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This is actually my favourite, as it is the craziest. I
call it the Canadian Rustic. Note the deer's head, as
if you could miss it! It was originally intended to be
a key-holder, heehee! The point here is freedom from
mass production, let your imaginations run wild! I
can't look at it without smiling, and people seeing it
in the flesh love it! The edge is sanded to a high
polish before lacquering, giving the visible pine-ply
and birch-ply, stained red, a semi-precious-stone-like
effect. The large area of visible pine-ply on top is
maple-veneered and so beautiful. The plinth is
completely MDF-free, and so though it is the largest of
my Lencos, it is the lightest. The feet are hardwood
balls, stained red to match the deck and fully
adjustable and lockable for rigidity, again
approximating TipToes. This is the prototype for the
removable-armboard Lencos, and the armboards I have made
for it are made of solid maple and solid oak, depending
on the thickness required for proper VTA. How does it
sound? Glorious! This whole series of Lencos in
various combinations of materials demonstrate one thing:
that the Lenco is relatively insensitive to the
materials used in the plinth, it just needs to be bolted
to a big, heavy, non-resonant weight. But avoid pure
MDF, as it definitely does have an unattractive sonic
signature. The tonearm is an Audio Technica 1009,
removable headshell which I love as it makes quick
swapping easy and fun, and it is extremely musical,
somewhere between the Regas and the Decca International
for sound.
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