Originally Posted by
Floyddroid
I visited Mark Sears recently of Vinyl Passion recently. The name of his company is not unfounded the man is is wildly passionate about vinyl. I was there to dem a piece of kit and listened to numerous CD's i had taken and suitably impressed. However, when it came time to play an LP i had taken along. Not being a fan of the Linn LP12 i was expecting to be underwhelmed especially as it was sporting a mid priced Origin Live tonearm. My jaw hit the floor as the first song of my album finished. Turns out that what i thought was a Linn LP12 was indeed a completely rebuilt device which Mark described in great depth and even should be one under construction in his work shop. The power supply alone was stunning but the four point suspention is a fantastic innovation. I would never consider a Linn LP 12 having once owned one for fifteen years and thrown hundreds of pounds at. A vinyl Passion VP12 i would have tomorrow.
I have his top plate and it was an improvement over the standard. The old fruitbox is a serious bit of kit if done properly. Unfortunately the linn path is stupidly expensive which puts people off, but, you can thankfully now get all of that performance from well made aftermarket products like Mark’s and others.
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