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DSJR
I believe Jelco made all the Ittoks and I also think the very first Ittok-esque arm was a short-lived Jelco (designed by Ito-San?) that Linn may have bought the rights to. [edit] A VERY long time ago and this arm's roots may be partly buried as is the real LP12 direct ancestry
I also seem to remember Linn saying that the last Ittok LVIII's were the same as the first Ekos arms (colour aside). If this is true, then how come the all but doubling of the price from LVIII to Ekos? Many early Ekos arms suffered glued-up bearings too and Linn replaced these for a while, but charged a small fortune thereafter (I don't know if Ron's arm had iffy bearings, but glad it's been breathed on by someone who knows them intimately).
Back in the dark ages, we sold Ittoks to go on all sorts of decks from the Systemdek and Logic 101, but also the Luxman PD-300 (IIRC) and even a Thorens 160 and Axis... No reason at all why an Ekos shouldn't be used with a Techie if the arm-board is carefully selected.
that the Ittok was designed by Fidelity Research; and it may have been built by a division of Denon. Look at the Ittok's construction and design elements and you will see its parentage quite clearly.
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