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Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II
08-20-09: Nickiguy08-20-09: 4yanxI've still two Lencos spinning.Glad to see you post here again. I always admired your work, and thought the original thread lost a valuable member when you bowed out. Seems as though it has been a long time since y... 
Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II
Tres bien, François! Your fabrication work and photography continues to be of the "highest caliber". How about going a little more open-source with some of your reference sections for all to see?All best,Mario 
Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II
Hi Mike, Good to see you checking back in. We may be moving off pro.boards to a controlled server. It's in discussion. But if it happens it'll probably be sooner rather than later. We'll probably have a restoration space at that site. Just not sur... 
Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II
Your right Paul,A public forum is not the place to air this laundry out.All best,Mario 
Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II
Lew, Musicfile & Wolf, Sorry that you've had difficulty registering at lenco.proboards. In the past 24 hours, there have been nearly 50 new members registered and brought aboard. Things are still getting underway with quite a lot of work going... 
Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT:Lenco-Lovers is back up and running today.All best,Mario 
Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT:The Lenco specific audio site, Lenco-Lovers is down. Whether this is a temporary stoppage or portends to a more permanent demise, will remain a matter of conjecture until Francois elects to post an explanation. It would seem t... 
Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II
Wow, and you guys tag team too! If this is what you do for fun and diversion, must be a pretty hollow existence, eh? 
Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II
Another Gobsmacked testimonial that, intended or not, deflates the windbag naysayers and swats down that pesky fly. Thanks Mikey, for getting us back to what it's all about. Never quite understood whether they hate the message or the messenger, an... 
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Hi Jean,Those EV triaxials must sound great! Originally matched for Aristocat enclosures - guess about 8+ cubic feet? Saw another pair of EV-16s down at my municipal re-use center @ $5 for the pair. Once again, no foam, no grilles and, little doub... 
Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II
Hi Mike,Good to see you resurfacing. Thanks for the the quick look and review on the Trans-Fi Terminator. A few questions:What did you use for an air supply? Did you go the DIY route with plastic gas tank route as smoother? Also, I notice from you... 
Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II
Yeah Dave, it sure can be a gas with those boys. Lot of smart cookies, though. I often think we sometimes seem to be floundering about over there, only because there's a big lack of inhibitions empirically as well as socially. Things just go flyin... 
Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II
Hi Dave,"To ream, or not to ream" the RS-A1 headshell, is the quadry facing Ian's over at LL, even as you write.- Mario 
Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II
The subjective loggerheads of neutrality versus musicality I suspect lies mostly, but not entirely, outside of the domain of turntable as appliance – that part starting from the stylus on back. In this, I’m pretty much in agreement with Lewm. But ... 
Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II
Hi Jean,The shoot-out sounds great. It'll certainly be interesting if and when Peter's plate enters the fray. But getting back to our stock top plates....Can you tell us a little more about the marine grade glass epoxy that you’re using on the und...