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Just received a Lenco 78 with black chassis.Brand new in the original box with plastic wrap and styrofoam intact and the factory tape over the transit screw. Even the cartridge.
The dilemma:
Use it as is?
Build a heavy plinth?
Just place it on a shelf, box and all? The minute I unpack it the value (whatever it is) spirals down.
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Wow, a NOS Lenco. If it's a US model, and you can get big bucks for it, sell it. You can get a Rek-O-Kut or Russco for way less money.
If you want to use it, use it in the original plinth and make sure you save all the original packing materials. I would love to try one of these S shaped arms, they might be better than the usual Lenco rowing paddles.
I sold 4 Lenco's and some parts a while ago, i just rebuilt 1 for my own use and that's it. There's no market for rebuilt Lenco's here in Holland. I've seen a rebuilt L75 in a BM plinth with a Micro Seiki arm AND two SUT for 85 euro with nobody bidding.
"The torture never stops"
Sell it, and see a decent profit. Then, find a old Bogen in any condition, and build a turntable from it. All you really need are the basic components to do that, and the Bogen's are the same as the Lenco's.
Well, SOME of the Bogens and SOME of the Benjamins were re-badged Lencos, but I'm not sure if all of them were. I believe that Bogen and Benjamin also sourced turntables from other manufacturers. If you're looking at a Bogen or Benjamin, you need to look for the speed change lever and on-off switch being identical to the Lencos.
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Jean Nantais is now building 70lb plinths. The old 40lb plinths for a Lenco are falling by the wayside.Go for the gusto!
I have heard stock Lencos, skeletal Lencos, and Home Despot 40lb plinthed Lencos. There seems to be magic in extra mass for the Lenco platform.
On subject, I would use the table but the allure of holding it sealed could be great if the Lenco market dries up.Back to your comments...many factors seem to compete for importance. Heck, I just put Stillpoints Cones/Inverse Risers under my Lenco and in my system, the improvement was just splendid. I'm now so enamored with this product I might even try them under my speakers. It appears everything Doug Deacon said about these feet/cones is true.
Really though, I think Mosin's oft repeated comments of addressing the issues/problems at the source (rather than exponential mass addition) is the best way to go about it (sorry Mosin, I'm paraphrasing, feel free to correct me). However, sometimes this can be unrealistic for novices like myself more adept at simple things.
I did talk to a machine shop a few weeks ago and if I can draw up a top plate to their specifications, they will cut me one. I know things can be improved there.
Can you mount a 9" w/o major surgery in a "big ass" plinth? All the pix I've seen with separate arms are in the 301/401 type chassis.
On some of the large Lenco plinths the Lenco is mounted "sideways" so the arm can be mounted without cutting a hole in the metal.
I am sure you can find something on the internet regarding pictures of the custom Lenco project tables.The Lenco should deliver good speed accuracy and very decent prat.
That guy was selling 10 of them on eBay last year, I didn't win :(I would use it if you're going to keep it...unless you have something better. What a treat -- an unused table! nothing to fix or replace!
"The Blues ain't about makin' yourself feel better; it's about makin' other people feel worse!" -- Bleedin' Gums Murphy
I have another table, an Ariston, and a KAB SL-1210 on the way. The Lenco acquisition was an accident.I've heard from a confidential source that an SME may be mounted by shifting the plate a little.
Where the hell am I going to place 3 turntables?
I've always regretted not bidding higher on that one, but I had just bought my Thorens. Dare I ask how you came across it?
"The Blues ain't about makin' yourself feel better; it's about makin' other people feel worse!" -- Bleedin' Gums Murphy
This is the same dilema that I see guitar collectors go through- they get something like a Zappa or Hendrix strat, and hang it on a wall somewhere. Personally, this arouses serious contempt in my heart (as a musician who has owned expensive and not so expensive bass guitars- a few of notoriety as well!), because these guitars, while being "famous" because someone famous played them, are still working instruments that could be played. In my books, the SHOULD be played. The musician should exercise care in the handing of said instruments. The value will remain provided that said musician doesn't treat a Hendrix strat the way Hendrix may have treated any number of strats throughout his career!I am of the same opinion with hi-fi gear- I personally don't care if its NOS from 6 months ago or 40 years ago. I paid for it, so I will bloody well use the thing if I feel so inclined.
HOWEVER- if you bought it with the INTENT of investment, then store it someplace safe and wait...
It is really that simple!
Sorry about the rant using instruments as an analogy. It just causes the pit of my stomach to boil when someone pays an outrageous fortune for something (hi-fi, cars, instruments, etc.), and can never apprciate the beauty of the item because they are blinded by it's dollar value rather than the merit of said item...
"David! You can KILL a man with a chopstick!" -Keith Charles, Six Feet Under
I think that's good guidance - decide investment vs enjoyment and don't look back...the two aren't always mutually exclusive, but NOS value diminishes immediately upon unpacking...I think of this issue often when I see someone parking their fancy car off in a remote area of the parking lot...makes me think they can't really afford that car...maybe they can financially, but obviously they can't emotionally...
The unplayed Stradivarius may be very valuable, but it's also kind of like a candle under a bucket...
"I think of this issue often when I see someone parking their fancy car off in a remote area of the parking lot..."While I'm walking from my 5 year old Ford truck, parked in a remote area of the parking lot, I often wonder about someone who's wedging an expensive car into a closer space, 'why would they risk an ugly ding to save a few steps?' :-)
I really don't think of the Lenco as an investment. It's certainly no Strad, or even a shiny Oracle, but it's just so cool to have a 30 year old artifact new and sealed in the box.
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