Upgrade LP12 or buy new VPI?

I have had an Aesthetix Rhea and Calypso now for about one year and a Sondek LP12/Ittok LVII since 1983 with no regrets whatsoever. I could go on and on at length about the musical value of these choices, but I'll spare everyone that for now. Sufficed to say they are all outstanding.
Bryans, First, how much do you have to spend?
What does your Linn deck have done to it as far as upgrades, anything?
What tonearm do you have?
What is the deck sitting on?
Without knowing where you're at I would suggest getting the cirkus bearing upgrade, if you don't already have it. It is worth every penny sonically and will virtually eliminate any surface noise.
Let us know the whole story and we could better offer you our help and experience. Cheers!

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R_F_sayles,
My LP12 has no upgrades and has the Ittok LVII. Deck is sitting on a LP stand attached to the wall. I am looking at the VPI players which retail under 8K new.

I went from a fully decked out LP12, except the cartridge which was a Benz Ruby 2, to a Basis 2500/Graham 2.2/Ruby and am absolutely delighted. The new front end sounds better, is near bullet proof in terms of reliability and is very user friendly. In other words, you don't need dealer support to set it up and fine tune it.

It's your choice of course. But consider a deck that will work as long as you will. In 10 or 20 years who will still be around in case you need support or parts? This is one reason I chose a Basis, they are so over-engineered they might survive nuclear attack.

Egrady,
You are the second person to recommend Basis. I will have to look into them.