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 @tzh21y   I guess it depends where you are located. I do know that Linn are now handling distribution in the States themselves. Could it be that the so called local rep isn’t able to demo for you. Since Linn are taking over, it doesn’t surprise me that much that they don’t have a local dealer set up for you to hear the gear....yet. Although it willl depend on where you are in the country.

it must be which is silly.  so how does one get a table updated to the current status.  I looked on their website and found no such information. what happened to their forum?  it was a great place to share info on Linns especially.  what a loss for Linn owners.  thats ridiculous.

Davey.....how can you make a statement like that.....oh its only the internet.  I replaced the Linn with a Sota, and then a VPI that I've had for ten years or so without a bit of trouble. Easy to upgrade .... and enjoy.

What is the cost of a fully tricked out Linn today with the ’right’ upgrades, arm, etc.?
I first heard one in the early seventies at Opus One in Pittsburgh, a hi-line salon that was really the mindspring of Tasso Spanos, a brilliant, quirky guy who sold equipment he thought sounded good- at the time of the Linn, he was the ARC dealer and introduced the Dahlquist. The Linn was very lively, very musical, but we’re talking about a musical memory of more than 40 years ago.
When I lived in Brooklyn Heights in the ’80s, Innovative was a huge Linn dealer- I don’t know if they were the biggest in the States, but man, they were fully on board with the whole Linn experience. I heard some good systems there.
I know you are a staunch advocate of the Linn table on the forums Davey, but perhaps other people have other directions? I’ve had several very good tables in my systems over the years. Every one, along with arm, isolation and of course cartridge, sounded different.
The one thing that seems to be a big variable with Linn is set-up.
I know with other tables, set up is key.
My sense, whatever the merits of the table today, is that it has been overshadowed by other things in the marketplace. Whether or not those others are truly better, I’ll leave to those who have owned the Linn and moved on. Depending on the price of a full-on Linn it may also no longer be competitive. If I were going to spend a big sum on a table today (apart from the one I have), I’d be interested in hearing the EMT 927.

@whart It is true, I am an advocate of the Linn table, simply because I do not like to see this excellent table decried by folks who really have little to no experience with the most recent versions. Instead, what I see are folks who are putting in their two cents based on their recollection of the table from twenty years ago or more, and from others who have absolutely no experience with it whatsoever, but are only too happy to naysay it.
Yes, the set up is crucial, but most Linn dealers were adept at that, and those that weren’t were usually able to direct you to someone who was. Problem is, that a lot of folks in the old days thought they knew how to do the set up themselves, leading to poor performance. These folks wouldn’t admit they had done anything wrong, so why not just blame the tool...or in this instance the design of the table.
I can tell you, I have owned this table in one form or another for over thirty years, and never have I been tempted to trade it in on a VPI or similar. If you understand the basics of how to place the table, and how to move it if necessary, all of the ‘issues’ that we hear about it going out of tune go by the wayside. OTOH, if you don’t follow some basic rules, then a more plug and play option, perhaps like the VPI or the SOTA’s will be more rewarding for you.