RichShortland
pfm Member
I've been keeping myself sane during the lockdown by playing with the idea of a DIY Well Tempered Amadeus tonearm, to go on my modified Lenco GL75.
There's a thread here in the DIY section of the planning and building the proof-of-concept prototype.
I was sufficiently encouraged by the mock up to build a proper one, and it has definitely been worth it.
It's by FAR the best tonearm I've had on this deck, seeing off a modified RB250, Linn Akito and recently a Roksan Nima. The separation and the space around instruments and voices is stunning. I do also think there's more to come with some tweaking.
Any of you who are also motorcyclists may recognise some of the parts... The majority of the armboard is built from some alloy rearset footrests and a polyurethane crash bung off an old race bike, plus a bit of bling carbon sheet. I quite like that there's more than one of my hobbies in this project. The arm wand is a carbon/alloy arrow tube and the counterweight is the original Lenco.
Here's the end result:
and the first go:
There's a thread here in the DIY section of the planning and building the proof-of-concept prototype.
I was sufficiently encouraged by the mock up to build a proper one, and it has definitely been worth it.
It's by FAR the best tonearm I've had on this deck, seeing off a modified RB250, Linn Akito and recently a Roksan Nima. The separation and the space around instruments and voices is stunning. I do also think there's more to come with some tweaking.
Any of you who are also motorcyclists may recognise some of the parts... The majority of the armboard is built from some alloy rearset footrests and a polyurethane crash bung off an old race bike, plus a bit of bling carbon sheet. I quite like that there's more than one of my hobbies in this project. The arm wand is a carbon/alloy arrow tube and the counterweight is the original Lenco.
Here's the end result:
and the first go: