Any Linn LP12 owners in So Cal get the Karousel bearing upgrade?

all I have to say is Linn has poor customer service. They have a distribution center and repair shop about three blocks from where I live. There are no Linn dealers here locally. They were going to make me drive 200 miles to go hear one. Really...... I guess they are not too worried about sales.

I ultimately went to another country and heard one and the dealer was very knowledgeable and a great guy. Unfortunately, my VPI scout had a way more wide open sound than the Linn had probably attributed to the unipivot arm so I could not at the time justify the Linn. He even put my Benz ref s on his table so I could get a good idea of what it would sound like. Well, it sounded fat and sloppy on the Ekos Radical LP12. I think a Lyra would be a good choice for a Linn however I wanted a table that was more neutral. He had a Linn cartridge on the table and it did sound great.

So... I think they do have poor customer service. I just do not think they care that much about the US market.

I am not saying that the scout sounded better than the Linn.  The Linn was better but not by as much as I would have expected.  

They need to be more flexible or just don't sell in the US.  Their distributor was right in my city.  Yet they would not let me listen to a table there.  My friends that are audiophiles with the exception of one thought I was nuts for even looking at a Linn.  I am sure their new tables are far better at holding "the tune" but they believe a table like "example" The Well Tempered Turntable is easily as good as the Linn and does not have the headaches associated with the brand.