Lenco and Garrard external ac power supply


Been thinking about this recently...Does it even make sense to try to find someone willing to build a power supply for turntables such as the Lenco L75 or Garrard 301 when they were made to just be plugged directly into the wall ac in the first place??

Loricroft makes ones for the 301 that convert ac to dc then back to "perfect" ac again which is what something like a Pure Power ac line conditioner/regenerator does. The neat thing about the Loricroft is that you can apparently adjust the 301's speed with it. It would be trick to find something like that for a Lenco 75 that was not so expensive.

PS audio used to make some big line re-conditioners that did the same sort of thing I think back in the day but I don't know if they are making the same equipmnet still. Furman and a couple others I think do similar things also.

What would be neat would be to find a ac regenerator that you could use to control the speed of either a 301, 401 or Lenco 75. Since they are all AC and can run at 110 or 220 volts maybe its possible, I don;t know but I know the Loricroft controller is way way expensive is it really worth $4000 bucks?? Thats almost as much as a restored 301 or top Lenco....geesh

Maybe you could just save the 4000 bucks and build one??/ Could it really be that tough?..
jeremy72

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Would not contact that nantais guy in any case, heard too many stories about his blatant arrogance and questionable customer service.

Maybe a used PS Audio power plant of some sort would be the ticket, its worth a try in any event.
I will steer clear of nantais, but been warned already, but thanks though for your advice :) Arrogance is often mistaken for knowledge, which in my life experience is misconceiving. In actuality, those possessing true knowledge have nothing to be threatened from, hence their lack of blatant arrogance. Humble knowledge wins every time over arrogance, at least in my opinion. ymmv as they say...
Interesting, but confusing...If you run the table at 47 Hz then won't it run too slow? Sorry, if I am not getting it.. Just seems as if it might not lock onto 33 or 45 if running 47Hz with a 60Hz pulley, or 50Hz pulley for that matter.
Spoke directly with Christopher from Artisan Fidelity at some length about the idea of using a power conditioner or regenerator with a Lenco L75. He said they and several of their customers had tried several top ac line conditioner devices with the Lenco but none of them (at least at this point) had proved to be something which he would recommend investing large dollars in. What he did recommend though was to plug their lenco's directly into the wall with a high quality power cable and nice quality outlet recepticle and even dedicated lines (in a perfect world) if you really wanted the Lenco to be at its best. He mentioned specific details also about proper grounding of their lenco and garrard 301 tables but I can't remember exactly what....it was a long day that day...knowledgeable guy though btw
Sorry Lithojoe aka "Home Depot speaker wire is the best guy" not all of us know everything like you do...must be nice to be so intelligent we should all be so honored by your presence and invaluable contributions. LOL
Greetings Hiho, wrong there actually with the one man operation Artisan fidelity comment. There's one owner/ designer right (Christopher), but according to my notes they've got several woodworkers, a part time electronics tech and a couple machinists who they directly contract for custom designed metal fabrication. He said he works from home partly and from the woodshop located somewhere nearby. (Just spoke to the guy by the way, so I think I should know what the heck I am talking about here) on a side note, I enjoy reading some of your older analog postings btw, good stuff. :) Peace, J