Such as the mechanical tonearm lifter - making it safer and easier to take the needle of your records. Favoured by DJs, the L-3808 has direct drive for fast start-up at cue, vari-speed controls for beat-matching, and the ability to scratch by hand without causing damage. In the photo, there’s a bit of paper placed in the middle to illustrate that you can put some sort of decoration in the dip if you like!

It was securely packed and the enclosed manual, even in my mothers' language Dutch, was very helpful. With a built-in phono pre-amplifier, you can connect the Lenco L-3808 directly to your mixer or stereo.Lenco has been designing, manufacturing and supplying quality turntables to vinyl enthusiasts across the globe for over 70 years. 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. A USB digital output plus Audacity music editing software enables digital recording of your analogue discs. The USB port, a removable plastic cover, mechanical tonearm filter; it all adds up to a great avoidable turntable that gives you professional results. In this case, first impressions are very wrong indeed (although the turntable is recommended as an effective budget DJ tool, that’s true).

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).I then moved to the jazz vocal of Gogi Grant and the track By Myself, from the 1960 LP, Granted It’s Gogi on Living Stereo. Well there are ways to test that theory without spending a fortune, and that is to add some neoprene O-rings around the arm.

The USB port, a removable plastic cover, mechanical tonearm filter; it all adds up to a great affordable turntable that gives you professional results.It’s more of a plug-and-go design for users who care about music sure but…not *that* much about installation and tweaking.

Boasting a direct drive mechanism and built-in pre-amplifier, this turntable produces high-quality sound with low vibration. There had been a big improvement using the Art-DJ unit compared to my old Behringer pre-amp, or the turntable’s built-in preamp, but together, with the Art-DJ and VanDamme lead together, records sound so much better. This means you can effortlessly digitise your record collection - meaning your favourite songs will last forever. The Lenco L-3808 is a versatile record player that suits the needs of any vinyl-scouring music-lover and comes with a dust cover to protect its vulnerable stylus and tone arm from any ecstatic children or excited pets running around the living room. We make a conscious effort to use components that are recyclable, and strive to bring the latest technology innovation into our range.Then choose to refuse, we will only place functional and analytical cookies and techniques that are similar. We use third-party cookies to enhance your browsing experience, enhance site security and analyze site traffic for marketing purposes. One other thing I should mention is that the whole plinth in thin plastic which really thuds through the speakers if you tap it but.