Bidspirit auction | 1985 Linn Sondek LP12 Turntable

1985 Linn Sondek LP12 Turntable - A late 20th-century Linn Sondek LP12 transcription turntable. In full working order - check out the short video demonstrating that. https://tinyurl.com/3u33xzhp The turntable features a fluted wooden plinth, a belt-driven platter system, and a suspended sub-chassis. It is fitted with a clear acrylic dust cover on black plastic hinges and a brown felt platter mat. The black artboard is printed with the LP12 Linn Sondek logo. The tonearm base bears a label reading LINN BASIK PLUS and is fitted with a cartridge labeled LINN Adikt. The felt mat contains a rectangular silver label reading LP12 LINN SONDEK, and the rear identification label confirms manufacture by Linn Products Ltd. of Scotland with serial number 060644 dating it as 1985. The Linn Sondek LP12 is one of the most famous and long-running transcription turntables in hi-fi history. It was the first-ever product of Glasgow based Linn. The modular and upgradeable Sondek LP12, revolutionized the hi-fi industry by demonstrating the huge musical difference a superbly engineered turntable could make to any hi-fi system. Its demonstrable ability to extract more music from the grooves of a record than the standard of the day led to the step-change in doctrine that the source component in a system, and not the loudspeakers, mattered most. Over fifty retrofittable mechanical and electrical upgrades to its original design, over the last five decades, have ensured that Sondek LP12 remains the performance benchmark in vinyl playback through to present day.