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plinth..: heavy is usually good about to do a Lenco ... what do you guys think of ...

Posted by munna on June 16, 2005 at 15:32:55

In Reply to: I am about to do a Lenco ... what do you guys think of ... posted by KIS on June 16, 2005 at 06:53:56:

Hi Kis

all the idler wheel tables i have used liked heavy mass plinths.

no experience with Lenco.. but i have a done a number of experiments
on 301/401/td124/sp10/rek-o-kut/rca/denon.... here is a summary.

the easist way to get good sound is layered birch plywood. birch ply is close to neutral. mass matters.
30 lb plinths are not as good as 70 lb plinths. and 70 lbs units
are not as good as 100 lb units... the differences in sound quality
are not subtle. the limitation to the weight of the plinth is the stand. the stand should be 2-5 times wt. of plinth and the the ht of
stand should be at least 75% less than width of stand. heavy mass
stands directly coupled to floor seem to work best.

avoid the following: 1) all layers or chipboard; 2) all layers of mdf... both
these combinatiosn give dead sound.. the chipboard is worse than mdf( more muddy)

the 1st layer (clostest to the motor board is the most important). this can be made of some other material other than birch ply to color-compensate for the natural sound of the table. both the 301&401 are a little bit dark ---
using a maple 1st layer helps brighten the sound a bit ( a single 1/2" layer of mdf can be used also).

note that the loricraft style plinths give acceptably good sound
that is remarkable considering the light weight. but the unsuspended
heavy mass plinths are significanty better than loricraft plinths ASSUMING a proper stand is used.

rgds
munna

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