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 out I lacquered the Lenco the same shade of green as Srajan's Zu speakers!! Can you beat that?!? The Audio Gods are with me :-) !!

And speaking of yet more sailing, I decided to let the preview guide my trip. I didn't know at the time I sent the e-mails which were quoted that they would be quoted, and they mentioned that I had often stopped off on Cyprus and my way from Greece to Israel/Egypt and back again. So I got my Egyptian visa, and if time and money permits, I will do exactly that for the review, stopping by on my way back from Egypt by ship to assemble the Lenco and begin the review. Though with island-hopping and shipping I don't know if even two months allows me the time to do it. We'll see.

I'll be largely if not completely off-line for the next two months, at least on forums, so have a good summer all, and pray to the sea gods for me and the Giant Lenco!!

Hi guys,

Got my replacement RS A1 tone arm wire harness. Hired a pro
to solder the wires on. He also stripped out the old junction box behind the cartridge leads and connected the wires directlyto the RCA jacks. Thus avoiding two extra contact points. Can't wait to break the wires in.
I am working on a plinth 22 x 19 x 8.5. It's laminated and being lacquered black now. Weighs a ton.
The tonearm work above cost me 40 bucks. Cheap, for the delicate work involved.

Good news Tessera. Let us know if the RS arm is improved with the direct soldering.
Hope to see some photos of your Lenco/Plinth.
Oregon

Just a brief post to say that the mighty Lenco L75 rebuild recently completed smokes my Micr-Seiki RX-5000 and my heavy plinthed Technics SP 10 Mk2. Second best upgrade to my system after rooom treatment.

I will try and post pics and a more lengthy description plus trials and tribulations over the weekend. Currently playing a ZYX UNIverse on a Triplanar V11 thru rebuilt Sonic Frontiers phono 1, Line 3, Power 3's and Focal/Raven sealed boxes with sealed 12" Shiva subs.

Steve in Ottawa

Hi all,
Work has been a lot lately and the only good thing was a small package from EIFL with a ,hm, weird but beautiful RS A1. Man, that device is strange, but I think I will like it a lot, it's a tweaker's dream and that is really what I like. But Tessera, are you just putting it on the plinth or do you position it below the plinth, underhang 19.6 mm? And how do you adjust VTF? I am still on a business trip and when I come back I will play with it a little more, can you please show some pictures of your setup, please? And have you tried it with different cartridges? I have a Denon 103 to try first before funds permit a Shelter 501... The other thing that I noticed was that the bronze cup of the bearing is somewhat very crude, there is no fine point that the spike can make a contact with, should I try and polish that? And is it removable-looks like it but I am not sure... If there is some info on how to set up this beast apart from the article at Enjoy The Music and Sakurasystems please share. Thanks for your posts on the RS A1, it really encouraged me to send the money and now the only thing I do is dream for a free weekend :))