Origin Live LP12 Upgrade

Just to preface this review, I never do reviews usually because I view them as overly hyped reports given as a return gift for something else.

I recently purchased the Advanced Motor Kit from Audio Revelation (760.944.0444 - talk to Jay) to replace the motor and power supply for my dear old Linn LP12 (ser#: 28XXX - 1982?)/Valhalla/Nivana/Ittok/Blue Point Special. There was really no reason for the upgrade other than I knew at some point the Valhalla would need recapping and just didn't feel like it. I was also replacing some other minor parts on the table and basically cleaning it up. After a very painless install, I fired it up for 4 hours, did the speed check, and put it to work. I threw on some Norah Jones and went about reading not seriously paying attention to serious listening. My wife is typically annoyed with my subwoofer, which seemed to be doing a great job filling in the bottom parts of Ms. Jones' music, so I got up to turn it down. When I reached down to the volume I noticed that my wife had unplugged it! Now I was suddenly interested more than just the casual listening I was doing. All I can say is WOW! I never expected this. I don't understand how a very simple motor, regulator, and wall wart power supply canmake this table sing but it does. This really changes the paradigm that simplicity works better than the very complex looking Valhalla. Go DC, AC! Buy one for $540 and sell your old AC/Valhalla for $250 on ebay! Better than the Lingo/Lingo II. Thanks!