I totally agree with this having owned a Linn (lingo 1 era) and comparing it side by side with an Orbe, the Orbe was better.
http://zstereo.co.uk/2014/10/08/michell-orbe-se/......
"What I really love about the Orbe is that its so great at the price. I regularly encounter £10,000 turntables that arent really that much better than the Orbe, if at all. Its easily on a par with every £5,000 deck Ive heard, yet costs far less. Its the same point you could make about the Gyro; one has to wonder why Michell has barely put its prices up in the past couple of decades?Overall then, this is a brilliant affordable high end turntable; hook it up to a half-decent arm and cartridge and youll struggle to hear vinyl done better"