Every day I see another turntable recommendation...

There are seismic recording stations throughout the world, and like most sciences, the monitoring of the effects of the COVID 19 Pandemic on the world was a running live commentary for all with a scientific interest.

This Pandemic has been unique in this area, as science was interacting with the Virus daily, and learning from the experiences like no other Pandemic has allowed to happen.

Seismology is no different and it has made the data collected put to use, to see how the changes being witnessed in the readings of Seismic Noise were resulting from the changes made from Human Activities.

Seismic Noise is a unwanted recorded information, in that it is not from seismic activity, but environmental activity.

The impact of the Weather Systems on Land and in the Oceans remained consistent and maintained producing a Microseism with the average reading of 1Hz recorded for the Seismic Noise.

Human Activity can produce 1Hz - 40hz and the average levels of Anthropogenic Noise produced during the lock down was 4Hz, the data shows as the Human Activities were reduced over the period of time and larger proportions of the populations were put into lockdown the Anthropogenic Noise dropped along with the reduced activities.

The above although recorded on a seismic recording device are tremors and not seismic activity.

Seismic Activity is from Earthquakes and Tectonic Plate Activity, as well as magma moving within the earths crust.

Seismic Activity that is being recorded with levels detectable above Higher Anthropogenic Seismic Noise levels, when present local to an environment with a TT in use, will most likely cause a Needle to skip a groove or two as the minimum, but this does depend on the bedrock in the area as well, as the make up of this can reduce the impact felt on the surface from the transferred energies.

What ever way it is thought about, the golden times of listening to a music replay on a TT, with the least seismic noise creating a welcome impact, came to an end, when the Lockdowns were lifted.

I hope all our forums Vinyl Loving Friends got a few extra hours with their set ups when free time was plentiful.

One thing I often see with turntable threads is the telling of experiences and negativity in general for the Linn LP12 backed up with memories from decades ago.

There are very few tables that have been around for 50 years. The LP12 is one of them. This table (and all the various upgrade options) have come a long way since 1980. If you visit other forums devoted to high end brands you will find lots of enthusiasm for the LP12. Many of these owners can afford many different options, but they still gravitate to the LP12. It is the unltimate decades long tinkerers turntable.

So, are stories of “how I moved on from the LP12 in 1979” really that appropriate today? I am not saying it is the best choice for the money today. But considering how you can buy this table brand new today at various price and performance levels or opt for updating a base model from the 1970s is almost unique.

This thread on the Naim forum has over 1700 posts.

One thing I often see with turntable threads is the telling of experiences and negativity in general for the Linn LP12 backed up with memories from decades ago.

The Linn dealer in the 80’s talked about the live nature of the resonance, and how record clamps and heavy platters were, according to him, a destroyer of good sound as they did not let the vinyl vibrate and sing.

(It sounded like a load of BS)

I ended up with a Sota and a spindle/record clamp. Mostly after wrapping the nail of my bird finger onto the chassis. Pretty much like holding the finger with the thumbs and letting the finger go in a flick move.

It hurts a bit if one does it as hard as one can.

The absence of sound out of the speakers from the then sore finger, sold the table.

But heavy platters and record weights are still being debated today.

Plus a dealer conversation from the 80’s is still a single opinion from 40 years ago…