Linn Sondek question


What is it about a Linn Sondek LP12 that requires it to be tuned up?  I was at a Linn specialist recently and was amazed at the amount of Linn Sondeks he had just in waiting for "tune ups" or whatever they needed.  There must have been at least twenty.  So, how often does this have to be done?  Is it the springs, weather conditions etc.  I never see other tables requiring this kind of attention for what seems to be required on a regular basis.  Can it be done by the owner?  Seems like a lot of fiddling.  The setup that was there sounded great.  There is a specialist on youtube that posts many Linns and the sound quality is fantastic, but at what cost?  Like I said, I have never seen that many tables requiring attention in my life.  So what his the thing with these tables?
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Showing 9 responses by daveyf

Nandric, your English theacher tought you wheel. Lol.

Seriously, the LP12 has always had this myth attached to it, primarily I believe by people that never had their table correctly set up in the first place! With a correctly set up table, the set up will last for a long time...sometimes many years.
Placing the table on a good level platform and making sure the table itself is level is crucial, but this applies to all tables.
BTW, saying the bearing leaks is total....BS.. clearly from someone with no experience with an LP12, and once again...poor information is expounded.
One of these days, I am hopeful that all of the misinformation about the table will cease, certainly from people who either have never owned an LP12; or who had one ....but its been twenty plus years since they last owned it!


ok, on we go....

nandric, you have not heard a well set up Klimax level LP12. Twenty plus years ago, is a lifetime when it comes to this table. Suffice it to say, your expanding of total ’BS’ still continues....leaking bearing...please do elaborate. ( I guess it might well leak, if that is you turned the table upside down to look at the underside...without draining the bearing first, YIKES).
AFAIAC you have no experience with an LP12. Plain and simple.
I’m an novice, ok, I guess that again depends on who ( hmmm, could I have used the word 'whom'...go back to your English teacher and ask them, LMAO!)  your English teacher is and how he teaches the meaning of the word...novice, LOL.
Missioncoonery, says he who has never owned an LP12...or most likely ever heard one either.

Varyat, so much misinformation now on the forums about the table, it’s just pathetic! As we both know, a leaking bearing is not possible.


Nandric, an LP12 from yesteryear is still a fine table. However, it is not in the same league as a current LP12, in either the Akurate version or the Klimax version. You would know this if you had a chance to hear the current models.Instead, you prefer to post drivel and inaccurate information.
Please don’t call me a novice anymore, you really are making a fool out of yourself.
Look at what Varyat posted above and contemplate (ask your English teacher what this word means, before you reply to these posts,Lol), unless you believe he is a ‘novice’ as well!  Now, ‘if’ you over filled the bearing in the first place...and were sloppy in the set up, then I could see how a little could spill out...that’s not leaking, that’s a spillage from overfill! 
BTW, when you are talking of students...what garbage are you referring to now.
I’m done with responding to you, I have better things to do with my time.
davidclarke, I happen to think that 40 years of continued refinement, adds up to one heck of a lot of refinement! 
Not sure I completely agree with you that there are small incremental improvements as you upgrade... IME, there are some pretty BIG improvements to be had...The Radikal power supply/motor is a major step up, as is the Cirkus bearing! 
Yes, major step up....I can tell you this, neither bearing ever leaked!! The new Cirkus bearing has far better tolerances and therefore sounds better! Neither of which you would have a clue about. Once again, i'm done with you.
ThomasOk, thank you for chiming in.
It is interesting how on so many of these threads, that people post their experience of the table, and yet they have either a) not heard it in decades or b) never owned the LP12, or c) maybe compared a poorly set up older LP12 with something that is their current favorite.
So much misinformation!
I guess it is now Nandric’s turn to come back and give us more pearls of his wisdom, LOL.
Personally, I believe in this table and feel that it still offers top-flite performance, if set up correctly and if updated to the current specs.
nkonor, please elaborate a little more on your findings of the latest MoFi One Step Donald Fagen LP. Since it is originally a digital recording, i wonder how it compares to the two other MoFi One Step releases in regards to the SQ.
@varyat, I do like Fagan/Dan, but not enough to swing for this particular release...plus, they are making 5000 copies. I do own a couple of the Evans disc...and missed out on the Abraxas..:0(

@nkonor, I own the MFSL BOTW, didn’t know they were releasing a UD1s of it. The original MFSL is nothing to shout home about IMO. Somewhat opaque recording with not much in the way of highs.
Great music of course!