johnnantais
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| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Hi Stefanl, brilliant analysis, the higher voltages in Europe would make a difference and would account for the greater noise/problems of both Lencos and Garrards over in Europe! But I do recall my own Lenco was very silent when I was running it i... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Hi Stefan, this is a traditional mod as well for the Garrards, with the same reported results as you report. However, many of those who have tried this tweak and who love the idlers for their great dynamic power report as well a consequent loss of... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Oops, forgot to mention Mario's mumetal mod: it works! As already described, the hum (using both Grado and Decca) intensifies just before reaching the platter, then disappears as the cartridge goes over the edge and hovers above the record. A real... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Ha, I KNEW there were advantages to the new abode!! Thanks for the kind words Mario (AND JoAnn), it was a pleasure to host both you and your wonderful wife, you're welcome to come back anytime, and we'll explore the Caves of the Unknown!There are ... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Hi all, actually, "stunning" might be too strong a word for my simple maple-veneered plinth, but thanks all the same Mario!! It was Willbewill's Spotmat which made the total effect (and I have a white one too), thanks again Malcolm!!And I signed o... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Thanks for the compliments all, you know what they say, "practice makes perfect!" As an aside, I deliberately showcased my amateur/slap-dash efforts in order to entice those with no experience to give the Lenco Challenge a go and join in the fun a... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II I have finally done it: I have made the Garrard 301 (grease-bearing) the equal of the Mighty Glass-Reinforced Direct Coupled Giant Lenco!! More than once I was ready to throw in the towel and either declare defeat, or actually try a low-mass appro... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Hi Mike: to make Direct Coupling a success the wood-screws must be tightened just so, just like tuning an instrument. So I use several wood-screws and I do indeed use lock-washers (or rubber-sided washers) to go between the head of the screw and t... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Now THAT is what I'm talking about: we need more reports of conversions and discoveries. The Idler War isn't as heated as it once was, now it has sunk in it is after all, an excellent system, but it isn't won yet. The issue is which system is supe... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Hi Ronnie, Man, that is SOME Co-EEnK-ki-dink!! Hope you can repair your Moerch, what did you think of it while it was working?? I ordered one of Reinderspeter's new Lenco plates without tonearm to accommodate my Maplenoll, Whoo-eee I got it bad. I... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Hi Mario, thanks for the compliment! Actually that was early impressions I never went back to rectify: the MG-1 does indeed provide superb bass, perhaps even better than the Rega's when mounted on a Giant Direct-Coupled Lenco, and that's saying so... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Hi Mike, thanks for the compliment, I've been practicing and researching!! "Mr. Red," I like that. I've got all sorts of plans now for various veneers, coloured lacquers, and combinations for the future, this is loads of fun! Yes, that's a Moerch ... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Hi David, Boy, the adventures just dont stop over there, do they? I haven't had my Rega up for a while now, I bought a new Rega RB-300 which I'll be re-wiring soon, and then I'll once again have a stab at Twl's tweak, as last time I couldn't find ... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Now THAT is skeletal Ronnie!! Reminds me of my first Lenco set-up, when I had no tools and no plans and the Lenco was sitting on stilts (that model, an L75, had usable metal stilts for some reason) with the Rega RB300. Even over a budget NAD 3020i... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Holy Crap, Jimmy Neutron indeed!! I'll stick to something easy, like the Intergalactic Spaceship I'm building using a television screen as protection against meteorite strikes (NOT LCD, as those screens aren't unbreakable like the old-fashioned TV... |