"because IF you had done this you would not be posting the drivel that you do!"
"Drivel", is that how you feel about your constant need to defend your beloved LP12?
Seriously?
Well then, perhaps you could suggest to us exactly how we should go about making that all important comparison between vintage and new LP12s?
Right now it appears tough enough to get to hear any LP12 of any vintage.
[You wouldn't just happen to know of any accomodating dealers now, would you?]
Me, I can't ever recall even seeing one at a show.
Linn, unlike Thorens, Rega, Roksan, Pro-Ject and quite a few others have never seemed to have had any interest in demonstrating their turntable as far as I know.
Perhaps they don't travel too well?
Or could it be the hours and hours of delicate setup that's the issue?
Or maybe it's the lack of specialist personnel, and their hourly rates that's the real problem here?
Whatever it is, this unseemly reticence on the part of Linn does seem strange when I can remember one London show where we got to see the fabled Continuum Caliburn turntable complete with its out of the world stand.
A little odd, don't you think?
You'd think Linn would be super keen to show off all of their mega expensive 50 year 'improvements', wouldn't you?
Or could it be that they feel they don't need to when they have such good stalwarts such as yourself to act as keepers of their flame.