To celebrate its 75th birthday, the Swiss-origin, now Dutch-owned audio brand Lenco released a premium pair of anniversary turntables. The L-92WA is a belt-driven turntable housed in a classy walnut-effect exterior, aimed primarily at the home vinyl enthusiast, while the L-3809 is a direct-drive model designed for DJs and professional users, as well as for those with an industrial decor bent to their domestic environment.
Both players feature a robust full-size aluminium platter for stability during playback, a built-in moving magnet phono preamplifier to make connecting them to any output nice and easy, and a USB connection to hook the turntables up directly to a Mac or PC so users can digitise their records.
We've spent the last couple of months living with the Lenco L-92WA. Strictly in numerological terms, the L-92 follows the L-91 in Lenco's lineage, although the company stressed that the L-92 is a completely new turntable and is considered a superior...