ralphpnj wrote: > Hey wait a minute I also have a Linn LP12 turntable and it WAS one of > the best audio purchases I ever made. Here's why - back in the late > 1980s and throughout the 1990s while everyone was busy getting rid of > their LPs and (re)buying everything on CD because of the Linn my records > sounded really good, good enough in fact for me to keep them and NOT buy > the CD version. Since I bought the Linn used and I was not spending any > money buying my music collection all over again I'm pretty sure that I > actually came out ahead money wise.
Smart move getting it used. I bought mine new, and it was really expensive here in the States, like $550 for the Ittok arm, $850 for the table, and $600 for the Karma cartridge (stupid choice). At that time, my record collection was not very big, and in pretty bad shape, so I did need to replace many of them anyway. It was a nice table though. I had a black one, and also got one of those wall-mount shelves from Target in the UK, and it was black too. The combination made a really handsome package, and the wall-mount shelf totally eliminated the skipping and unsteadiness issues. I do remember in the early days of CD, selection was bad, and they were typically more expensive in absolute dollars than they are today, even with no inflation adjustment. I ended up building up my collection very slowly because of that. Then it seems in about 2000 they started releasing many obscure titles, and the prices got a lot more reasonable due to the competition brought on by online CD sales, so I bought a lot of CDs around that time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ andy_c's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3128 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103238 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
