Thoughts on the Linn LP12 turntable

I don't see a....."pathetic sort of wood base stapled together at the corners" here with my LP12.

Nor do I see... "The tiny little dink of a motor that I can stall with a Q tip" here either!

The one on the left is my current swiss motor, the one on the right is from decades ago.  Huge difference!

As has been said many times and again... the LP12 has been updated and improved from the decades of old and is quite capable of reproducing very beautiful and emotionally engaging music.

And as long as I have finally figured out how to post photos on this forum, here a few pic's of the rest of my system.

My Wavestream Kinetics Deluxe Reference Level 5.1 all tube phono stage with outboard power supply...

And a pic of the rest of this system that utilizes my LP12.  But when I really want to "make" music... take note of my cello and one of my trombones in the corner.

Wishing you all the very best,

Don

no_regrets

Love your cello! Love your set-up, too. Just like mine, if maybe a bit more "up-market."

@edcyn 

Thank you so much! You are very kind ☺

Best wishes,

Don

No amount of wishful thinking or modification is going to make the LP 12 representative of what a modern intermediate priced turntable can do. The Avid Acutus, SME, Sota and Basis turntables all are definitive improvements over the LP 12. The LP 12's day were done with the release of the original Sota Sapphire, never to return. This is not to say with careful use and setup a used LP 12 can not be made to perform at a reasonable level but to buy one new you have to be out of your mind. This is not IMHO, just a fact of life.

For a while, me and my wife (the cyn in edcyn) had dueling systems with her's having a Linn and me having a SOTA. Frankly, I appreciated both. The Linn had better pitch stability and a punchier sense of drive. The SOTA gave better instrumental timbres and soundstage immersion.