linn sondek tt

If the OP is asking "does anyone still buy these" the answer is yes, and that's because it's an excellent product.  

Mine is less than a year old, and I was able to get it as a lightly used ex-demo for less than 50% of regular retail with a full new warranty.  It already had a Lingo 3, and my local dealer - who is excellent - switched out the arm and cartridge for new ones before I picked it up.   For me that's a fantastic value.  My dealer set it up in my listening room and it's never needed a single adjustment since.  

Some seem to forget there's no right or wrong with audio.  What one person likes another may not.  Sound is subjective, but build quality and the like are not - and here again the LP12 for me scores well.  It is a quality, well-built, well-engineered product.  I'm glad I have one, would recommend it to others, and look forward to upgrading mine as we go forward.  

I do find it odd that people go to the trouble of getting so invested in debating the value/quality of products they don't own...

I find that frankly asinine.   Post about what you own.   Posts about what you heard once or heard somewhere else are worthless.  

it's pretty obvious some agendas are at play here.  I'll simply say Linn would not have been able to sell these for 40 years if they weren't good.  There is so much choice that the market will kill overpriced underperforming products.  That hasn't happened with the LP12.

As for $800 number, that's equally asinine.  Even on a standard Majik, the 9cc arm alone retailed for close to that, and the cartridge the Adikt is based on is a well-reviewed Goldring which itself retails for over $500.  Linn of course is starting to roll out a new Majik arm, but I've not seen that reviewed yet.

I do own an LP12, I'm happy with it.  That's all that matters to me.