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_Above: Lenco GL70 with Karmadon 9" Unipivot Tonearm.
_Paul's comments:
_"This is my current and preferred Mono
turntable with a beautiful tonearm made by Serge Karmadon, based on the
Gray 206. It is a silicone damped uni-pivot arm made from magnesium
alloy sporting a GE VR11 Mono cartridge with stylus re-tipped by Expert
Stylus here in the UK.
_The plinth is made from layered ply then
sprayed by the very talented Carl Ellis. The deck has been re-sprayed
off white and it's been screwed to the plinth via the platter pan. The
whole turntable is very solid and, considering its size, weighs in at a
hefty 27 lbs."
_Above: viscous damped Karmadon tonearm assembly
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_The Gray 206 from which the above arm is based.
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_Lenco L70
Calrad
SV-12 tonearm and General Electric RPX triple play cartridge
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_Above: Lenco GL70 in a Neil Hollow custom plinth. Cone feet are of RDC from Clearlight Audio.
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GL59
_My second Lenco build in an original lenco plinth with Ortofon SMG
212/SPU type G
....deck was stripped original arm hole filled, new arm
hole cut and re-sprayed light Green
_Above: "here are a few pictures of my Mono Cupboard ( my
wife's name for it )
I go there when I need sanctuary -- with 2
teenage kids it can get a lot of use. I have an old 50s corner speaker
and a 20s BTH speaker in there. I keep some of my vinyl there
and all my shellac collection in there {out of harms way }
It's
a strictly mono set up with a Pye Mozart 10hf amp ,Graham Slee Jazz club
phono stage ,Various old GE valve phono stages ,CD recorder and
good old valve table top radio .....I've put a lot of shellac onto CD
for my enjoyment and also clean any new/second hand vinyl there as well
"
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_I have 4 sliders for the G60 arm with 3 GE RPX single stud mount stylus with varying tip sizes for 78s and a GE VR11 Triple Play for Microgroove/Minigroove Mono Records
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_Headshells / Cartridges for the GL59, from top to bottom
Tannoy Variluctance Cartridge 33/78 mainstay cartridge of the BBC in the 50s
Shure M3D Stereo .7mil
GE RPX for Shellac
Pickering D240 miniature for Mono 1 mil tip
Pickering D240 miniature for Shellac 3 mil tip
_The Pickering's are a new find and they sure sound good, ....very life-like.
_Above: GL 60 with G60 tonearm circa 1958. Originally offered for stereo, this tonearm has been rewired for mono use.
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_GL59 (Goldring Lenco model GL59) from 1962, heavy platter model.