The Linn Sondek LP12 was designed and built by Ivor Tifenbrun in Glasgow, Scotland. This   picture   is   from   my   first   Linn   Sondek   LP12   around   1987.     A   friend   of   mine   (also   John)   had   recently   bought   a   CD player,   as   this   was   the   in   thing   at   the   time.         He   told   me   that   my   Sondek   was   outdated   and   did   not   sound   as   good   as his   new   CD   player.   I   challenged   him   to   bring   his   player   and   some   CD’s   to   my   house   so   that   we   could   do   a   direct AB     comparison. I invited a number of our friends for an afternoon of music. In terms of sound quality, all voted for the Sondek, except for John!

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There   was   an   upgrade   done   to   my   LP12   prior   to   this   experiment,   so   I   used   most   of   the   old   parts   to   make   up   a   look   alike   Linn   Turntable. A   few   weeks later   we   set   the   “Linn”   in   the   garden   and   placed   the   cross   and   flowers   in   place,   and   arranged   for   a   get   together   with   those   same   friends.   After   some time,   John   noticed   something   in   the   far   corner   of   the   garden   and   walked   over   to   see   what   it   was.   When   he   was   a   few   paces   away   from   the   “dead   and buried” Linn, he turned and walking back toward us, said out loudly…………“ Yes, that’s exactly where it belongs ”

Don’t   tell   John,   but   about   10   years   later,   I   sold   my   beloved   LP12,   moving to CD’s and DVD’s. In hindsight, I went from great stereo music, to terrible surround sound! In   2012   I   bought   another   LP12   with   an   Akito   tonearm   and   Grado   Gold cartridge. The serial number is 35600 and was most likely built in 1983 It   has   been   through   a   number   of   alterations   and   upgrades   and   I’m   not   sure if it will ever be done! Over   the   years,   I   went   through   a   number   of   5.1   and   7.1   processors,   but eventually   settled   with   my   Rotel   RSX1065.   The   1065   is   a   5.1   channel processor,   but   has   a   wonderful   sound.   I   use   it   in   surround   for   movies   and        stereo for music.

All    info    pertaining    to    the    Linn    Sondek    can    be    found    under    the    Turntables button>Linn Sondek All   info   pertaining   to   the   NAD/Linn   Pre-Amp   can   be   found   under   the   Turntable button>Linn Sondek>Power Supply or Phono Pre-Amps>NAD/Linn All    info    pertaining    to    the    Linn    Kan’s    can    be    found    under    the    Speakers button>Linn>Kan All    info    pertaining    to    the    Boston    VR10    can    be    found    under    the    Speakers button>Boston>VR-10 All   info   pertaining   to   the   Rotel   RSX1065   can   be   found   under   the   Amplifiers button>Rotel>RSX-1065

So this is my current setup, June 2025.

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