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Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II

“For those who want the moon but can't afford it or those who can afford it but like to have fun and work with their hands, I'm willing to give out a recipe for a true high-end 'table which is easy to do, and fun to make as sky's the limit on design/creativity! The cost of materials, including 'table, is roughly $200 (depending, more or less), and add to that a Rega tonearm. The results are astonishing. I'll even tell/show you how to make chipboard look like marble and fool and impress all your friends. If there's interest I'll get on with this project, if not, I'll just continue making them in my basement. The next one I make will have a Corian top and have a zebra stripe pattern! Fun! Any takers?”

The Lead in “Da Thread” as posted by Johnnantais - 2-01-04

Let the saga continue. Sail on, oh ships of Lenco!
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radicalsteve
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Just a brief post to say that the mighty Lenco L75 rebuild recently completed smokes my Micr-Seiki RX-5000 and my heavy plinthed Technics SP 10 Mk2. Second best upgrade to my system after rooom treatment.

I will try and post pics and a more lengthy description plus trials and tribulations over the weekend. Currently playing a ZYX UNIverse on a Triplanar V11 thru rebuilt Sonic Frontiers phono 1, Line 3, Power 3's and Focal/Raven sealed boxes with sealed 12" Shiva subs.

Steve in Ottawa
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Lewm, the best result so far has been with an SME V and a Kondo-IOj. I always thought the SME was a stellar performer but somehow lacking the 'soul' that allows you to feel the pace and rhythm or "being there" with the music. On the Lenco, the SME is a different arm and it truly brings out the best in the Kondo - such that no one element trumps any other in the presentation of the whole. I have a renewed respect now for the SME, especially when the damping is applied judiciously.
Steve
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I am really pleased with my L75 / heavy plinth as mentioned earlier in this thread but I do have a discernable hum from the motor particulalrly sensitive to my low output Kondo-IOj. Has anyone got a proven solution, mu metal, copper etc.?

Steve
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The MAS 282 sounds like an interesting tonearm. At first I thought John you made a typo and were referring to the ultra rare (read ultra expensive) Micro MAX 282. An arm I once had and now regret selling, it was one of the most dynamic, pure sounding arm I have ever heard and it also has a rubber decoupling to mount the counterweight on the arm tube. I always thought though that the counterweight sagged just a tad, maybe age, maybe design.

Also the Sony PUA-7 and PUA-9 have a similar design and the PUA-7 is a ridiculously good sounding arm for the money, I have not heard the PUA-9 and would be interested to know if anyone else on this thread has heard that arm. Also the Ikeda arms use a rubber (or similar compound) O-ring between counterweight and arm tubes, and probably there are other designs like this out there?

It seems that there is something then to rubber damping and decoupling designs. Almost has one wondering if there are some quick and dirty opportunities to incorporate this methodology on to other arms we like.

Steve in Ottawa
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