Beautiful sounding Linn LP12

[ramblerandy]

Ha! Exactly my kit too. I notice no arm rest though. I have an Ittok arm rest. I still think the Troika hasn't really been bettered. I've had mine since 1989 or thereabouts. All extremely low mileage though, as I do most of my everyday background listening with my earlier Thorens TD160/Hadcock/Nagaoka MP30. Keeps the LPs in good shape and sounds pretty good too.

[giannislarch]

It's not just... a hifi kit.. it's an Art! 😀

[essendon]

great sounding tt. I'm just about to get one. Basik arm unfortunately for now. Ortofon Black.

[ianarthur]

Strange comments regarding sound?
I think the cartridge and speakers may play a part in how the record sounds!😮

[garthrasmussen]

Party on Wayne. I am in the same boat. I had my tt plugged in for years not realizing that the capacitors were under load and failing. Oh what a fool I was. I am now deciding on my best path to music nirvana. Any suggestions?

[felixfranzen]

It looks so classic. Ask a random non-DJ:ing person over 40 to draw a record player and this would be probably be it (especially if the person is British). I would be really interesting to see a frequency response plot/graph and wow and flutter specs for this turntable though.

[Hoggdoc]

I have an LP12 from the early 1980's. It's been in storage and needs some TLC. Best sounding turntable regardless of price...

[socksumi]

Very nice and lovely constructed turntable. Too bad about all the cultist hype promulgated by it's maker Ivor T and the many "Linnie" fan boys that circulated the scene back in the 80s. The hyperbole and snake oil was beyond anything I'd ever experienced and I almost got caught up in the Linn hysteria until I objectively listened for myself and used my own judgement instead of what I was told I'm supposed hear by Linn cultists. I owned a well set up Linn LP12 and it sounded very nice indeed but nowhere near the grotesquely exaggerated claims. I also owned a nicely tweaked Thorens TD125 which sounded every bit as good as my Linn. The two tables were hard to tell apart in listening tests. The cartridge used made a much larger difference than the turntable itself. The Thorens seemed a tad more spacious and the Linn a bit richer in the bass was all I could hear. Changing something as simple as the mat could make one of the tables preferable over the other. All things being equal I slightly favoured the Sondek if only for it's construction and physical beauty. But I still cringe at some the Linn cheer leading BS in the British audio press back in the 80s.

[ortegaalex]

Thank ya for sharing 🙏 but you don't have to rub it in everyone's face ! Lol

[lok]

Is this an ittok without the arm support installed on the arm board?

[grahamburnett]

I found one in a skip so gave it me dad not to sure what time arm it has but is linn aswell

[mgsee]

The Linn LP12 always sounds over damped to me, like the sound has been compressed with all the space and 'air' squeezed out.

[adrianmorris]

Truly special even sounds good playing on my must have one but I fear divorce courts are beckoning....Lol.😎😺

[marcjackson]

Am I missing something...? It sounds okay but no better than any other sub £500 turntable.

[marcelhobbit]

The hype surrounding this over-priced turntable...Yawn.