LINN MAJIK LP12 PACKAGE

Love mine

I've heard the Majik several times and I think it's nice - IF, you have a very qualified setup person, AND, you are prepared to be constantly thinking about the next upgrade -tonearm, Keel, Lingo, whatever. There's nothing wrong with that, in fact I think it's sort of cool that the Majik gives you the ability to upgrade gradually. One more thing I didn't know before I bought my Linn. It is EXTREMELY sensitive to footfalls. If you have springy floors you must go with a wallshelf or else the arm is going to skip if you look at the thing the wrong way.

I would suggest that before you buy a New Majik that you look into a good used LP12. I think in the long run you will have a table that affords you much more opportunity to upgrade. You can contact Rick at audioalternative.com as he 1st) does an excellent job at setting up Linns and 2nd) always has 3-4 used LP12s that he has set up in various upgrade stages ready to go. I have an LP12 and even though I have entertained changing tables (it's an audio-nut thing) he has mine set up to a "T" and it sounds great. My comment about trading is just a personality fault I have for change, I will probably never sell my LP12 as I haven't ever found a table I like better.
As far as the footfall issues. Yes Wall Shelf is a good solution, but I have mine on Aurios and have the cabinet
braced against athe wall behind it and the "skipping" doesn't occur unless I start doing Pete Townsend Windmills on my Air Guitar.

I went from a Rega p3-24 to the Majik package. I kept my Lyra Dorian and sold the Adikt. Hello tight bass and timing. Eventually a Lingo 2. Improved the dynamics considerably and made 33/45 speed change convenient. Recently, my dealer made me a deal I couldn't refuse on Ekos SE tonearm. More of everything + ridiculously good dynamics and detail. Loss of sleep, smile on face. Next, the Radikal... To be continued.