Upgrade LP12 or buy new VPI?

Go to a better Player

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.

upgrade the Linn still one of the best tables ever.