Frank Murray - Lead Design Engineer at Linn introduces the new Bedrok plinth. The newly updated, iconic Linn Sondek LP12-50 marks Linn’s 50th Anniversary - co-designed by Jony Ive and LoveFrom - manufactured in Glasgow, Scotland.
I love my 1989 black ash LP12. With a Lingo mk1, Ittok, Troika, Cirkus and Trampolinn, it is basically a perfect LP12 from the era when it was at its peak and still good value for money. If I was to buy a new turntable, it would be direct drive and probably a Technics.
Hello Frank, Beloved Linn LP12 have played for me last 20 years. I really happy with great sound and I will accompany with her eternally. One thing, align the counter weight to balance zero is very difficult due to its sticky. I recommed you to change this sticky way to THREAD way. Thread moving way will be more precise and easy.
If I had £50k to spend on a turntable, it wouldn't be on a copy of a Thorens TD150. I wonder what the LP12 would look like, or if it would even exist, if Thorens made washing machines instead of turntables. Just a thought.
Now you have completely lost your grip. The most inflated Tp 150 ever! And now with a solid wooden frame in a special offer. Keep it up, I'm out and will now spend my money on hi-fi on brands where the value is still halfway right.
Love my LP12, saving for my Ekos. Would love this deck and I know the tech will filter down the range. By the way £50k is by no means the most one could pay for a turntable.
@@TrueAudio My hearing isn’t any better than yours, in fact at my age I’m willing to bet it isn’t as good 😊. However, if you visit a Linn dealer and ask them to demo each model in their range, and granted it is hard to tell them apart, I guarantee you will hear a difference. My wife is not an equipment enthusiast but can tell every time I make a change to my system.
🤦🏻♂️ Worth is personal - depends on how wealthy you are and how much perceived benefit you get from spending £50k. If spending £50k doesn’t have any impact on your prior or future spending whatsoever and you get great joy from listening to something this high end & use it a lot, it’s almost certainly worth it. If, however, you live on bread and cheese for 5 years to afford it and your wife leaves you because of it, yet you don’t listen to it a lot and/or don’t personally hear a big difference, it won’t be worth it. I’d suggest that anyone spending £50k on a turntable is probably much nearer to the former category than the latter… 😂
@@JamboLinnman It's vinyl! Get a bit of dust or a scratch on the record and it's there forever. Handle it with kid gloves and a surgical mask. Try to back it up. Not to mention crappy dynamic range. 50,000 pounds just for the turntable?! This is a joke thing.
@@JamboLinnman Ahem, I don't think there are many record shop owners anymore, but I'll ask the wife if she knows of any. But, of course, she'll just lie, so what's the point?
@@fakeklg you don't think £50,000 is obscene for a turntable, that probably doesn't sound much different from the one at a tiny fraction of that price ? That's nearly THREE YEARS WAGES, for me !
@@davidthom7127 it’s certainly a fair sum of money and completely beyond my reality. For some, it’s maybe it is completely within reach. Its not cool to criticise what people choose to spend their money on.
don't know how this came into my feed although I do like music and technology...but I mean seriously...$50k...for a turntable? This can't be correct surely? I am struggling to believe there are idiots, sorry, people in this world with so much cash to burn, they spend $50k on a turntable....most rich people I've ever met are seriously mean! HOW the HELL can a Turntable cost 50k ?? I saw recently on Grand Designs, a guy installed a real turntable for his car, as he had limited space: it cost him 12 grand!! How many of these things do you sell??? I mean...Who...What??? Are YOU All Insane???
@@JamboLinnman I'm sure...but How? I'm struggling to believe people actually pay that amount of cash for something as ridiculous as a Turntable?? Surely you can't believe that is a reasonable price for something so....mundane? 50,000...I mean, even if you're a multi-multi millionaire... The UK has serious social issues: mass poverty and starving children...yet it seems to have people who casually think that spending this id of cash on a friggin' turntable ...is reasonable? I think some people need to give their head a wobble and re-check their moral compass.... but I will move along now....jesus...
@@swanvictor887Jeezo… a socialist rant. A £50k luxury item is definitely not for you it seems, and shouldn’t be for anyone else who chooses to spend THEIR money on one, in the process driving economic growth and job opportunities within the HiFi industry. 😂
@@JamboLinnman Socialist rant...? erm... I live in Brunei mate, but never mind...whatever nonsense makes your conscience feel better. What I take away from your response is 'No, there is no moral justification but I will never admit that because then I will have to admit that I'm a dick, being ripped off because the vendor realizes I have more money than brain-cells'. But have a nice day. cheers from Brunei.
