-alan-
pfm Member
With a little help and encouragement from the PFM posse, I changed the fairly knackered K9 cartridge on my ancient LP12 / Akito for a new AT-VM95EN. This in itself certainly made a noticeable improvement.
I know it's early days and it probably hasn't fully run in yet - but in all honesty, if I run it back to back against my (also fairly ancient) Karik / Numerik boxes, in terms of sounds and listening pleasure, the turntable rarely (if ever) comes close to the digital offering.
A lot of that could certainly be down to the age and quality of my vinyl stock - some of it going back to 1980, with a history admittedly of having suffered from being played on some fairly ropey turntable & stylus pairings over the years. I do have a small number of better quality vinyl disks, with decent recordings and in what I would describe as pristine condition. Even with those though, I think the audio from the turntable is still nowhere as engaging as the digital boxes.
I bought the LP12 used back in 2003 for about £200, and have done absolutely nothing to it. The rest of the system is (almost) a pure Linnfest - Kairn/LK280/Spark, but feeding into a pair of JBL 4410s
Could anybody steer me toward or perhaps advise on anything I could do - at home here - to check if there's anything obviously out of kilter with it, or similarly whether there are some straightforward enough maintenance / setup tasks I could look at to ensure I give the thing at least a fighting chance of showing what it can do ?
In technical terms, I have to confess to being a total numpty when it comes to Linn kit and specs, and couldn't even tell you what age/spec the LP12 is, when last (or perhaps if )it was ever set up or serviced. I am reasonably capable from a technical / mechanical perspective - and also have a bit of an aversion to forking out large sums of money to specialist audio dealers unless it is absolutely necessary.
Any help or advice much appreciated.
I know it's early days and it probably hasn't fully run in yet - but in all honesty, if I run it back to back against my (also fairly ancient) Karik / Numerik boxes, in terms of sounds and listening pleasure, the turntable rarely (if ever) comes close to the digital offering.
A lot of that could certainly be down to the age and quality of my vinyl stock - some of it going back to 1980, with a history admittedly of having suffered from being played on some fairly ropey turntable & stylus pairings over the years. I do have a small number of better quality vinyl disks, with decent recordings and in what I would describe as pristine condition. Even with those though, I think the audio from the turntable is still nowhere as engaging as the digital boxes.
I bought the LP12 used back in 2003 for about £200, and have done absolutely nothing to it. The rest of the system is (almost) a pure Linnfest - Kairn/LK280/Spark, but feeding into a pair of JBL 4410s
Could anybody steer me toward or perhaps advise on anything I could do - at home here - to check if there's anything obviously out of kilter with it, or similarly whether there are some straightforward enough maintenance / setup tasks I could look at to ensure I give the thing at least a fighting chance of showing what it can do ?
In technical terms, I have to confess to being a total numpty when it comes to Linn kit and specs, and couldn't even tell you what age/spec the LP12 is, when last (or perhaps if )it was ever set up or serviced. I am reasonably capable from a technical / mechanical perspective - and also have a bit of an aversion to forking out large sums of money to specialist audio dealers unless it is absolutely necessary.
Any help or advice much appreciated.