Hi Jerry,

Quote Originally Posted by jandl100 View Post
Oo-er --- it got off to a wobbly start -- dropouts on 1 or 2 channels for a while, but now seems to have settled down. Fingers crossed it stays that way.
If your Lentek is stock, as I suspect it is, it’ll have kind of ‘rubbery’ style black output cables fitted, which are notorious for coming loose from their internal contacts after a while, and let’s remember that the unit will be about 30 years old, so there’ll have been plenty of opportunity for that to have happened.

My advice, if you intend to keep the Lentek, is to have the output cable replaced by someone handy with a soldering iron, who’s near you (Paul RFC?), as if the drop-outs continue, it’ll do your head in. Furthermore, you should also get a small sonic improvement by using something good but inexpensive, such as Shark cable, from Maplins. That’s what I have on my Lentek. You can even fit some ‘wanky’ phono plugs on the end, while you’re at it!

But the sound.
Yes!
Marco is right - super-duper. Bucketloads more presence, clarity, dynamics - and, ooo, the bass. Sounds like it's dropped another half octave and is strong and taut.
The Lentek was a little thin-sounding from the off, but got into its stride after 30 minutes or so.

Yum, an excellent upgrade - thanks for the tip, Marco.
No worries, matey - just glad it worked out. I’ve experimented so much with this kind of stuff you wouldn’t believe, so it’s good that the experience I’ve gained can be put to good use helping other folks improve their ‘choons’. That's essentially what AoS is all about!

Yup, the unit does improve after having been switched on for half an hour or so. Just be careful though, as it’s *so* easy to forget to switch it off and discover next time you go to listen to music, that you’ve got a flat battery! You need to factor it into your ‘powering-down ritual' at night, and flick it off at the same time as your amps, or whatever.

Anyway, enjoy!

Marco.