I’m amazed how little its gone up to be honest..
I’m amazed how little its gone up to be honest, I bought a new one about 18 years ago and it was £160 then IIRC. No issues with it, beautifully flat and finished and it fitted perfectly on my Cirkus spec deck.
Tony I know you and I are ex original Xerxes users and as we are talking platters...sorry couldn't resist the platter on the original Xerxes was probably the most engineered part of it
the platter on the original Xerxes was probably the most engineered part of it.
Were they that bad? I knew the top 'plate' was a bit of a disaster but I don't know about the rest of it.
To my mind as a very early adopter, yes.
It's quite surprising that some of the UK built decks enjoyed the success they did considering how poorly built they were compared to Japanese ones.
It is the thing Linn always got right IMO, the LP12 was never anything less than beautifully made..
There is very little about an LP12 I can’t put right!
Indeed. A very nice platter served up on a couple of flexible bits of MDF and an exploding PSU! I’m not sure I ever quite bought into the logic behind the very thin centre spindle, I’d be interested to see how they have survived long-term (I never had any issue with mine, but I moved it on in the mid-90s). I did like the way the platter sat on the sub-platter leaving a distinct recess for the record label. That was a good bit of design Linn, Rega and others should copy.
In the beginning I think it was par for the course but it had the benefit of being refined over the years. For example the early arm board was MDF, painted on the top but not the bottom so it absorbed moisture and bent.
However, Linn later moved to a structure utilizing a melamine top and bottom to sandwich the fiber core, which was a marked improvement to this day.
In the beginning I think it was par for the course but it had the benefit of being refined over the years. For example the early arm board was MDF, painted on the top but not the bottom so it absorbed moisture and bent. Early plinths could twist. The fact that they kept to the same architecture rather than introduce new models let them refine the bugs out of it but Lencos etc from that era were just as well made if not better.
It's a shame that it seems like the deck is not as well made today. I see cost cutting in there.
I've been to the Linn factory lots of times from the 80s to about 3 years ago. I can assure you there is no cost cutting. Modern LP12s are superbly made.
Belts anyone?
Yeah? So how come a brand new platter, straight out of the box, is out of balance? And the laminate on the armboard paper thin?
Yeah? So how come a brand new platter, straight out of the box, is out of balance? And the laminate on the armboard paper thin?