Every day I see another turntable recommendation...

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…

I see the same thing with Technics tables: some forum guys will completely dismiss modern DD Technics tables because of their experience with “cheap DJ tables” from when they were in college 40 years ago…

 

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…

To be sure!

And the 1700 posts on Naim forum are 1700 single opinions, or the same opinion 1700 times. A higher quantity of propaganda doesn’t flip and suddenly become some critical mass of truth.

And my opinion is also “who cares”. It too, is a story, and not any aspect of truth… other than a finger flicking onto my table is quieter than one flicking a Linn.

But we do not usually flick fingers onto a turntable.
It is just a parlour trick.

I see the same thing with Technics tables: some forum guys will completely dismiss modern DD Technics tables because of their experience with “cheap DJ tables” from when they were in college 40 years ago…

Modern Techniques?
(I thought that the old ones were good too.)

There is something to said about a workhorse of a TT, and it being built to stand up to abuse. They were not transporting delicate TTs to events and worrying about set up slipping out of alignment.

The Denon’s were also good sounding work horses.
(I am thinking of getting one myself)