Apologies if off topic, but to significantly upgrade your the sonics perhaps you should upgrade your cartridge as well. The modern Hana cartridges have a fantastic bang/buck performance- that’s why they sold so many.
New Turntable Direction
It's been a long time since I sought the opinions of the community. I have been a happy Linnie for 20+ years stopping after upgrades with the Ekos, Cirkus, Lingo, and suspension. I still have my Shelter 90X. A recent upgrade inquiry resulted in approximately 6K investment in my table and this just doesn't seem to make sense considering it's age. I have considered investing the 6K in a new table and staring all over. I have initially looked at Oracle, VPI, and Basis in part because they have been around for as long as I have been doing this. For what it is worth my phono stage is still a Rhea. So what do you think new table or another Linn upgrade and if new table what brand? As always I appreciate your feedback.
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+1 Rega Planer 10. Great review in Stereophile https://www.stereophile.com/content/rega-planar-10-turntable-rb3000-tonearm-apheta-3-phono-cartridge Drawback is changing cartridges which may require fiddling like spacers. Newer modern Technics turntables has also garnered many positive reviews. VPI also a solid alternative. I picked up a used Avenger w 2 tonearms for $8k. As time marches on, there have been many continuous sonic/technical improvements in turntables, tonearms, cartridges often using computer programs and equipment in designing/engineering especially in micro vibration management. There’s also been advances in materials and tighter tolerances. Linn is a fine turntable, but many newer brands/models outperform it. |