Axel, yes makes sense thank you for explaining.
I built up a rim drive Lenco about 5 years ago and that is what brought me to where I am today, running two Technics MK3 and one MK2 with plans for a Garrard as well.
The cartridge in that Lenco was a new Shure V15 III with stock stylus. I agree it was amazing for the money but it did not compete with my moving coil. Perhaps as you say, it's got to do with the phono stage, I was running the Aesthetix Io which was (and still is) a state of the art piece.
I built up a rim drive Lenco about 5 years ago and that is what brought me to where I am today, running two Technics MK3 and one MK2 with plans for a Garrard as well.
The cartridge in that Lenco was a new Shure V15 III with stock stylus. I agree it was amazing for the money but it did not compete with my moving coil. Perhaps as you say, it's got to do with the phono stage, I was running the Aesthetix Io which was (and still is) a state of the art piece.