The second piece was 3mm thick, and I just cut an orthodox disc to the size of the original slipmat, with a 7mm hole in the centre. Until recently, the more expensive Audio-Technica LP120 deck had a built-in phono lead hanging out the back.

Pumping bass from your dance records, articulate highs from a classical recording, and all-round vibrancy from your old school rock records.Arriving with a dust cover (do yourself a favour and play records with the lid off to lower noise pollution), the Lenco arrives with a small and anaemic looking S-shaped arm, complete with an arm lift and holding a removable headshell. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. This single, yet essential, feature gives the turntable that one essential weapon in its sonic armoury, control. With an attractive and timeless look, the Lenco L-3808 blends into any interior while allowing you to enjoy a classic sound.

For the most part, Elliptical Styli are better than Conical type (round), such as the supplied Audio-Technica AT3600. The costliest single upgrade I made was the Art-DJ preamp, and had I spent more on a record deck, I’d have needed to do this anyway, possibly even more money to match the potential of the record deck. With a built-in phono pre-amplifier, you can connect the Lenco L-3808 directly to your mixer or stereo. An included moving magnet phono stage (which appears to be similar to that featured in the Dual MTR-75) is fitted within the chassis to save costs and to enable you to connect the deck to an amplifier’s line input or powered speakers.

Of course, this might upset the not-very-accurate counterweight at the back of the tonearm and you need one of those scales to measure the stylus pressure (he had one in the video linked from the previous page). Your feedback is important to us, your review about this product will be revised by our experts and will be published within 5 working days. The two-channel design is perfect for virtually any DJ, allowing you to connect it to turntables, CDJs and media players.

All the variations I tried were better than the supplied felt slipmat, but none were significantly better or worse than the other ones.If you believe the hype, you will pay far more for a record deck without a tonearm, than one with, then pay even more again for a top quality tonearm. Saying no will not stop you from seeing our ads, but it may make them less relevant or more repetitive. OK, there’s no quartz control connected to the direct drive motor here, so you can’t expect nailed on speed control but it ain’t too bad once you get to grips with the pitch adjustment. We advise you to update to a currently supported browser (such as Chrome, Edge, or Firefox) to improve your security, speed, and overall experience. Plastick plinth is not big problem if player is only (in silend mode) used to move content to digital media.