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  Linn LP-12 still competitive with the very best?
Hi folks, I wonder if the Linn LP-12 is still competitive with the best offerings from Avid, VPI, TW Acoustics, Teres, Galibier and Transrotor. If that is the case, then it's cheaper to go for a LP-12. What are the weak points of the LP-12? Which tt is better: the Thorens TD124 or Linn LP-12?

Chris
Dazzdax  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

02-05-09
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02-09-09   Dazzdax, the logic of your statement is (as your jokes) an e ...   Nandric

02-09-09   I suspect the answer to the poster's question simply depends ...   Mapman

02-09-09   First of all, i am certainly not an audiophile and i just bo ...   Aguadiem

02-09-09   Aguadiem, see jazzdoc's post way above. if you are really pl ...   Lewm

02-09-09   Drubin, the reason that your linn sounds pretty good is tha ...   Normansizemore

02-10-09   Aguadiem, don't do circus, until you are prepared to have th ...   Hifidaddy

02-10-09   "that a cheap used lp12 bought from the usual s/h marke ...   Mapman

02-10-09   I am at an age that i regulary must ask: what is the questio ...   Nandric

02-10-09   Personally, i could never get past the looks of the linn. i ...   Tonywinsc

02-10-09   The difference between suspended and non-suspended seems to ...   Drubin

02-10-09   Well, i just spent the last 8 hours spending time in a jazz ...   No_regrets

02-11-09   Great post no_regrets!!!   Tim_j_thomas

02-11-09   Yeah! 60ies jazz is the genre, that the lp12 works best with ...   Hifidaddy

02-11-09   Norman, the more your dealer touched your 'table, the worse ...   Headsnappin

02-11-09   No_regrets said: "i didn't once think about what a ne ...   Mapman

02-11-09   It's not mounting cartridges that's tough with the lp-12, it ...   Drubin

02-11-09   "it's not mounting cartridges that's tough with the lp- ...   Mapman

02-11-09   Why is this "to get the suspension right thing" so ...   Dazzdax

02-11-09   As a "past" user, it can be as good as anyone. eve ...   Yo5454

02-13-09   Mapman, i have an axis that i have owned for nearly 20 years ...   Redhunter

02-13-09   I have a large room- 24 feet across so lots of room on each ...   Tonywinsc

02-13-09   redhunter, i'm curious what cartridges have you used in co ...   Mapman

02-16-09   Hi mapman, i have used a k9 and a goldring 1042 in both deck ...   Redhunter

02-16-09   Eee3 your arrogance stands a head above all other linn owner ...   Schipo

02-16-09   Redhunter, i have an old goldring cart of some kind on my ...   Mapman

02-17-09   Schipo, the last time i checked, we live in a free enterpris ...   Eee3

02-17-09   schipo wrote, 2-16-09 "...linn's unfair marketing ad ...   Lrsky

02-17-09   By not allowing dealers to carry better tables to be compare ...   Schipo

02-17-09   Lrsky actually it was me that made the statement regarding l ...   Uktel

02-18-09   Uktel: i thank you for opening my eyes even more. i just lef ...   Schipo

02-18-09   Now that everyone's heated up,let's look at some more of the ...   Lrsky

02-18-09: Mapman
Wow, interesting stories about "big brother Linn".

How is it that I see high end shops these days carrying the Linn line as almost entry level high end products aside many other competing even more highly touted lines?

Also I recall the dealer I bought my Axis from back in the 80s also carried Rega, in fact I bought the Rega Planar 2 first and then went to the Linn because I didn't think the Rega was any better than the Dual I had before that or the Philips 312 I had before that.

That dealer must have been one valiant sole to dare resist the Linn police and sell another line.

Mapman  (Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)


02-18-09   Mapman: are you still using a linn as your prime analog sour ...   Schipo

02-18-09   Schipo, yes. why: - it's the best table i have ever owned ...   Mapman

02-18-09   Yeah, but you should have seen the analog shi* hit the fan w ...   Lrsky

02-18-09   Mapman..well i am glad that to your ears it's sounds the bes ...   Schipo

02-18-09   Schip, i wouldn't assert that it (my linn axis) is the &quo ...   Mapman

02-18-09   Mapman to say that you have no need to explore another table ...   Schipo

02-18-09   "the linn is then and now superseded by better designs& ...   Mapman

02-19-09   I doubt if many people still believe that the lp12 is the &q ...   Redhunter

02-19-09   I think linn is predictably trying to play it both ways with ...   Mapman

02-19-09   Schipo, give it rest already. lrsky, your stories are wonde ...   Drubin

02-19-09   drubin: as long as there is a forum here on the gon for me ...   Schipo

02-19-09   I don't have an issue with the discussion of linn's marketin ...   Drubin

02-19-09   Drubin:what makes you think that i was trying to convince yo ...   Schipo

02-20-09   Thanks drubin, sometimes, actually, most of the time, i wond ...   Lrsky

02-21-09   I have a mid 80's sondek 12 with a basic tone arm and a naga ...   Polk432

03-05-09   Ok but what about the original question , thorens 124 or lin ...   C5vette

03-05-09   the lp-12 and the td-124 are both supremely well-executed ex ...   Kirkus

03-06-09   I'm the hundredth poster, do i get a prize? let me sum this ...   Stanwal

03-06-09   Great post, kirkus. i also agree with stanwal. it is very ...   Headsnappin

03-06-09   "it is very satisfying for a large number of listeners. ...   Mapman

10-08-10   All tables 'give up' something in the sound spectrum........ ...   Baggs1

10-10-10   The lp12 can be upgraded all the way to what many, including ...   Daveyf

10-11-10   Drubin's question is to the point, what could i replace an l ...   Jrtrent

10-11-10   Sell your table. buy a vpi classic.   Vernneal

10-11-10   What i like most about these lp12 'sota' guys, they really b ...   Syntax

10-11-10   Syntax, have you heard the latest itineration of the lp12/ r ...   Daveyf

10-29-10   Daveyf, you are correct, and you can listen to the differenc ...   Mmakshak

10-29-10   Daveyf, yes i listened to all of them, the lp12 with keel, e ...   Syntax

10-29-10   Syntax, with your gear, the linn being its equal is like sa ...   Mapman

10-30-10   I'm a fan of the lp12 and considering my first audition was ...   Weseixas

11-03-10   Syntax, so you have heard the new radikal power supply with ...   Daveyf

11-12-10   Aguadiem, i hope i caught you in time(before upgrades). i b ...   Mmakshak


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