I have been able to discern differences in turntables on Youtube-at least those differences I'm interested in. I'm not really listening for the sound, but the overall ability to convey the song to me. I would listen to Pasinee for the LP12 SE, but be careful, as, at least on his channel, at times he used a Khan instead of Linn's top-plate. The LP12 SE uses Radikal, Keel, Ekos SE, and Akiva(or Kandid).
Linn sondek vs sme
I recently read a thread actually comparing a Linn sondek to SME and many saying that the Linn "outperformed" an SME. Really?. Are some people on LSD or is this a fair comparison as I am looking to upgrade in the near future and was planning on listening to SME. I never thought they were in the same league. I have been told that my modest scout beats the sondek. How can that be true? The thing is I have no dealers for either locally. Only VPI and project. I think I want to movin a different direction than VPI.