johnnantais
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| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Hello from the country after a long absence all, I've been very busy with both audio and non-audio related stuff the past couple of weeks. Sorry for the delay Gonglee: no, the L85 is a belt-drive and therefore persona non-grata, go for either an L... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Boy, lots going on in just a few days!! I've been off-line over the weekend enjoying the last "summer" weekend (temperatures in the mid-twenties Celsius when they are ordinarily 10 degrees cooler), hiking the provincial parks and watching the amaz... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Actually, there are two new megabuck idler-wheel drives, built by Loricraft, who in turn bought the rights to the Garrard name, which had ended up in the hands of a Brazilian company!! They make the Garrard 501, and I believe the lower-priced (but... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Hi Mike, guilty as charged :-)!! I myself still have all those tonearms, which I have never yet heard on a Giant Direct Coupled Glass-Reinforced Lenco. I'm REALLY curious to hear the Black Widow on this later Super Lenco, as well as the Mayware (w... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Hello again fellow idler-wheelers: I'm here to report the latest bout of Crush the Belt-Drive. Once again, a VPI TNT, earlier edition (MKII I believe) was Crushed by a Giant Direct Coupled Lenco. The way it happened is more interesting than the fa... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Hello from the Country all, I've been overcoming Culture Shock in reverse, adapting to Western society after months spent in a Middle Eastern lifestyle and mind-set. I confess I do miss the walks along the beaches and in the mountains and medieval... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Always have to bring it back to the same old muck, issues of "credit," the same stuff which has poisoned what should have been an entirely pleasurable - if sometimes stormy (on issues of engineering, measurements, results/experiments, etc.) - vent... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Greetings from the Greek island of Rhodos all, a medieval fortress-city built by the Knights of St. John long ago, on the shores of the Aegean sea across from Turkey. A home away from home for me, where I've lived and worked at various reprises. I... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II There's more than one way to skin a cat, and as always Vetterone, you choose to ignore the reports of Lencos beating EMTs, reported by their very owners (not all Lenco implementations are created equal, I am only interested in realizing the idler ... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Greetings from Jerusalem all! I am here, and can you believe it, the Lenco is still stuck in Cypriot Cutsoms, as untouchable as the Ark of the Covenant (seems appropriate, considering where I am). Lenco-wise, this trip has been a daily logistical ... | |
| New Teres Direct Drive Motor Available as Option Gee, the opening statement in the advertisement for this new take on the idler wheel/rim-drive could have been torn out of my earliest - and current - writings on the subject...except for the inclusion of idler-wheel drive as a victim of speed ins... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Great sentiment Bob, I've lived my life by it so far, why stop now :-)!? Speaking of sailing, the Green Monster has just been picked up for shipping by sea to Cyprus! Let's hope the boat doesn't sink on the way there. Strange coincidence, it turns... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Hi all, just a quickie here Tessera: I went to an Independent Grocer and found Cameo right there on the shelf, also often found in Loeb's or Loblaws, if not indeed at the Home Hardware. Rubber Renew is found at electronics stores, but lacquer thin... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Hi Michael, thanks for the encouragement, and for the excellent, detailed and informative review!!For particulars on the Review Lenco I'll be sending to Cyprus to further the Lenco - and Idler - Name, it will be a two-tonearm Lenco, as asking a no... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Hi Tessera, to answer your second question first, the best source of replacement parts including metal wheels ate the Lenco B55s and variants, which go cheaper as they have the cheaper pressed-metal platters and smaller main bearings. They have th... |