I do find it odd that people go to the trouble of getting so invested in debating the value/quality of products they don't own...
I find that frankly asinine. Post about what you own. Posts about what you heard once or heard somewhere else are worthless.
it's pretty obvious some agendas are at play here. I'll simply say Linn would not have been able to sell these for 40 years if they weren't good. There is so much choice that the market will kill overpriced underperforming products. That hasn't happened with the LP12.
As for $800 number, that's equally asinine. Even on a standard Majik, the 9cc arm alone retailed for close to that, and the cartridge the Adikt is based on is a well-reviewed Goldring which itself retails for over $500. Linn of course is starting to roll out a new Majik arm, but I've not seen that reviewed yet.
I do own an LP12, I'm happy with it. That's all that matters to me.