There seems to be general view here that the Adikt and Goldring 1022 are pretty much identical but I know that others have said that Linn have tweaked it to make it substantially better.
Not trying to be funny but, well, they would, wouldn't they?
Think about it. Linn have tweaked it? Linn don't do anything to it, the cartridge is manufactured by Goldring. So what we really mean is that Linn, who have never built a successful commercial cartridge in their entire history, go to Goldring, who have been building successful cartridges for decades, and say 'You're doing it wrong. We, the mighty Linn, have redesigned your cartridge and want you to manufacture it for us'.
And Goldring say 'fine' and build a cartridge exclusively for Linn which is better than anything they've sold thus far. Does that make sense? It doesn't to me but Linn sheep totally believe this. Old K9 and K18 cartridges still sell for good money because, and I've seen them say this, Linn sheep believe that body is the best MM body Audio Technica have ever made! I've tried that body against the current budget AT-VM body, which is plastic, and the VM body sounds better.
It's all a bit sad really isn't it? If Linn are such cartridge experts, why can't they make one? Rega can make them. Why couldn't they make a budget tonearm for their Majik turntable? Rega can make them. Yet Linn, with all their fancy production equipment can't and have to go out looking for cheap arms from all over the place? So no, I can't take it very seriously when people say that Linn are more expert in cartridge design than the people they need to employ to make cartridges for them.