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Turntables
Stock the budget-to-mid turntable shelf with a Swiss name that has built record players since 1949.
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about lenco
Lenco was founded in 1946 in Burgdorf, Switzerland by Fritz Laeng, Marie Laeng-Stucki, and Bruno Grutter, the name drawn from the Laeng surname. The firm shipped its first turntable in 1949 and grew through the 1960s and 1970s into a major manufacturer with three plants and roughly 1,300 employees, exporting idler-drive decks — the L75 chief among them — to more than 80 countries. The original Swiss company went bankrupt in 1977, and the successor service operation folded by 1983. The brand name is now owned by the Dutch group Commaxx International, which relaunched Lenco across turntables, DAB+ and internet radios, and lifestyle audio. The current catalog spans plug-and-play USB and Bluetooth turntables, all-in-one music centers, and belt-drive decks such as the LS-410 and LBT series aimed at first-vinyl and casual listeners rather than the high-end tier. In the US, Lenco reaches buyers through online retailer Audio Advice and Amazon US, putting it in the accessible turntable bracket alongside Audio-Technica's entry decks, Fluance, and Pro-Ject's budget line. The brand carries real review pedigree on two fronts: Stereophile's Gramophone Dreams column revisited the vintage L75 in installment #79, and What Hi-Fi? has covered the modern LS-410 and recent models. Dealers know Lenco as a known-quantity value name — broad distribution, recognizable history, not an audiophile statement brand. The modern operation is run from the Netherlands under Commaxx, with manufacturing handled overseas.