LP12 cartridge choice

This is an easy one, get the lingo. Many years ago my dealer set up an LP 12, Ekos,Troika and another LP 12 with the Lingo,Ittok,K9. The LP 12 with the Lingo sounded better. To this day I'm still shocked. If you have the bucks get the Lingo and a Benz Ruby 2. The Benz works very well with the Ekos, in my view better than the Arkiv which I had before. It will out track the Arkiv and has no rising top end.

I recommend the Origin Live DC motor kit for the LP-12. Then buy ~$1000 dollars worth of records with the money you would have spent on the Lingo. One man's opinion. Cheers, John

I have a fully "loaded" LP-12 including the Linto phono preamp. You should consider the Lingo upgrade before cartridge change. After that I would go with Linn's ArkivII cartridge.

Outboard power supply is very important. Try a denon dl103 and if you have the bucks, 600, try the shelter.