Linn LP12 turntable

Linn decided to make LPs to demonstrate what could be done properly

I mailed in a coupon and received a free copy of Linn Records 1st issue, Blue Nile, Walk Across the Rooftops, heavy vinyl, dynamic, holy smokes, did you ever hear it?

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The birth of Linn Records

We bought a record-cutting lathe in 1982 because the vinyl pressings we were using to test our LP12 turntable weren't up to the job. We needed a more reliable music source so we started pressing our own LPs.

Within two years we had recorded and released The Blue Nile's classic debut 'A Walk Across the Rooftops' and Linn Records was born. We found our passion for music extended to discovering and working with talented artists. Soon we had a catalogue of recordings being sold to customers around the globe."

I think their label is “Linn Selekt”. I’ve got at least two of their LPs, and they’re sonically spectacular, but I don’t see how this bears on the OP’s quandary. 

@elliottbnewcombjr Beautiful tone arm! Now that deck is retro!

@lewm Fun fact!

As always, it helps to RTFM (read the manual).  Linn has an excellent one for the LP12.  In particular it stresses that the LP12 should stand on a lightweight surface, such as a light coffee table.  If wall mounted, the shelf should be low mass.

The Linn is a low mass design with long-travel springs.  Its resonant frequency is very low, but if teemed with a massive stand which itself absorbs energy and resonates around the same frequency, the two resonances can reinforce.

@richardbrand   The Linn LP12 can work well with a Trampolin 2 base on a heavier stand. I use mine atop a Sound Anchor stand that is quite heavy. The stand does sit on spikes that sit on a concrete floor. I have 'AB'ed the table on a lightweight low stand and on the SA stand, there was minimal difference, with my preference for the higher SA stand. I did try an expensive HRS isolation platform beneath the table, with negative results...due to what you mentioned in your last sentence.