lemo connectors in place of the normal XLRs. Not sure what you mean by a "wooden top"? - again sounds like a custom job as the 950 usually comes fitted with a metal and perspex lid, with provision to display the sleeve of the record being played.

I wouldn't say the 950 is the best direct drive ever, but it is very good: its competitors in the broadcast industry are/were the Technics SP10 and the Denon DP100.