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Lenco plinth? How big is too big?

I have an L78, upgraded Origin Live One arm, Empire MC-5 moving coil cartidge, and access to a sawmill with lots of prime cherry wood. I was thinking of a cherry plinth, 17 inches wide, 24 inches long, and six inches tall of cross layered one inch cherry. Then cut off the rear corner where the tone arm is mounted, in a sweeping arc of about 10 inch radius, and mount the tone arm on that detached corner. Use 1 inch thick isomolded graphite disks of 2 inch diameter topped by one 3/8" tungsten carbide ball, and resting on three such balls. Use three of these ball/disk combinations for each of the main plinth and the corner with the tone arm. What do y'all think? I would appreciate any suggestions before actually putting it all together. Thanks. Ralph
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jloveys
226 posts
 
High waf structure ? You mean a nice design ?
lewm
13,019 posts
 
I must have a particularly nice wife. Either that or she has a diminished esthetic sense. I've got three turntables sitting on the floor of our living room aka listening room, not to mention the one I use which is on the equipment shelf. And at the far end are the enormous Sound Lab ESLs flanked by huge and rather ugly OTL monoblocks. She never says a word, but she may be planning to kill me. No, in fact she's just a good egg.
bornin50
32 posts
 
Hi Lewm,
Three turntables sitting on the floor? - no doubt paying close attention to the one you use, like students in class? :) Like to see a pic of that Lew. ;)

Five decks set up and running in the den here, a cartridge shoot-out that's lasted a year or so. :)

Hi Jl,

"High waf structure ? You mean a nice design ?" not always the same thing, but yes something like that.

Rgds
lewm
13,019 posts
 
Last spring I went a bit off the deep end, for me, as one who always wondered why on earth anyone would want more than one turntable at a time. I already had the Lenco and a Garrard 301 in a box in the basement. Then I saw a Denon DP80 in mint condition on eBay, at a price I could not refuse. Then I thought I'd better get an SP10 MkII, before they are all gone... And the beat goes on. I also bought an extra Lenco, because it was so nice and so cheap. Now I'm thinking I will have to sell at least one in order to afford to get the others up and running, but I cannot decide which one.
bornin50
32 posts
 
I hear you. :)

As I roam the thrifts, boot sales, and second hand shops, I am regularly asked 'how many turntables do you want?'

'All of them' is my reply.

As for how many do I need? - just the Lenco L70, with the AT1005 and the Decca. :)

The rest I'm just saving from the land fill, for a more enlightened space in time ............ :)
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