From the very first sight, this seems like a lot of turntable for the money. Lenco’s LBT-225 is a belt-driven fully-manual turntable with a substantial plinth in a very nice walnut finish, fitted with a glass platter, a carbon-fibre tonearm, no less, and the ever-reliable Audio-Technica AT-VM95E moving-magnet cartridge tracking your tunes.
If that wasn’t enough, under the platter hangs an electronics section which includes a built-in phono stage, so you can take the output at full line-level into any amplifier. That’s handy for hi-fi newbies, as otherwise you’d need either a special phono input on your amplifier or a standalone phono stage to pre-boost the signal. This way you can use any amp — although you still have the option to come out at phono level if you have your own superior phono stage.
And there’s more — a Bluetooth output, which can pair with headphones or a Bluetooth speaker (or anything else that can receive Bluetooth, such as a smart amplifier) for easy vinyl replay without the cables. This option gives versatility to site the Lenco turntable anywhere
