Is a Linn Sondek LP12/Lingo/Ekos with a Cirkus update, the last turntable I’ll ever buy?

@coachopconnor   There are a few additional mods to your table...1) Original stamped sub chassis, braced stamped sub chassis, Kore, Keel
2) Power supply- original/Nirvana, Valhalla, 4 Lingos ( actually really five, as the first Lingo 2 was exactly the same as the original Lingo but in a different case, while the later Lingo 2 had mods to the board) 
3) Base- Trampolin, Trampolin 2, Solid
4) Top plate-reinforced and non reinforced.
5) Plinth- Original Afro with flute, Non-flute, corner braced and now various color options. 

To that numerous 3rd party options, like the recently popular Tiger Paw Tranquility etc.,

First: $2400 is a very good price for the Linn package you describe. It’s good value.
Second; you have to listen and see if you like the Linn sound for the long term. I had an lp12 for years and liked it but eventually realized it sounded rather homogenized with a woolly upper base and limited spacial separation compared to my next turntable; a Michell gyrodec
I can’t imagine going back.

@rrm  would be helpful to know what model of LP12 ( age, power supply, bearing, tonearm, sub chassis etc) you are comparing to your Michell. 

@daveyf ,

’There really isn’t any question that the Linn LP12 today is a superior table from any version from the 80’s or even 6/7 years ago!’


Linn have been spinning that guff for decades, and decades. Every few years it is claimed that some new improvement is found.

If so, then why not compare the current with the previous?

Basically, whichever way you care to spin it, the current Linn is just slightly better engineered version of Edgar Villchur’s pioneering 1962 AR Turntable.

Same 3 point suspended suspension, same belt drive, and same platter.

Is there anything even remotely original about the Linn?

@cd318  Your post should perhaps conclude with this: IMHO.
Your 'opinion' is as stated, although I think you could say what you did about all turntables. In your humble opinion, Linn has been spinning the same 'guff for decades and decades'. In your opinion, the current Linn is 'just slightly better engineered version of Edgar Villchur's pioneering 1962 AR turntable"...and in your opinion, it has the same 3 point suspended suspension, same belt drive, and same platter....
In my humble opinion ( IMHO), you have not heard or seen a current Linn LP12 Klimax. Interestingly, on a recent Linn webinar, I asked why there are so many 'naysayers' about their product on line. Why Linn never bothered to rebut these folks?...the answer was this..there are always 'opinions' on the web, what good would it do to rebut these 'arm chair quarterbacks'---- so very apropos, all of course IMHO.