I have an LP12 that I bought about 18 months ago - and had most of it pretty much maxed out with upgrades - Radikal power supply, standard Ekos tone arm (not se)
Keele suspension Circus bearings etc.
I had it set up by a Linn dealer - and use a new Klyde cartridge - into a Linn Linto phono pre amp -
My prior tt was a very old Lenco L85 - but after building a very good digital system - and still having 1000 vinyl LP's gathering dust - I decided to invest in a decent turntable - and see if I could better my digital rig - I likely have about 15k tied up in the Linn system - which would have been closer to 20k if everything was new ( the basic LP 12 and the Linto were bought used )
I honestly feel this was a waste on my part - from what I've read above - I likely could have chosen a better turntable - but it may also speak to the quality of my digital setup - ML CLX with twin Descent i subs - modest room treatment - modwright dual mono line stage - mono block spectron amps and running springs power conditioner are common components to both analogue and digital systems - as well as good cables - the only difference on the digital side is a Lampizator Big7 Dac - with plenty of tube options on hand and a Lampizator Komputer using Roon or Daphile - when I play the same album - side by side as volume matched as possible - the digital version still sounds better to my ears -( and others that have listened with me ) I have a gut feeling that if I'd chosen a different turn table - this might be reversed But with 18,000 digital albums on a qnqp server - versus 1000 albums that don't get much attention ( because I'm not impressed with the difference) - vinyl does not get much play - it does not sound bad - just different - and perhaps it the tube imprint of the Dac on the digital side that has me enjoying the digital versions better
Bart
Keele suspension Circus bearings etc.
I had it set up by a Linn dealer - and use a new Klyde cartridge - into a Linn Linto phono pre amp -
My prior tt was a very old Lenco L85 - but after building a very good digital system - and still having 1000 vinyl LP's gathering dust - I decided to invest in a decent turntable - and see if I could better my digital rig - I likely have about 15k tied up in the Linn system - which would have been closer to 20k if everything was new ( the basic LP 12 and the Linto were bought used )
I honestly feel this was a waste on my part - from what I've read above - I likely could have chosen a better turntable - but it may also speak to the quality of my digital setup - ML CLX with twin Descent i subs - modest room treatment - modwright dual mono line stage - mono block spectron amps and running springs power conditioner are common components to both analogue and digital systems - as well as good cables - the only difference on the digital side is a Lampizator Big7 Dac - with plenty of tube options on hand and a Lampizator Komputer using Roon or Daphile - when I play the same album - side by side as volume matched as possible - the digital version still sounds better to my ears -( and others that have listened with me ) I have a gut feeling that if I'd chosen a different turn table - this might be reversed But with 18,000 digital albums on a qnqp server - versus 1000 albums that don't get much attention ( because I'm not impressed with the difference) - vinyl does not get much play - it does not sound bad - just different - and perhaps it the tube imprint of the Dac on the digital side that has me enjoying the digital versions better
Bart