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Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II

“For those who want the moon but can't afford it or those who can afford it but like to have fun and work with their hands, I'm willing to give out a recipe for a true high-end 'table which is easy to do, and fun to make as sky's the limit on design/creativity! The cost of materials, including 'table, is roughly $200 (depending, more or less), and add to that a Rega tonearm. The results are astonishing. I'll even tell/show you how to make chipboard look like marble and fool and impress all your friends. If there's interest I'll get on with this project, if not, I'll just continue making them in my basement. The next one I make will have a Corian top and have a zebra stripe pattern! Fun! Any takers?”

The Lead in “Da Thread” as posted by Johnnantais - 2-01-04

Let the saga continue. Sail on, oh ships of Lenco!
mario_b
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gadfly
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"So, don't be fooled by bogus "accuracy", which is in fact a gross colouration: " ... I'll say!!!

Since all those records have been mastered on a Technics drive then all those sources are unreliable? Or isn't it a good thing to play back on a motor that approximates the mastering motor as close as possible?

These are just questions which arose as I perused Mr. Nantais' inciteful and authoritarian prose.
mikeyc8
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So Jean delivered my new Lenco L75 in a 75 lb Cherry Plinth yesterday. He also lugged over a pair of Klipsch Heresies, his home brew speaker wires, Music Boys Petra cables and a couple of cartridges - a Decca Super Gold and Empire 10PE for me to try out, I ended up keeping the Empire and the Music Boys. I've never heard of the Empire Moving Iron cart before, but it was an improvement over my 20XL and a bargain to boot. If anyone has any info on this cart please send me a link.

So now I know what Jean's talking about when he refers to "Amazonian Flow" and speed stability. This deck has this in spades. As a result of the firm grip on the speed, the timing and pacing of the music is amazing, hard to describe but its quite evident. Imaging and details are also greatly improved over my Pro-Ject 9.1. In the meantime I'll continue to listen some more and enjoying the music!
mario_b OP
147 posts
 
Another Gobsmacked testimonial that, intended or not, deflates the windbag naysayers and swats down that pesky fly. Thanks Mikey, for getting us back to what it's all about. Never quite understood whether they hate the message or the messenger, anyway.
Glad you're enjoying the trappings left by Mr. Nantais. He does invariably seems to snare some great sounding items up there in Franklin's frontier.
Wishing all a better New Year.
- Mario
oregon
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Mikey,
Congrats!
You are now in vinyl heaven.
I hope we can continue to share our findings with all music lovers of the world.

Remember- friends don't let friends use belt drives.
jejune
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Never quite understood whether they hate the message or the messenger, anyway.

You're kidding, right?
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