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I simply had to post and say that Lenco's are indeed awesome tables, able to spar toe to toe with many current offerings out there, including bleeding edge gear. I've been reading about the Ship of Lenco for a few years now, I finally had to break down and try one, so I built a relatively modified version of an L-75. I used a similar arm to my existing table for the Lenco and my same cartridge to keep all things equal. After a 3 month build, I was a bit apprehensive about what the modified Lenco would sound like-

To say I'm impressed about the sonics would be an understatement. I'm very impressed. All the usual descriptions apply here, frequency extension, air, soundstaging, prat, and above all... MUSIC ! Lots of foot tapping, albums and covers flying everywhere as old favorites are ripped out and rediscovered, playing air guitar, playing real guitar, me suddenly bursting into song, it's all there.

I'm not sure exactly how to describe the sonics, but something is just plain right. So many pieces don't have that quality that it becomes difficult to verbalize why the sound is just plain better, but it is. I'm not foolish enough to say that they will better any top tier (and top budget) tables out there, but they won't be embarrassed, and that much I'm pretty confident about.

Thanks to Mario, Jean, etc for carrying the flame about these wonderful tables. It would indeed be sad if these gems got lost to the hands of time and weren't enjoyed as they should be. It's a testament to a great and somewhat timeless design.

RFG

I think the discourse has been plenty civil with regards to Mosin and Mario. Obviously, JN doesn't seem to get rattled when someone confronts him either. All involved seem to just let it ride, they take the confrontation like water off a duck. Thanks for keeping it mature and ressonable- sure there have been some minor skermishes, but it has been a nice and productive ride.

Sail on.

Nice score on the Leak Stereo 20, I had one a little while ago
and I just loved the sound. Something about EL-84's sounds very "right" to these ears. You do have to get them updated to sound correct though, so that's a good things you're doing that. That amp should be wonderful running your Klipsch's. That being said, I have to agree with what you heard about the Point One preamp. Those are o.k. if you like the "vintage" sound, but the preamps of today kick the snot out of them.

Good luck on the SME camparison, that's a heck of a table to put up against a big plinth Lenco.

Hi Musicdoc-

You should really hit lenco-lovers.com for extensive answers to all your questions.

As a Moderator at the Lenco Heaven site in the above reference, I thought I might comment. The thread in question has had almost exclusive praise for Arthur in his seemingly honest and forthright attempt at a fair review of a modded 40 year old table such as the Lenco. JN does great work and has wonderful results and we have nothing but respect for his abilities and his carrying of the Lenco torch. He's also quite a nice guy.

As I know Daiwok David closely, I can guarantee what he meant was not an accusation of collusion, I hope Arthur can believe that. David is from HK and sometimes his expressions can be interpreted incorrectly, it is simply not in his nature to make such accusations, if we had suspected anything of the sort it would have been addressed immediately. Apologies for any insult Arthur may have felt.
Anyone promoting Lencos or modifying them for increased performance is a friend in our book.

When you do finally get your website going Jean, I wish you the best. Thanks for carrying the torch for so long.