Linn LP-12 still competitive with the very best?

Daveyf, you are correct, and you can listen to the differences without seeing a dealer. I believe it's on the Linn forum(you might have to search elsewhere on the Internet.). The main reason(if you can believe it) I got the Linn was to eliminate too many variables. I'm getting older, and didn't want to mess with too many things. They are still in business, with a lot of feedback about the table. The Oracle was a downgrade(in my mind)from version I to II. The SOTA was uninvolving. My Ariston was not supported(BTW my tweakings had me interested in a wobbly motor, which only Roksan has taken up.). A few of those companies went out of business for at least a while.

Daveyf, yes I listened to all of them, the LP12 with Keel, Ekos SE etc. compared in the same System to another full loaded LP12, I was in so many Linn Demos that I would like to have some money for visiting them in future.
Lots of years ago I was interested in one of those, because full loaded ones were very cheap 2. hand, I compared them in Dealer shops among themselves and after a while I knew the reason.
I am not a Dealer. Just a regular customer.

Syntax,

With your gear, the Linn being its equal is like saying Johnny Unitas is Peyton Manning's equal.

Unitas was pretty good in his day and few would find fault with him nonetheless despite it being difficult to argue that he was the equal of today's "SOTA".

I would still like to pay him the salary he earned and have him in his prime on my team today though. I might even chose that over paying Peyton what he is worth in comparison.

I'm a fan of the LP12 and considering my first audition was back in the late 70's... good show !!!!

That aside, i have never compared the sound of an LP12 to current modern SOTA stuff , but i would not expect to hear bad sound from an LP12 unless it was very poorly setup and i have heard bad sound from some of these modern setups.

regards,

Syntax, so you have heard the new Radikal power supply with the Keel and Ekos SE?
BTW, I never remember the 'fully loaded' tables being 'very cheap' BUT I guess that is a relevant term!
Not being a dealer, you do have an impressive collection of gear....almost like you have one of everything..:0)