Linn Sondek question

Change all those II WW screws from the first industrialisation time.

Buy if you can NAIM ARO tonearm or their own and balance the

3 springs together with the arm. Thorens prescribed a certain

distnce between the platter and ''base'' which was much more

user friendly. The platter is the only part which is excelent made

and balanced. Check the oil because the bearing (usualy) leak.

Don't buy any ''upgrade'' ; Linn made the most profit from those.

I would recommend Linn to any student. The best value for

a second hand TT. Messing with adjustment is the part of

our hobby. I leaned this from my English theacher.

daveyif, first of all I owned LP 12 in the time when ''it'' was

regarded as ''the best ever''. You may be right with your guess

about  ''twenty plus years ago'' but I am right regarding leaking

bearing . Then you should know that my English theacher is

Lew(m)  who owns 5 best TT's ever. I am collecting carts he is

collecting TT's and mess with their plinths. If one like to make

plinths one needs more TT's I would say. As a novice you should

have more respect for the older members independant from the

time when they owned LP 12 (grin).

daveyf, ''nandric , you have not heard a well set up Klimax level LP

12. Twenty + years ago, etc''. Ergo the LP 12 from 20 years ago

is not an LP 12? Those are however still ''going strong'' with

the same platter which is the ''heart'' of their construction. Those

are recommended to the students because of their price. There are

many owners who still use the first version. A good designed TT

(should) not need so many ''improvements'' with ridiculous prices.

Thorens made many versions but never upgrades. Those, more

in particular 160, are also still going strong. In some sense LP 12

is ''upgraded '' 160. The novice in this thread should check how

bearings are made (grin). With some brown substance around

the plate at the bottom of the bearing tube.

Cirkus bearing major step up? Was something wrong with the

old bearing?

varyat, ''if you like what it does, it will be your last TT''.

In the thread ''What's been your turntable ownership over the

years...'' there is just one such person. The rest either ''moved

on'' or never owned LP-12.