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I saw a restored Lenco L75 turntable in a record store. The seller said it was completely stock (including the screws), but with new wooden plinth.
I should have asked the seller what particularly was done to that turntable, if he tells the truth.
The price is $600-$650.
The dust cover looks like new (he said it is also stock but polished by experts).
I have two questions:
1. The clear dust cover has a Lenco logo painted in red (unfortunately, I cannot post a picture).
Did the original Lenco turntables had logos or it was added/invented by a person who restored it?
2. Is the stock Lenco arm that bad? According to various sources, most owners replace it with more expensive arms.
Thanks in advance.
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The dust cover on my Lenco L75 (original) does not have any markings and it's sort of a soft smoky color, not clear.
The original Lenco tonearm is one of the most frustrating devices I've ever encountered related to this hobby. Per instructions I replaced the V blocks and adjusted and futzed over and over but could never get it to track at a consistent VTF with a light tracking cartridge such as Shure M91 ED. On Tuesday it would be 1 gram, on Wednesday 1.5, on this record 1.25, on that one 1.75. Drove me nuts. I got a Decca International on my Lenco and it's all wonderful, love that tonearm (which also has its idiosyncrasies) but nothing like the Lenco arm
I've never heard the stock Lenco tonearm, but you are correct in that it is not highly regarded, but mainly because used ones often have a problem due to rubber parts in or around the pivot having failed due to age. A well restored Lenco tonearm might actually be OK, in other words. Further, at that price, and if there has been a lot of work done to the rest of the parts and with a new plinth, the price is fair even with no tonearm at all. So you can consider the tonearm as "free", along with the rest of what you would get. All of the above is "in my opinion", of course.
I am old enough to remember the L75 arm when it was a brand new item. Even in those days it did not have a great reputation. But that does not mean that it was regarded as really bad, more that it was not considered to be in the same class as the turntable itself and not really suitable for the highest grade of cartridges.
One other thing to bear in mind is that when it was a current item the fashion was for high compliance moving magnet cartridges which may not have been the best match for it. A common combination was the L75 with a Shure M75E, it being thought not of sufficient quality for a V15.
purchased for the princely sum of $125 back in '72 when I was a teenager. Yep, ran a V15 with mine, too.
The Technics SL110/SME3009 that replaced it was considerably better.
The Lenco in question is equipped with Empire 4000 cartridge (I am not sure whether it is a low or high compliance cartridge). I will probably visit that seller again to find out what upgrades were done to the table and will have a look at it again.
Try to find out if there are any other alphanumeric identifiers along with "4000". I am no expert on Empire cartridges per se, but at least one of the 4000 series is very fine, the 4000DIII. Many rank it within a top group of MM cartridges, and yes, it would be in the "high compliance" category.
Of course, you might also want to establish that the cartridge is in good working condition. If it's a 4000DIII or any in the D series, and if it's in good shape, the value would be between $150 and $300 for the cartridge alone.
I will try to find it out. He says that the cart has a new stylus (which one, I wonder?) No one tells the truth, so a buyer should be an expert.
I think more often people just don't know what they've got. Or they are repeating an inaccurate bit of info that was given to them by the person from whom they bought the item.
That's the point. But there is something else (I know it from my experience buying NOS tubes): it sometimes happens when a seller wants to sell a pair of NOS tubes he says it was manufactured in mid sixties, though it is mid-seventies.
The same here: I managed to find out that the Lenco started to make perforated shells in the 70s (and I am not sure whether this is right or not), while the seller says the TT in question was made in 1967.
Also, I doubt that the original Lencos had a Lenco logo printed on the dust cover, while he says that it is original...
then your goals and concerns are different from mine. I would hide the dust cover in a closet, first thing, and I would only judge the headshell based on whether it suits a particular cartridge I want to hear. But I know what you mean; if he's deceiving you on that level, then who knows what else he is not telling you. However, I doubt he is deceiving you at all. He is likely telling you what he believes to be the truth. There's really not much difference between "1967" and the early 1970s when it comes to this stuff.
For info on the Lenco L75,try Lenco Heaven (lencoheaven.net).
I tried to get registered on Lencoheaven but did not succeed.
The following text appears:
'Before you can register, we have to check you are human by verifying the image to the right against the rows of images shown below. Just click the image that looks to be closest to the image on the right and we will redirect you to the registration page.'
So, I clicked that image but there was no response (nothing happened).
It has been determined that you are not human. (What are you?) You have to trust a site that calls itself heaven, of any sort. Screw it, have some more vodka, and listen to music. Heaven is for boring people, even if it is filled with Lencos.
dee
;-
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
quote by Kurt Vonnegut
Yes. A little Whiskey + Black Sabbath or the newly acquired Deep Purple In Rock via my Micro Seiki BL-10X should resolve this problem...
I have found it is very dangerous to me to drink whiskey and listen to the Doors. Jim gets me riled up and I always drink too much. Black Sabbath and Deep Purple I can handle, but not the Doors.
Dave
Yes, Doors are too strong even without whiskey...
dee
;-D
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
quote by Kurt Vonnegut
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