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| Thoughts on the Linn LP12 turntable @mijostyn you say "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... | |
| Thoughts on the Linn LP12 turntable @edcyn Thank you so much! You are very kind ☺ Best wishes, Don | |
| 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 ... | |
| Solid state or Tubes preamp phono stage. Another suggestion for your consideration would be the Wavestream Kinetics Deluxe Reference Level 5.1. It is an all tube design currently using (2 x 12AX7, 4 x 6DJ8); with extremely low noise ( I believe with the external power supply, noise is b... | |
| Thoughts on the Linn LP12 turntable @hipsterjefe So very true! And I'm sure your walnut plinth looks absolutely beautiful! I wish there was an easy way to post pictures on this forum (when it comes to computers I'm somewhat challenged, lol... I'd love to see your finished results... | |
| Thoughts on the Linn LP12 turntable OP. Yes, you are correct... audiophiles can be very passionate about this hobby in many ways.... Vinyl vs Digital Single bit vs Multibit vs NOS Red book vs Hi-Res upsampling CD vs Streaming Belt drive vs Rim drive vs Direct drive Spring l... | |
| Thoughts on the Linn LP12 turntable As I had eluded to in my earlier post... I think that we (as vinyl lovers) should all feel extremely blessed that we have such a plethora of tables/arms/cartridges/phono stages available to us at virtually every price point that allows almost a... | |
| Thoughts on the Linn LP12 turntable @lewm Yes, you are absolutely correct. I should remember not to post on forums when I'm overtired 🤣. Thank you for the correction. Best wishes, Don | |
| Thoughts on the Linn LP12 turntable Honestly, I have to laugh at all the naysayers of the Linn LP12 that seem to just keep regurgitating the same old mis-information. The LP12 IS a great table! Why is it perfectly acceptable for other turntable manufacturers to be allowed to make... | |
| Phono Stage upgrade to complement Dohmann Helix One Mk 2 Hello drbond, Another suggestion for your consideration would be the Wavestream Kinetics Deluxe Reference Level 5.1. It is an all tube design currently using (2 x 12AX7, 4 x 6DJ8); with extremely low noise ( I believe with the external power su... | |
| ILLINOIS JACQUET Birthday Party Vol. 2 Hi Frogman! I’m at work right now, so I can’t play it at the moment, but if I recall l correctly it is the sax playing at that moment. I don’t think that it’s my cartridge mistracking. I realize it can happen more often near the end of an album... | |
| ILLINOIS JACQUET Birthday Party Vol. 2 Hi Jason, Thank you for taking the time to reply to my thread :) The distortion only happens about 1/2 or 3/4 of the way thru the last song on side two. The rest of the entire album is completely quiet and plays mint. The distortion is very lou... | |
| Show Us Your Listening Room Art Hi Jim, You've certainly got some great rooms and systems there. I also love your dog :) Best wishes, Don | |
| Show Us Your Listening Room Art @sbank Spencer, thank you for the very kind comments on my music room. I love the variety that you have...not to mention the memories you must have :) @nonoise I love all of your artwork. Absolutely beautiful! Also, thank you for sharing th... | |
| Show Us Your Listening Room Art This is a neat idea. One of my interests happens to be photography and I love taking portraits of local musicians as they are performing. I of course share the images with the various musicians, but I also like to develop the prints and hang them ... |