Why so many linn lp12s for sale

Interesting read.  If you are a Linn owner and enjoy your table good for you. I have chose my poison with a Artisan Fidelity Lenco table.  Great table.  Yes I owned a Linn back in the day but my dating period with Linn is long over and I have a keeper with the Lenco.  If I was looking today for a new table I would add a Technics to that list.

Bought my LP12 in October of ‘88.

 It provided a lot of pleasure all these years. I was always on the lookout for something better; but Better could only be had at a substantial cost.

Even the sota Linn upgrades got Spendy and made me keep looking.

That has changed !! I picked up my new modded Technics SL1200G with Triplanar Classic SE tonearm and Lyra Kleos cartridge.

 I will need to do the Shootout with Tom; but final invoice for the Technics rig puts it well below Linn and Many Others.  

IMO Linn and the Others should be starting to sweat,

My Technics rig is preforming at an astonishing level for significantly lower costs.

Granted that the Technics and any other rig will not be 🍎to🍎 and 🍊to🍊.  

In the analog world of TTs; This is a bargain for astounding SQ. We now have a ( dare I say it ) “Value option” that will take on A Lot of rigs out there.

IMO, Technics is changing the game.

LP12 w/ Radikal in sheet metal case = $22,390

LP12 w/ Radikal in CNC machined aluminum case = $ 25,190

These prices include phonostage, Ekos SE tonearm and top mc cartridge.

Modded Technics TT, Triplanar Classic SE arm, Lyra Kleos, All new, Pass XOno,Used = $16,300

Every Record sounds new even though I have heard all that I have played many times. New and clearer details, Bass is more textured, black backgrounds, On and on, beyond my hopes. Happy; This is my last rig.

Used Linn, For Sale.

Many for sale as they are ancient history!!

Not always the TT. I was thinking of trading in my Linn a few months ago. I had a CJ ET3 SE and the sound was okay but no excitement. Dynamics seemed flat. I took home a Luxman CL38U-SE and the whole system changed. Dynamics, horns, strings etc. In my case it was the preamp not the TT.