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The Best Linn LP12 Set Up Guide Ever

Setting up your LP12:
Volume I - 3 by Peter Swain of Cymbiosis.


These 3 downloadable PDF guides from the Cymbiosis website should be mandatory reading for anyone thinking about buying into an LP12.

These are exceptionally well written with very clear instructions and are fabulously informative. Peter is unusually quite candid about his experiences too.

I thought I knew most everything about the LP12 set-up but after reading these it's obvious that I don't. If these had been available some 15 years ago my experiences with the deck might have been better. They would certainly have saved me some time but alas all I had was the official Linn set up manual.

The Linn is the perfect turntable for anyone with enough time (and confidence) to want to spend hours playing around with setting it up. 

Owners of older decks might be interested in some of Peter's suggestions regarding the use of newer parts - especially those in regard to maintaining that all importantly famous LP12 bounce.


https://www.cymbiosis.com/download/setting-up-your-lp12-volume-i/

not a read, but a watch... this caught my eye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJGw8zwx-6g&t=676s

Parlogram Auctions

Here's an unusually informative YouTube channel I stumbled upon.

This one is based mainly around the Beatles on vinyl and goes into considerable detail. 

I always wondered why the original albums sounded different to some of the recent reissues.

Well it's explained here on a video of the 2014 mono vinyl box set that the fashion back in the 1960s was to cut most records "loud and hot".

That way they would sound good on almost anything at normal volume levels.
The downside might be increased distortion at high volume listening levels.

https://www.youtube.com/user/Parlogram

Loudspeaker Isolation.

Here's an interesting article from IsoAcoustics inc looking at that thorny question of spikes versus lossy decoupling.

Despite reading like an advertisement for their own products they claim to have scientific data from research conducted at the NRC (National Research Council of Canada).

They even provide a link to download a White Paper in PDF form.

It's certainly an interesting read that might go some way towards explaining the differences between the isolation provided by spikes and more lossy decoupling methods.


https://isoacoustics.com/isoacoustics-speaker-isolation-technology/

Audiophile Turntable 101: Acoustic Research AR-XA TESTED

In case anyone has not seen this previously, here’s a hugely informative 50 minute YouTube video by M. Zillch to enjoy.

Perhaps the most informative of its kind.

Some of the fascinating demonstrations shown here are not advisable to try at home with a modern turntable. 

On the other hand they might make you think again about the so-called advances in turntable performance over these past 60 years. 

https://youtu.be/1rgK0YMsJXM