Linn LP12 turntable

I agree @daveyf and if I have not had my LP12 all these year and I were getting into vinyl from the ground floor, I seriously question whether I would choose the LP12, not because it's bad, because there are other excellent options. But I am not about to dump my LP12 at this point! 

BTW, yes, the Teifenbrun family is Jewish. With a turntable called a Sondek, a small speaker called a Katan, and kids names Gilad & Natan, a cartridge called Akiva, the clues are there. 

@daveyf

Has the price of the LP12 really increased that much?

Yes, there have been upgrades that have added to the price, if buy them. You don’t need to though.

There’s lot of talk about it being expensive. But very little in the way of price comparisons with equivalent  turntables on a fair like for like basis.

I made a comparison of a Klimax LP12 with the Technics SL-1000R. Once you take the Linn cartridge, phono stage and Machined Radikal out of equation, the LP12 is actually much cheaper.

What's a "Machined Radikal"?

@lewm

It’s a case for the LP12 Radikal power supply that has been machined out of a solid block of aluminium. It matches other Klimax components in style. However, the considerably cheaper Standard or Akurate Radikal does exactly the same job. Linn never claimed there was any benefit to sound quality.