I worshipped my LP12- had it for 15 years. Used it with a number of cartridges and phono preamps but the last it was running with was a Lyra Delos through a ASR Basis Exclusive. I wasn't thrilled with the sound at the end and went to have it re-setup but the Linn guy had passed away so I tried to set it up myself and had zero luck and sold the table. All that said, when I finally ended up with a Well Tempered Amadeus, I found that I preferred the sound of the new table by a large margin and I was able to easliy set it up myself!