Thought that Linn had done a pretty good job, not many TT's around that were launched 50+ years ago, the fact that the deck you bought in 1974 can still be serviced and updated today is impressive at least in my eyes. As far as I am concerned the sound is exceptional, if you have a better example of a 50 year old TT that sounds as good as a LP12, please let me know so that I can go and have a listen.
Simple solution to the LP12. Sling the aftermarket rubbish in the bin and fit a used cirkus bearing or indeed a new karousel bearing which will never fail and will sound better and add value. 😊
Id love to get 100 people doing a blind test and cover the bases up of the isolation platforms , and i reckon few qould notice any differences whatsoever. Snake oil i think .
The original LP12 must have been a terrible sounding turntable if it needed so many upgrades to make it sound good. Unless that is, Linn planned it that way just to suck in LP12 owners and make them part with their hard earned dosh. Hook, line and sinker comes to mind.
In the demo room, it's odd that the fireplace alcoves dont match and the left alcove picture rail moulding doesn't join up to the wall one above the bookshelves why is this?
The idea of magnetic support isn't new. It was first used by Stanton in the '60s with the Gyropoise. Pickering also did a version. When I first read of Linn's 3 tiers of upgrades available, I was amused. I remember an interview Ivor T did with Hi-Fi Answers in the late ' 70s when a list of various mods people had done to their LP12 that had improved the sound, to their mind, and included the likes of rigidly coupling the arm board to the sub chassis, different arm board material, and fitting a DC motor, (there was about a dozen different mods looked at) were analysed, Ivor's response was that although the various mods might alter the sound, it wouldn't actually be an improvement. Ivor's view (then) was that the LP12 couldn't be improved upon. How things change...
