Cryo tempered in cold porridge and only sold on the domestic market unless you're in the know and ask the right Linn dealerMine are originals, from 1981. What am I doing wrong ? Maybe it’s because they are the export version and only the Sassenhachs get the crappy ones.
The hinges are one of the few Linn parts that are inexpensive. Probably because they're just standard hinges they buy in so they couldn't get away with it. Complaining that they don't last thirty years is churlish. Just buy a new pair when they go.
I've read them. But they don't tell me what actually fails.
My originals failed - spring burst through plastic shell, bought new and casing started bulging within a week which led me to come up with metal shim modification.
Large force of strong spring, applied over small tip of spring resulting in failure of polymer case (similar to stiletto heels on cork/wood floors), flattening end of spring would help
I don't like it when a company allows a product to be left with a known fault for years just for the sake of a continued revenue source.
It may be “only” £15/hinge but it doesn’t engender a feeling of quality engineering.
You really want annealed spring steel. A couple of rectangles of tape measure metal should do.
Line caught?I used the lid of tuna can. Certified catch method to avoid flak.
Of course. It affects the treble favourably, especially with Ittok and MCLine caught?
I've a pair in spares here that have never been installed. Both spring ends have poked fully through the plastic housings, without ever having been under the additional tension of a lid being closed. These were $50 a pair when I purchased them, and toast when my previous bulging pair finally fully poked through.Perhaps they sorted the issue from 2014 - spring not strong enough - with the opposite and spring is now too strong for the surrounding case?
So, I should just sacrifice one of our tape measures when I receive the new hinges?
Beer (or soft drink) can wouldn't cut it?
Old (credit) card, too thick?
What else is out (t)here?
No no no. The only thing which will work is piece from a Kan of Kitty KatThe reason I suggest tape measure steel is that it is very thin and very strong.
I don't think it matters much what the body is made of as the springs will go anyway. The spring is under constant tension, that plus the repeated cycling when using the lid mean they're going to wear out. And there isn't anything you can do about it.My first hinges from 2016 became weak after about 6 years but not massively so but no signs of breakag. The new ones I bought seem much stronger so can only assume there’s some variability. I like the look of the new all metal ones but who knows if they'll ever be available separately?
Not possible.Maybe people are pushing the lid back too far and weakening the hinges?
They claim a sonic improvement?And there is an ongoing debate at Linn Headquarters regarding the engineered metal hinges fitted to the LP12 50 with regard to selling them as a replacement for the standard hinges . They are as very expensive to manufacture and the price might prove unacceptable particularly since the performance improvement is modest .
Well, there is one.Yes they are friction hinges CNC machined ( by the look of them ? ) Was told that they hold the lid rigidly reducing vibration . I assume that means better Sound quality . Me... Lid down , Lid up , Lid off , I can't hear a difference .