Tried to be somewhat light-spirited and jestful while still making what I consider a salient point and tried to indicate so by placing several :-)s but youve obviously taken things very personally given your personally pointed response. As such, I will say:
1) I'll wager you've never heard a Spacedeck. Clearly you haven't based on your discussion of "timing" which the 'Nots do exceedingly well (try timing one), while I have heard more than one Lenco.
2) You've made a point to avoid the belt-drive vs. idler wheel-drive debate? Please.
3) When you say the following "I anticipated your type when I wrote ..", you really say it all and expose yourself fully.
My type? - you don't have a clue what my "type" is, especially based on the little I've written here regarding stuff I've built (successes and failures). I may well have begun in this hobby before you were a glimmer and may well have put together more lower priced table and arm combos in my day than you can imagine. But, you'll never truly find out since youve already determined "my type". If you ever saw the stuff in my music room you'd quickly realize just how off-base you are. Is my Spacedeck, end all? Certainly not. Could its performance be approached by something cheaper? Always the possibility. OTOH, it gives me the performance I love at a price I think is reasonable and it doesnt force me back to my days of fiddle farting around, which I dont have the desire to do anymore. Having done so myself I would never discount anyone's ambition to do such, so please spare me your stifling creativity or thwarting discussion theory. While I encourage those with the inclination to tinker to go for it, I take umbrage at being denigrated for not doing so.
Have fun with your Lenco projects. I truly hope that these things work out for you and for others and that you will gain immense pleasure in listening to the music and gaining an added satisfaction of having built something yourself (perhaps many for the first time). In the end, however, it is ALL about the satisfaction derived - whether you've spent $50 or $5000. If you can get your kicks having spent less, fine, feel free to wear a smug smile, just dont expect everyone to notice. End-o-rant! ;-)
1) I'll wager you've never heard a Spacedeck. Clearly you haven't based on your discussion of "timing" which the 'Nots do exceedingly well (try timing one), while I have heard more than one Lenco.
2) You've made a point to avoid the belt-drive vs. idler wheel-drive debate? Please.
3) When you say the following "I anticipated your type when I wrote ..", you really say it all and expose yourself fully.
My type? - you don't have a clue what my "type" is, especially based on the little I've written here regarding stuff I've built (successes and failures). I may well have begun in this hobby before you were a glimmer and may well have put together more lower priced table and arm combos in my day than you can imagine. But, you'll never truly find out since youve already determined "my type". If you ever saw the stuff in my music room you'd quickly realize just how off-base you are. Is my Spacedeck, end all? Certainly not. Could its performance be approached by something cheaper? Always the possibility. OTOH, it gives me the performance I love at a price I think is reasonable and it doesnt force me back to my days of fiddle farting around, which I dont have the desire to do anymore. Having done so myself I would never discount anyone's ambition to do such, so please spare me your stifling creativity or thwarting discussion theory. While I encourage those with the inclination to tinker to go for it, I take umbrage at being denigrated for not doing so.
Have fun with your Lenco projects. I truly hope that these things work out for you and for others and that you will gain immense pleasure in listening to the music and gaining an added satisfaction of having built something yourself (perhaps many for the first time). In the end, however, it is ALL about the satisfaction derived - whether you've spent $50 or $5000. If you can get your kicks having spent less, fine, feel free to wear a smug smile, just dont expect everyone to notice. End-o-rant! ;-)