Another beauty of a turntable design, looks stunniung this one as well as the wooden Lenco redesign. You answered my technical part question, by saying you cut away top plate on the Lenco. Thats what i didnt understand, I do now, then. My turn tables has been cheap. The Lencos has been of the 10£ each, very cheap. The Dual , the same prize. The 401 and the 124 I have had for about 30 years, still running smooth. The Td 124, I think was made in 1958, the Dual is a 58-59 build, I am not sure, but its old. The 401 has been used by a recording studio in Oslo. The Triode amps I use in my system has been made by a friend of min e, and are among the finest on the market. The 2a3 amp sounds very impressive, extremely good sounding. The 401 performs with a Eminent Tech mark 1 and a Decca cartridge, very deep and wide soundstage, live, live. You make good looking record spinners, and I get a couple of ideas myself. Building are fun.