Linn Sondek LP12 Belt Drive Turntable (10)

Linn Sondek
LP12
Belt Drive Turntable
(Made In Scotland)
+ Morch – DP6 – 9″ Inch Tonearm (Denmark)
+ Clearaudio – Maestro mm Cartridge (Germany)

RM8,200.00

Categories: *DISPLAY/PRE-OWNED*, Turntable

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Overview

Hi-Fi Choice reviewers voted the LP12 “the most important hi-fi component ever sold in the UK” and The Absolute Sound ranked it the second most significant turntable of all time.

History

The Sondek LP12 turntable, introduced in 1972, uses a suspended sub-chassis design and a patented tightly toleranced single-point bearing. The LP12 has evolved since its introduction, but its basic suspended sub-chassis design has remained.

Throughout the years, there have been many changes resulting from development efforts to improve this table.

The LP12 is popular with many audiophiles around the world for its excellent ability to play music with “pace, rhythm and timing”. It is sometimes used by hi-fi reviewers as a reference turntable.

It’s impossible to imagine the high-end industry without the LP12″.

— Robert Harley

It was at its most popular in the golden age of vinyl playback, principally the 1970s through to the 1980s. David Thompson, writing in Record Collector News, said that the LP12 enjoyed a “stranglehold on the qualities of LP reproduction for many years”.

Recognition

Named No. 1 of ‘The Hot 100 Products, 2002’ by Stereophile.[28]

Named ‘2004 Analogue source component of the year’ by Stereophile.[29]

In May 2006, Hi-Fi Choice reviewers voted the LP12 “the most important hi-fi components ever sold in the UK”.[2]

Named ‘2007 Analogue source component of the year’ by Stereophile.[30]

In 2011, The Absolute Sound named the LP12 No. 2 in its ranking of “Most Significant Turntables of All Time”[3]

References

Greenberg, Corey (1 December 1993). “Linn Sondek LP12 turntable & Klyde phono cartridge” Archived 15 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Stereophile

Hi-Fi that Rocked the World Archived 18 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Hi-fi Choice, 20 July 2006

“The Ten Most Significant Turntables of All Time” Archived 1 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine. The Absolute Sound (TAS 216)

Lander, David (1 November 2001). “Ikonoklast: Linn’s Ivor Tiefenbrun” Archived 15 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine

Linn LP Playing System Archived 16 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Michael Fremer, Stereophile, November 2003

Hi-Fi News & Record Review, Vol. 6, No. 2, February 1973

OLDE WORLDE – ARISTON RD11 TURNTABLE Archived 21 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine, David Price, Hi-Fi World Magazine

Gregory, Roy (23 October 2009). “The VPI Classic Turntable” Archived 2 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine. HiFi-Plus, Issue 68

“Interview with Ivor Tiefenbrun” Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Positive Feedback (2002)

Wes Phillips, “Linn’s Klimax DS”, Stereophile, 16 September 2007

Harrison, Andrew (March 2009). “Blak Magic – Tik-Tok: An Ittok Timeline” Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Hi-fi World

Quaschik, Hartmut (September 2004). “Linn Sondek LP12 – turntable — A definitely pre-loved item”. TNT Germany. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012.

Messenger, Paul (4 January 2004). “Linn Arkiv B phono cartridge” Archived 23 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Stereophile

Origin Live Silver Tonearm Archived 6 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Paul Szabady, Stereo Times, November 2001

Thompson, David (December 2013). “Divine Revelation” Archived 4 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Record Collector News

“Linn Sondek LP12 – turntable — A definitely pre-loved item”. TNT Germany. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012.

Sircom, Alan (2 July 2013). “Roksan Xerxes.20Plus Turntable System” Archived 15 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Hi-Fi+

Husband, Geoff (November 2002). “Roksan Xerxes X turntable and Artemiz arm”, TNT Audio. Archived from the original on 11 July 2013.

Linn Ikemi CD Player Archived 5 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Marc Mickelson, Soundstage.com, November 1999

LP12 FAQ, Analogue Addicts. Retrieved 28 April 2006[dead link]

Sircom, Alan (23 September 2013) “A wee dram for Linn’s 40th” Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Hi-fi Plus.

Atkinson, John (10 January 1991). “Linn Sondek LP12 turntable with Lingo power supply” Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Stereophile

“Linn LP12 History and Upgrade path” Archived 28 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Vinyl Engine, 3 May 2002

“Linn LP12 Upgrade Kit – The Cirkus” Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine neilmcbride.co.uk

“Linn hits the road to demonstrate its Radikal turntable upgrades” Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine, What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision, 27 April 2009

Dudley, Art (30 June 2011). “Listening #102 Archived 27 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Stereophile

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The Hot 100 Products Archived 12 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine, John Atkinson, Stereophile, November 2002

Analog source component of the year Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Stereophile, 2004

Stereophile’s Products of 2007 Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Stereophile, December 2007

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