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

@cd318 It is pretty clear by now that you are no Linn fan. Whether you owned a Linn LP12 or not, you still insist on trying to naysay the table. 
You state "Linn are possibly one of the most maligned companies in audio today" ---Yes, because of folks like YOU!

Lewn...  the Morgan analogy is absolutely perfect.  This brought up my vision of when I got my pilots license.  The chief FAA guy at Teterborough airport in NJ drove a Morgan...a guy I could never hope to be as cool.  ..just about a month ago, I happened into the local Bently dealer because he had a Morgan for sale on his used car lot.  Still looking for cool, I drove it, and as I inched my way through the Scottsdale traffic, I imagined I was tearing through the English countryside....Alas, at the close of my auto adventure, I realized that my Porsche gave me the thrills I was looking for, and also realized I still couldn't be as cool as my flight instructor Lou Ranley.....who must now be flying among the stars.

cd-18......that's exactly what I did....got that dealer setup manual, the device to put the table on so that I could get under easily to adjust the springs, etc.   Was quite good at it...lots of experience.

I worshipped my LP12- had it for 15 years. Used it with a number of cartridges and phono preamps but the last it was running with was a Lyra Delos through a ASR Basis Exclusive. I wasn't thrilled with the sound at the end and went to have it re-setup but the Linn guy had passed away so I tried to set it up myself and had zero luck and sold the table. All that said, when I finally ended up with a Well Tempered Amadeus, I found that I preferred the sound of the new table by a large margin and I was able to easliy set it up myself!

Everyone should be happy....enjoy