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Challenges to Stereophile's Art Dudley re LP12?

Anyone out there with an Lingo'd Linn LP12 with Naim Aro arm?
What do you think of Art's view as below?

"Heard on its own, so to speak, on an Armageddon'd LP12, the Ekos sounded competent, okay, decently musical—but no more. Heard on a Lingo'd LP12, the Naim Aro was about the same: pretty good. But when I put the Ekos on the Lingo'd Linn, the player opened up into a big-sounding, wildly dynamic, faultlessly tuneful player that held me utterly rapt. Likewise, when I combined the Naim Aro with the Naim Armageddon on the same platform, the player was, again, magical—but different: tuneful, but with more momentum and flow. It sounded smaller and less dramatic, but more natural and organic, and a shade less mechanical."

Thanks for responses.
clarets2

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wsanders43
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Hi Clarets,

Since an hour or three I have an Aro arm on my LP12 . My LP12 has the lingo 1 attached. I had the Linn Ittok LVIII/2 installed before which sounded good. The Aro however makes a difference in that it exposes more detail and more body to instruments and voices. The Aro seems to make a different translation of what to highlight. It is in a way a "modest" but complete and fluid arm with beautiful and honest dynamics without exgaterating in any way. My cartridge is the Clearaudio Titanium, Phono preamp Linn Linto. Would be glad to provide you with more details.
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