LESA Sagittario II

[roccoluff]

Hi all.

I recently repaired this old record player i found in the basement of my parents. It's a "Sagittario 2 / II" from LESA, an old Italian company, which doesn't exists anymore as far as I know.
The record player was one of the first portable record players in Italy and it's from the 60s. The only thing that was missing was the needle. I bought a needle (it was oddly only 10€, I thought they cost more, but it's not made out of plastic) from amazon, based on a code that is written on the arm of the record player. I was even unsure if it was the right needle, but when i installed it, it worked, so I figured I was lucky. Does anyone know this record player better and can help me about the quality of this machine? (Or the company in general, if they were known to make good record players). I hope i am not destroying my records...

 

[Soundork]

Lesaphon Sagittario II 381 R-Player LESA ; Milano, build |Radiomuseum.org

Lesaphon Sagittario II 381 R-Player LESA ; Milano, build 1969, 11 pictures, 1 schematics, 8 semiconductors, Italy, tubes, Sound/Video Recorder and/or Player

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If you become a member of the website, you should be able to contact the two members at the bottom of the page. Maybe they could provide more information.

Best

Soundork

 

[maxhifi]

This is a portable record player, with a ceramic cartridge. It won't immediately destroy your records, but I would not play extremely precious records on it, because this type of cartridge tracks heavily enough to eventually damage records. Then again if you have a shelf of old LPs from your family, or purchase records cheaply second hand, this player may be just the thing