Bob Edwards
pfm Member
Just get the Lingo fixed.
I live in California USA, so most likely difficult to ship it to Darren at Class A.
Thank you all for the great advice!!
I live in California USA, so most likely difficult to ship it to Darren at Class A.
From what I understand it's quite a straightforward repair. You could probably source the parts and get a local bod to fit them.
As a punter with a faulty power supply your options range from 'repair existing motor' to 'replace motor with new/used' (eg Lingo 4) or 'swap whole lot for new shiny thing'. The price differences between the options are considerable. I think coming at it fresh, the first thing you'd do is put in the Karousel (£750). But thanks to your Lingo 1 failing you need to get the power supply fixed too (cost, ?) or replace it (Lingo 4 is about £1200, used is still almost 4 figures).
I auditioned the Linn Majik Power supply against the Lingo 3 (which you'd have to get used) and Lingo 4 and it doesn't stand up to either. Plus it doesn't play 45's without faffing about (Lingo 4 does).
Say you get a new Lingo 4 and Karousel, that's £2k. That's £1.5k short of a new Majik, but you're getting a power supply that's far, far better than the one on the Majik. You could even throw in a Kore (£800 approx) and still make on the deal, adding a Lingo 4 and a Kore to the basic Majik are each significant improvements (I auditioned it myself).
I don't know what difference the Majik's grommets, platter, springs etc are going to make but if that needs doing you've still got quite a bit of headroom in your cost.
Given you said that you are happy with it as it is (if it worked) and that you haven't used it for a fortnight I think I'd be disinclined to rush out and replace it. Especially as you can make the 3 biggest sound improvements available (Karousel, Lingo 4, Kore) as 'component' upgrades. I'd be looking at them in that order, and also considering the cost of simply fixing your Lingo; you could add in Karousel and/or Kore if you wanted later.
Hi
Thank you for the advice.
I brought my LP 12 with Lingo 1 to a local Linn dealer / repair person in Los Angeles area and planned to upgrade my Cirkus bearing to Karousel, upgrade the subchasis to Kore, and repair my Lingo 1.
Unfortunately, due to my current Project Evolution 9cc tonearm, I was informed I have to replace it to Linn tonearm to upgrade Kore subchasis.
Perhaps, upgrade Lingo 1 to 4 and upgrade Cirkus to Karosuel??
I was informed I have to replace it to Linn tonearm to upgrade Kore subchasis.