Linn LP12 turntable

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

@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. 

@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.

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

Maybe this thread should be moved to the Leica owners forum..

Hopefully we can get back on track now and discuss the Linn LP12.