Trans-rotor Lenardo - Anyone give a listen?


I am curious if anyone stateside or across the pond has given a listen to the Trans-rotor Lenardo turntable. This is the basic Trans-rotor turntable model with clear acrylic base, acrylic platter, and trans-rotor arm (looks like a modified Rega).

These $2k specials are available in limited supply stateside. I am consider a purchase with a Dynavector 20x or Benz glider, but my local dealer is renovating and won't have a system up and running for a listen for another month.

I believe Trans-rotor manufactures the Clearaudio line of TT's.

Thanks for the insights fellow vinyl lovers.
rjones

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There is a member here, who's moniker I can't remember, who emailed me once, that has a Transrotor Leonardo and also bought a Teres 245. He said that once he heard the Teres 245, he put the Leonardo in his 2nd system, as it could not compare sonically to the Teres. Pricing was simiar for the 2 tables.

I have noticed that any TT with an acrylic base material has a lack of bass response compared to some other materials. When I had my Teres 135, which has an acrylic base, it did not have anywhere near the bass response that the 245 has. The only difference between the 135 and the 245 is the acrylic base vs the wood/lead-shot base. My auditioning of other acrylic base TT's has also indicated this same characteristic.