Ummm..., Dev, I think you took what I wrote and ran away with it. You can't have it both ways; either a turntable is given to you with the possibility to adjust its speed and therefore correct for any inaccuracy, or not. In the latter case, the turntable had darn well be speed-stable under all conditions, because there is nothing you can do about it. I take it as a virtue that the Lenco mechanism provides an easy way to adjust speed over a very wide range.
By the way, I meant to convey that I was too lazy to do a fine adjustment of the idler wheel, to get my Lenco back to exact speed, so I did it with the Walker motor controller. Since the needed correction was tiny, it was not an issue to do it with the Walker, and I had been meaning to re-insert it in the system in any case, to isolate the Lenco motor so as to block EMI from getting into the AC feeding my preamp.
Then, too, there are two different issues: speed adjustability and stability with no load vs speed stability under the actual condition of playing an LP. That latter property has more to do with torque, compliance in the drive system, platter mass, presence of a servo feedback loop (really only a property of DD turntables), etc. I've been saying this over and over. I guess if you don't like the Lenco, that's cool, but I think you are criticizing it for the wrong reasons. Have you ever heard an LP being played on one? They impart great clarity and drive for a fraction of the cost of other tt's that sound as good (unless you buy a dolled-up version). Isn't that why we are here? I recommend that you listen to a "street version", if possible, before you dismiss the idea.
Henry, You wrote, "well trained ears are our best tools". Did you read my story about listening to my Lenco when it was going too slow, where I heard it as a slowing of tempo and my friend heard it as a flattening of pitch. Two pairs of "well-trained" ears that heard the same music in different ways.
By the way, I meant to convey that I was too lazy to do a fine adjustment of the idler wheel, to get my Lenco back to exact speed, so I did it with the Walker motor controller. Since the needed correction was tiny, it was not an issue to do it with the Walker, and I had been meaning to re-insert it in the system in any case, to isolate the Lenco motor so as to block EMI from getting into the AC feeding my preamp.
Then, too, there are two different issues: speed adjustability and stability with no load vs speed stability under the actual condition of playing an LP. That latter property has more to do with torque, compliance in the drive system, platter mass, presence of a servo feedback loop (really only a property of DD turntables), etc. I've been saying this over and over. I guess if you don't like the Lenco, that's cool, but I think you are criticizing it for the wrong reasons. Have you ever heard an LP being played on one? They impart great clarity and drive for a fraction of the cost of other tt's that sound as good (unless you buy a dolled-up version). Isn't that why we are here? I recommend that you listen to a "street version", if possible, before you dismiss the idea.
Henry, You wrote, "well trained ears are our best tools". Did you read my story about listening to my Lenco when it was going too slow, where I heard it as a slowing of tempo and my friend heard it as a flattening of pitch. Two pairs of "well-trained" ears that heard the same music in different ways.