Linn LP 12

Malbor, I owned an LP12 for a few years and I miss the sound. But I will never miss the constant maintenance. Tuning the suspension is a headache and the Linn upgrades are expensive. But when properly set up, ahhh the sound.

i went with a Rega RP10 and am happy with the sound, very close to the LP12, but plan someday to move on to a less proprietary table.

Good Luck

I don’t have a Linn, however, I have heard two superb LP12:

1. vinyl passion - everything looked at and improved - machining quality is wonderful.

2. The funk firm - not sure if they still make it but also a vast improvement over any Linn based mods (I heard a direct comparison) - it changes to a clever 3 pulley drive. 
 

don’t be bought in or conned with buying Linns own

You will be far better off asking about Linn upgrades on the Naim forum. 

You would be far better off getting a new turntable. You don't realize how bad the LP 12 is until you replace it with a good one form SME, Basis, Avid, Dohmann or Sota. 

Mijostyn has a clear, consistent, extreme prejudice against Linn turntables before considering, evaluating, or  accepting his advise you might want to read what he has previously posted hear regarding his turntable playback problems he has a lot of them and unusual "fixes" for each one!