The new Linn LP12 50th Anniversary edition


Linn have just announced their 50th anniversary edition LP12. See here:linn.co.uk/us/

The price is going to be starting at $60K.

 

Looks nice, but the price, like so much in the industry these days, seems to be what they used to call ' a thumb suck' number.

Thoughts??

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These figures seen in the link are the figures the Public are allowed to see.

It is easy to work out why there are High Price Ticket Items, they work very well for massaging the profit line in an ascending direction. 

https://www.insider.co.uk/company-results-forecasts/linn-doubles-down-rd-report-29678190

@noromance

 

V6 👍 😊

 

Honestly, I don’t know what the 50th anniversary edition sounds like. So, this is all complete speculation.

Now the LP12 has gone from junk to really stupidly expensive junk. There is a sucker born every minute. 

Not junk, but also, at least for the LP12 50th Anniversary, hard to assign that price to value.

That’s a freaking down payment on a house! Who in the he$$ can afford this stuff?? Not me....

You can go to Thomman USA and buy yourself a brand new Thorens TD 1500 for what amounts to $1850 US dollars! ($2999 if bought in US). It is a suspended turntable that commemorates the original Thorens TD 150. I bet it sounds just as good as that LP12...

I own it and it's a fabulous turntable for the money.