@zavato While I agree that the LP12 is an excellent table ,and I am a big fan of it, I also think that as the price increases, it begins to bump up against competition that would/should make one choose differently.
Linn LP12 turntable
I was in my favorite audio store yesterday talking turntables… Rega P10, MoFi MasterDeck etc, when he stated he had a Linn LP12 he was selling for a customer at $2,400 & the customer had $14K (with upgrades) into it. Intriguing, but knew nothing about Linn. After my research, people seem to love it or hate it. But it is installed in many fine audiogon systems.
I would like your thoughts and recommendations.
I have asked the following questions of the dealer:
1. Date of production
2. Upgrades that have been added
3. Power supply / tone arm
4. Condition
5. Recently serviced
I have not yet seen it, but it is there now. What other questions should I ask?
My current analog system:
Pro-ject 1xpression carbon classic with Hana ML
Rega Aria
PS Audio BHK pre
Simaudio Moon 330A amp
KEF R11’s
Advise would be greatly appreciated.
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I agree @daveyf and if I have not had my LP12 all these year and I were getting into vinyl from the ground floor, I seriously question whether I would choose the LP12, not because it's bad, because there are other excellent options. But I am not about to dump my LP12 at this point! |
Has the price of the LP12 really increased that much? Yes, there have been upgrades that have added to the price, if buy them. You don’t need to though. There’s lot of talk about it being expensive. But very little in the way of price comparisons with equivalent turntables on a fair like for like basis. I made a comparison of a Klimax LP12 with the Technics SL-1000R. Once you take the Linn cartridge, phono stage and Machined Radikal out of equation, the LP12 is actually much cheaper.
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