What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)
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Nice photos & nice record collection. I've quite a few records also.In about a week and a half will bring 40 years of ownership of my LP12.
I went from an CD early adopter to selling all my CD's a few months after hearing/buying my LP12 in March 1985.
The LP12 single handedly fueled my desire to spend all my meagre pay checks on vinyl by going to the city every Thursday night after work.. I remember visiting Phantom, Red Eye, Waterfront, Zoom, Metropolis, Chelsea's, Virgin, HMV, The Strand, Utopia to name a few.
7000 albums and 40 years later, here we are.
The LP12, Cirkus, Lingo, Naim ARO and Dynavector XV-1S still sounds superb.
Great to hear! I too was student-poor when I purchased my Linn wannabe - a Systemdek IIX. It was a real splurge at the time and I kept it 30 years, although admittedly it got very little use in the last 20. Today my main rig is 100% vinyl but I limit the number of albums I own to what can fit on my shelves - about 1,200. That means I have to ruthlessly cull the herd on a regular basis. And very few singles and box sets. In doing so, I hope to end up with a collection which is all killer, no filler. I know this will not sit well with some, but it works for me.Nice photos & nice record collection. I've quite a few records also.
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I have about 8000 LP's & over 1000 CD's. Then there's my tape reels...lol.
I want to increase my records and CD's. I don't buy pre-recorded tapes, I recorded my own.
Right now I'm getting ready to shop for a new apartment to buy. I'll reorganize my music inventory once I have a new home hopefully sometime this year.
Today I recieved my custom made arm towers for my Raven LS. Same producer as had Leif’s towers made for his Melco. Stainless steel, made to fit Micro Seiki arm boards for better flexibility. Tried them in place before I had them sent to a local shop earlier today to make holes for the screws to attach them to the plinth.
Sorry not quite following the purpose of these arm towers. Is it for stabilization or to add weight to the plinth?
@Maril555 is correct @AudioHR
They are for extra tonearms (bonus is they add appr. 2 kg to the total mass). I could of course just go for the (somewhat expensive) original TW Acustic ones, but that would set me back a substantial amount of money, so instead I went with this solution. The benefit, apart from saving €, is the flexibility from using Micro Seiki armboards or any other third party producer using the same principle and not being stuck with the original armboards only.
Looking like this today as I mounted my FR64s on the left tower. Waiting for an armboard to mount my 3012-R at the back.
I used to play golf in Linn park, which is near to where Linn was based; actually, Linn was in Castlemilk, which was a pretty crappy area. They moved to a nicer place. I had a friend who worked at Linn one summer. He said they were obsessed by the song BikoNice photos & nice record collection. I've quite a few records also.
Back in the early 80s, the audio press were insistent that you should by the LP12, naim/quad/meridian amplification and Linn Isobaric speakers. Linn was definitely the big thing then.
Thanks I see it now.
Are those outboard arm boards a pretty solid solution? I have observed their use before on tables but always thought they might not be as structurally sounds as a plinth based solution. Some manufacturers have arm-board pods as a structural part of the plinth but this seems like an outboard extension.
Yes they are. They are bolted from underneath the plinth and the towers I had produced are attached to the plinth in the exact same way as the originals from TW Acustic.
So, if you want to add an extra arm, you get an extension pod from TW, to raise the armboard enough from the plinth and attach the armboard to the top of the pod, or as I did it.
My solution is the same as the originals only I can fit Micro Seiki armboards and get more flexibility.
Yes, Linn and Naim were huge back in the early 1980's with very little competition at the high end of the HiFi market.I used to play golf in Linn park, which is near to where Linn was based; actually, Linn was in Castlemilk, which was a pretty crappy area. They moved to a nicer place. I had a friend who worked at Linn one summer. He said they were obsessed by the song Biko
Back in the early 80s, the audio press were insistent that you should by the LP12, naim/quad/meridian amplification and Linn Isobaric speakers. Linn was definitely the big thing then.
I listened to my first high end (at that time) HiFi system at a Linn and Naim Dealer in Birmingham UK in the early 1980's i.e. a Linn LP12 with Linn Ittok arm (can't remember what the cartridge was) with a Naim tri-amp system linked to Linn Isobariks. They played rock i.e. Led Zep, PInk Floyd, Deep Purple.
It was an amazing introduction to high end HiFi systems which set me on my path as a HiFi system fanatic.
After listening to this amazing hi-end Linn & Naim system, they then set up a more basic and much cheaper Linn LP12 and Naim system to listen too that may be in my reach to purchase. It wasn't even close to the high end System I had just listened too and was a bit disappointing. However, the Dealer told them that you have to start somewhere and I could upgrade over time to the bigger system !
I therefore bought this Linn & Naim basic small system i.e. a Linn LP12 with the basic arm (can't remember the cartridge fitted) and the small Naim pre-amp and power amp with the small Linn Kann Speakers with Naim and Linn cabling.
I remember having to get a big personal loan out with help from my Mum for the deposit and pay off this small Linn & Naim from my meager Apprenticeship salary lol
I remember travelling home with it, with the LP12 on my front seat and being ultra careful of not upsetting the Dealer set-up of the LP12 and setting it up at home (yes had to set up the whole system myself as the Dealer wasn't prepared to travel relatively long distance to my one bedroom Batchelor pad apartment in Coventry (even though it was only approx. 20 miles away). I built a wall shelf for the Linn LP12 and installed the Naim equipment on a cheap second hand hifi system rack (think it was from a company called Sound Organization ???).
I also remember playing different genres of music from rock to pop to classical and being very disappointed as the bass was non existent although the high mid range and treble were ultra clear (too clear in fact with the sound being icy cold) with very good instrument separation and a relatively decent sound stage for such small speakers in a small room.
I did keep this basic Linn LP12 and Naim system for a very long time moving from property to property with it and having the LP12 re-set by the Linn Dealer every time I moved it (mainly due to having no finance for luxury items i.e. upgrading to the bigger Naim system as got married when I was very young in my early twenties with two daughters and a wife to look after and a high mortgage loan on my first house !).
I never really enjoyed this small basic Linn & Naim system due to the above sonic issues.
After 25+ years I finally sold it as I was just not using it and it was collecting dust.
in practise I could unbolt any of my armboards with arm on and bring over to Crosswind for testing
Saskia II for stereo
Galibier Stelvio for mono
Galibier Stelvio for mono
Yes, Durand Tosca
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