2. analog
  3. 192814-178608

Linn LP12 turntable

I was in my favorite audio store yesterday talking turntables… Rega P10, MoFi MasterDeck etc, when he stated he had a Linn LP12 he was selling for a customer at $2,400 & the customer had $14K (with upgrades) into it. Intriguing, but knew nothing about Linn. After my research, people seem to love it or hate it. But it is installed in many fine audiogon systems. 
I would like your thoughts and recommendations. 
I have asked the following questions of the dealer: 

1. Date of production 

2. Upgrades that have been added 

3. Power supply / tone arm

4. Condition 

5. Recently serviced

I have not yet seen it, but it is there now. What other questions should I ask?

My current analog system: 

Pro-ject 1xpression carbon classic with Hana ML

Rega Aria

PS Audio BHK pre

Simaudio Moon 330A amp

KEF R11’s

Advise would be greatly appreciated. 

signaforce
yoyoyaya's avatar
yoyoyaya
951 posts
 

@ghd prentice.Have you tried a Zeiss Otus on a Nikon with the Sony 45mp Sensor?. There are more roads to Rome than Leica.

signaforce's avatar
signaforce OP
344 posts
 

@chrisoshea You may be right, or I could buy a new LP12 base deck, lingo 4 & maybe a Audio Origami tonearm & have perfect. 

ghdprentice
8,130 posts
 

@yoyoyaya

I have experience with Zeiss and Sony. Different destination... very different destinations. Both are excellent in their own way. But in audio terms Zeiss / Sony is like Boulder / Magico and Leica more like Audio Research or CJ / Sonus Faber. 

yoyoyaya's avatar
yoyoyaya
951 posts
 

@ghdprentice, for absolute clarity, I was referring to Sony in terms of the sensors (also used b Leica) rather than Sony's cameras. But I stand by saying that the Zeiss Otus's will stand up against any 35mm lens and give top MF lenses a good run for their money as well.

ghdprentice
8,130 posts
 

Thank you for clarifying.

My point remains… they get you to very different places. Sensors are like DAC chips in audio equipment…. They are a subcomponent of the camera and their overall performance is the result of the overall design… software and other components used to make the camera. So it depends which camera that Sony sensor is in. Zeiss is every much as good a lens as a Leica but very different in how it renders images. I have a Zeiss built for my Leica, I never use it… it produces very analytical looking photos. There are two components that differentiate Leica… the Leica lens and body. So if you contrast say Nikon D800 with a Zeiss lens, with a Leica and Leica lens you have the contrast I explained earlier.. Boulder / Magic vs Sonus Faber / Audio Research. Two very different destinations.

Since you were taking sensors… let me restate my point… a Zeiss lens on a

 

More to discover