Oh, Look! ...Another month has gone by and again were graced with yet another post looking for confirmation/backslapping that the LP12 is still relevant, it's exhausting.
Thing is there is no single "LP12" & over it's many decades lifespan & different parts available -not even including all the aftermarket parts- there has become literally 100+ different ways to build one up, and each combination will sound different, so what exactly is an LP12?, turns out it's not some magic in their sprung suspension either now that many are moving over to those Mushroom type elastomers. Linn would have us believe that at whatever pricepoint an LP12 is built up for, with whatever parts were chosen, it will somehow result in the best sounding deck for that amount of money.
Lets finally call the "LP12" for what it's become, it's a hobby kit, and Linn won't dare come up with completely new deck just to sell a few when they can potentially sell hundreds of the next so called "upgrade" to already existing kit owners.