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Your turntable history

When it comes to turntable, I only ever owned three (3).

1973 - ERA Mk4 / 444. Inherited it from my brother.
1983 - Ariston RD80. After I finally figured out that the ERA sounded crap I bought this. Still the biggest improvement I had in HiFi.
1986 - LP12. Several upgrades later and it's still around and in use.

That's it!

JohanR
 
Garrard SP25 ...didn`t last long as it rumbled like hell
Pioneer PL12 D
Systemdek IIX 900/RB300
Michel Gyrodek /QC/RB300
Michel Gyrodek /QC/SMEV/Ortophon MC
Michel Orbe/SMEV/Rohmann then Lyra Helikon

laurie
 
Garrard DD75
LINN LP12/MISSION 744
LINN LP12/EKOS/ASAKA
LINN LP12/ARO/DYNAVECTOR
WELL TEMPERED/TRANSFIGURATION TEMPER

Steve
 
1) Pink Triangle LPT, RB300, Shure VST-V
2) LP12, Black Ittok LVII, K9
3) As 2) but with Troika
4) As 3) but with Lingo
5) As 4) but with Aro and Armaggedon
6) as 5) changed Troika for DV17D2 Mk1
7) Back to 5)
8) Phonosophie P3, Naim P3 PSU, Aro, Arkiv B
9) Well Tempered Super, Well Tempered Ref Arm, Arkiv B
10) LP12, Armageddon, Aro, Arkiv B
11) As 10) but with DV XX2
12) As 10) but with Ortofon SPU Royal N -- had this set up for 3 years now.

regards,

Dev
 
1) Late 60s: All in one with speaker and amp, don't remember brand, with copy of psychedilic eye from inside cover of Cream "Wheels of Fire"
2) Early 70s: AR XA with Shure M91ED cartridge
3) Mid 70s: Transcriptors Saturn with matching unipivot arm and Shure V15 III. My first Brit hi-fi component. Not sure it was an upgrade.
4) 1980ish: LP12 with Grace 707II arm and Asak cartridge
5) 1981: LP12 with Mission 774 and Supex SD1000
6) 1982: LP12/Valhalla with Ittok LVII and Asak
7) 1983: LP12/Valhalla with Ittok LVII and Karma
8) 1988: LP12/Valhalla with Ittok LVII and Karma sold my Afromosia and got a Black Ash unit.
9) 1990: Stepdaughter breaks my cartridge (bad Karma) giving me excuse to upgrade to Troika. I happiny used this setup until I got the upgrade bug in 2000
10) 2000: LP12/Cirkus/Lingo1 with Ekos 2 and Arkiv (the wonders of eBay)
11) 2002: Upgraded Lingo1 to Lingo2 added Trampolin & Linto
12) 2003: Upgraded Arkiv to Akiva added T.Kable
13) 2006: Added 2nd Linto
14) 2007: Upgraded to current setup: LP12/Cirkus/Keel/Lingo/Trampolin2 with Ekos SE, Akiva and 2 Lintos.

Now looking at possibly replacing Black Ash plinth with something custom.
TheSwam
 
Hi Kuma,

I find that dual mono Lintos let you hear more of what is going on musically. More tuneful, more fine detail, cleaner and more open. Not a huge difference but certainly worthwhile.

I was down to one for a few weeks late last year and when I went back to two it was a big sigh! The music was back to the way it should be. If your dealer will lend you one it is easy to try. I only ground the arm to one of them (the left out of habit) and I use the lower inputs/outputs. I haven't tried the upper inputs/outputs to see if there is any difference, I suppose I should try that some time.
 
Alex M said:
1980-1987: Decent Rotel deck
1987-1988: Crappy Sony music system
1988-1989: Rega Planar 3/AT95E
1989-1990: Pink Triangle PT TOO/RB300/Nagaoka MP11
1990-1992: Pink Triangle PT TOO/RB300/Roksan Corus Black
1992-1993: Pink Triangle PT TOO/RB300/Milltek Olympia
1993-1994: Pink Triangle PT TOO/SME IV/Milltek Olympia
1994-1999: Pink Triangle PT TOO/SME IV/Ortofon MC30 Supreme
1999-2006: Pink Triangle PT TOO/SME IV/Lyra Lydian Beta
2006- : Pink Triangle Anniversary Vector/SME IV/Lyra Lydian Beta

Alex
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magic:) & gives a lie to pt's being unreliable
 
Thanks TheSwam,

An interesting idea but wouldn't the two phonostages need to be matched or at least in a similar vintage for a better integration?

I do a similar thing with a Phonocube where I use double PSUs since the head unit is already in dual mono. ( same subtle improvements you've experienced with a dual Linto )
 
BSR autochanger in home made plinth
Garrard SP25
Rega Planar 3 with S shaped arm (stolen when burgled)
Rega Planar 3 with RB300 arm
Rega 25 with SRM tech mods and origin live counterweight
Thorens TD150II out of curiosity as a reserve, sounds ok even with cheap 25 year old Shure cartridge in original arm, but unlikely to see off the Rega
 
kuma said:
Thanks TheSwam,

An interesting idea but wouldn't the two phonostages need to be matched or at least in a similar vintage for a better integration?

I do a similar thing with a Phonocube where I use double PSUs since the head unit is already in dual mono. ( same subtle improvements you've experienced with a dual Linto )
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I would recommend keeping them the same vintage. The two I have now were ordered from Linn at the same time and arrived here on the same day. They appear to be of the same vintage although the serial numbers are over 1000 apart!? I'm guessing they had an older serial number sticker laying around somewhere, anyway the two units sound the same.

It is also a good idea to make sure the internal power cable (from the SMPS to the phono board) both go the same direction as Linn don't always pay attention to that.
 
TheSwam said:
It is also a good idea to make sure the internal power cable (from the SMPS to the phono board) both go the same direction as Linn don't always pay attention to that.
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Good heavens.

They don't believe in a cable direction? :)
 
Pioneer PL12D
Planar 3 (Original S shaped arm)
Linn LP12 / Basic LVX / Valhalla
Linn LP12 / Ittok / Valhalla
Linn LP12 / Cirkus / Ittok /Valhalla
Linn LP12 / Cirkus/ / Ittok / DIY Geddon
Linn LP12 / Cirkus/ DIY Geddon / ARO
Linn LP12 / Cirkus/ DIY Geddon / ARO / Corner Bolt Mod / Trampolin 2
 
Revolver / K9
Roksan Xerxes / Tabriz-zi / ?
Roksan Xerxes / SME Series IV / DL-304
SME Model 20 / Series V / AT-OC9
SME Model 20 / Series V / Ortofon MC20
SME Model 20 / Series V / Lyra Clavis DC
SME Model 20 / Series V / Koetsu Rosewood Signature
SME Model 20 Mk2 / Series V / Koetsu Rosewood Signature

No particular desire to change anything now, but it would be nice to try a Model 20/12 one day...
 
Linn Axis, Basic Plus arm, Audio Technica F5 MC
Audio Technica OC5 MC
Linn K18 MM Mk1 with Mk2 stylus replacement, also used on...

Linn Trampolin suspended baseboard (a naturalness to timing you get from nothing else, even if you have a decent support) - yes I had one for a year before getting the turntable.
1/2 LK size Lingo psu
Linn Akito arm made in Japan
1995 Linn Sondek LP12 (black ash plinth) with cirkus bearing
Linn Asaka MC
2002 new plinth with 4th bolt near motor
T.Kable (best upgrade ever in terms of bang-per-buck)
2007 Linto phonostage
new motor, Trampolin Mk.2 SE and complete rebuild
2008 very late Ekos 2 arm
Klyde MC
 
1976 - Philips thingy
1979 - Ariston Audio RD11 with SME 3009 mk. II and Shure cartridge
1988 - DUAL 505-3
1995 - Rega Planar 3
1997 - LP12 with Armageddon, Akito II and Goldring 1042
1998 - Changed the 1042 for a K9
1999 - ARO replaced Akito
2003 - Adikt replaced K9
2004 - Klyde + Stageline + HiCap replaced Adikt
2005 - Prefix replaced Stageline
2007 - OC9 replaced Klyde

Present: LP12/Armageddon/Aro/Prefix/OC9 + HiCap
 
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