Is a Linn Sondek LP12/Lingo/Ekos with a Cirkus update, the last turntable I’ll ever buy?

the perpetuation of the myth that LP12s are fussy to set-up is tiring and patently false. If you can change a bike tire or fix a leaky faucet you can work on and perfectly maintain your own LP12. By design, all upgrades are very easy to install in the field by anyone with an IQ barely above that a burger flipper or trash collector. If you’ve owned more than a few record players of moderate sophistication you’ll find the LP12 is among the very easiest to work on with world-class support from Linn.