TJN Analog
The TJN Mod/Replacement of Spring for Torque/Speed Stability
November 30, 2016 1:46 pm I posted the following explanation on Audiogon January 31st, 2011, specifically for the benefit of all Lenco admirers and to further ensure Lenco performance worldwide, regardless of implementation: WHAT I DID WITH STRING, SARAN WRAP AND PENNIES I was sitting at home during an extreme cold snap (similar to today’s…
Of Idlers and Koetsus
November 30, 2016 1:35 pm Let’s take Koetsus: Koetsus are admired for their coherence above all, and yet they are almost universally criticized for their overblown and ill-defined bass. But, as we have seen, Sugano used a Garrard 401 idler-wheel drive to voice his cartridges. So why are his otherwise superb transducers loose and overblown in the…
Rebuilding and Improving
November 29, 2016 4:59 pm OBJECTIVE VS SUBJECTIVE Let’s bear in mind, first of all, the words of Daniel R. von Recklinghausen, former Chief Research Engineer, H.H. Scott:”If it measures good and sounds bad, it is bad; if it measures bad and sounds good, you have measured the wrong thing.” There are those who insist…
The Schoolhouse
November 29, 2016 4:56 pm Like the Lencos I am most known for improving, the Schoolhouse needed some work, as some of the original hand-hewn beams on which the floors rested had rotted, along with large patches of floor. So, we cut off the rotten sections, replaced them with modern joists, and used some sections…