Funny noises about LP12's coming from the Private ads section

the lp12's sound is limited by the lp12 itself. the arm will not make hardly any difference at all, in fact it can make it worse. when i went from an lvx plus to an ittock i am sure it sounded worse. so what did i do? bought the lingo, again no change in sound at all. i thought i know it must need an ekos, again no gain in sound at all, then thought ah cirkus? again no gain in sound, so what did i do ? got rid of the oc7 cartridge and bought an arkiv, again probably a worse sound. then it had to go. got a gyro and rb300 then never looked back at last a good sound.then a sme series v and then a van den hul, jesus it has been a bloody expensive road i have travelled down.

 

Rudolph

I dont wish to sound rude, but if you could not hear the difference between Valhalla/Lingo, LVX+/Ittok/Ekos, and Cirkus/non Cirkus bearing then the problem is not with the Linn stuff...

 

I have to agree here.

The difference between Valhalla/Lingo and Cirkus/non cirkus is huge and far from subtle.

The cirkus upgrade makes the deck sound more neutral and tightens the bass up removing some of the colourations the non-cikused deck had. However to some the non-cirkus LP12 is THE classic Linn sound and I have to admit I did sort of miss it once I did the upgrade.

But you really should be able to hear the differences - I'd be worried if you didn't.

 

rudy

i went from linn basic to lingo2 - huge difference

 

This isn't about 'sound' it's about distortion. You like more of it. Fair enough but this is supposed to be a hifi forum.

And the Phucker is clearly deaf, at least to music. At least it's obvious.

Paul

 

if you studied it you might hear subtle differences but for the outlay in money it was not for me i'm affaid.

 

Differences are not subtle.

If its not for you then fine, but it does read as if you actually bought the items concerned ( one does ask, "why?" ).

 

puy it this way, on my gyro you can just change from basic transformer to the qc supply. and i will tell you, there is NO difference at all to the sound, it's all a money making scam for the manufacturers i think.

 

same as the rest of all you hype, magazines and the money grabing dealers i'm affraid.

 

fair enough on t'gyro but we are talking about the Linn..

plus, I rely on my ears as the final arbiter vefore reaching for wallet..

 

how can a supply make any difference it's in the mind . you want to believe it's better.

 

the gyro sme v is far far better than ANY linn i think you will find by quite a margin

 

I feel both the orbe and Linn arn't that good, but then I'm not a Vinyl junkie so, My opinion means zip

 

No, wrong: listen to valhalla vs. Lingo 1, then L1 vs. Lingo 2.

I did, I bought on the spot.

IYO. You have already said that you have not heard the latest spec Linns so you are guessing.

M

 

on my dino aswell change from the basic to the upgraded supply NO DIFFERENCE at all it's not just me saying that ,my wife is as critical as me and we have done blind listening sesions ,and with our friends and again no difference .u want to believe it then good for you but i'm not having none of it i'm affraid

 

sorry point taken mike

 

I'd just like to point out that the dealer I bought my Linn gear from - Griffin Audio in Brum - was a very good dealer. I didn't have a serious hifi and aft nearly 6 months of looking around and giving up I chanced into Griffin and had by far the best demo.

The Linn (and Naim) systems I listened to that day were both far and away the most musical I had listened to and the service was excellent.

The cirkus upgrade was £300 and wasn't too much in my opinion.

Not all dealers are money grabbers but they do need to make a living and that involves taking money off you.

I never regretted buying the LP12 and it has given 7 years of great music and has been trouble free in that time. It had remained in place since the dealer did the cirkus/lingo upgrade and hasn't gone out of tune since (another LP12 myth imo).

 

i know one thing trying to persue this golden sound is bloody expensive aye? lucky we have understanding wifes.

 

it was 8 years ago now since i had an lp12 so it must have evolved to a better beast than i had?

 

and, sadly, never ending.