Linn or rega

Ya... Look at me, I got a Linn and I hardly have time to post to Audiogon anymore!! I cannot stop listening to that darn thing! It's great!

I had a Spectral MCR cartridge on my Linn LP12 which was a kickass rock cartridge. After many years with the Linn I was going to sell it. I brought it to a Linn dealer for a pre-sale tuneup. When it was done we did an A/B to a new full-blown Linn deck with Arkiv....I liked my Spectral better. Until they put a Lyra Helikon SL on my "old" deck and it was awesome! I bought it and staying with the "old" table.

Yes, stay with the Linn, but please get a different cartridge! There are several MM and MC cartridges that will work better than the Sumiko.

Twl, I know, likes Denon, while others report excellent results with some of the Dynavector line.