2. analog
  3. 1157059532

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!
mario_b
gp49
52 posts
 
With the Decca, adding mass to the headshell seems to be the most effective, in my experience.

I have observed this with the modified Rabco SL-8E on my Garrard 301, and with a homebuilt Well Tempered clone that was on my modified AR belt-drive. On both of them, adding mass to the headshell improved bass definition and extension, and imaging. I am guessing that since the Decca throws a lot of energy back into the arm, added mass would tend to reduce the effect of that energy, otherwise more of it would get various vibration modes going in the arm itself. Just my guess...
artd
7 posts
 
Hi Jean. Thanks for your reply and apologies for it being wasted. After working 12 hours on a screen my eyes were even fuzzier than my brain and I mis-read your post as adding mass to the Decca tone arm instead of the Decca cartridge.

I'd love to have a Decca cartridge but for the forseeable future will have to make do with reading about your, and others, experiences with them.

In the meantime I do have a Decca tone arm and with a bit of application and experimentation can probably answer my own question.

Regards, Paul
gilbodavid
62 posts
 
Hello all. my lenco is about set up after a 10 month hiatus destroying my bottom disc lifting a piano, with resultant surgery, then buying a house with 6 months work needed (sorry back). in the meantime, while recovering, i've found the most amazing internet radio site - digijazz at http://www.abc.net.au/dig/jazz/default.htm
playing fascinating jazz amazingly interesting nonstop!
Meanwhile, i cannot play lenco as my sony pre is in need of tlc and i sold all my phono stages to buy my house. However, today i have set up my Yamaha NS-615 speakers, given my sony power its 2 day warm up, and have been frankly astonished by the sound coming out of these little speakers, them just sitting on the floor! Ok i have got seperate 10mm mains cable coming from my hifi consumer unit to every component, but these speakers are remarkable. and all because i was looking for Ns-625's, a la jean. Jean, i'm amazed at the amount of time you have to throw hifi together experiment and what you come up with next.

mgreen love your system. heard a fisher about 2 yrs ago, it was seductive!
mgreene
107 posts
 
Thanks David. Setting up at least one TT this weekend in order to tune my speakers to the main source.

I think I am going to try a variovent or two - anyone here have any experience?

Mike
goughary
10 posts
 

Has anyone had any experience mounting an Audio Technica ATP-12T 10" arm on an L70 in the stock mount hole? Does it fit? Is there a way to make it work? Is it any good? What does it sound like?
More to discover