FS: Linn turntable

TTony

Bit of a longshot listing it here (and it is on one of the hifi sites too).  This was my father's, but he decided not to take it with him ...

So, in the interests of keeping my mother in tea-bags and digestive biscuits, this is now for sale.

Linn Sondek LP12 turntable with an Ittok LV II arm and an Ortofon Cadenza Red cartridge - £1750.

I've been advised to part it out to maximise the value, but I don't really want to take it apart and sell the components separately, mainly because I don't want the hassle or risk of damaging any of it or being left with something unsold.  

I'm told that the power to the deck is an upgraded "Mose Hercules" unit which probably means more to you (if you're looking at this with any sort of interest) than it does to me!












It does have a box, but I don't really want to entrust it to MyHermes to deliver safely, so collection preferred from South Cheshire.

viz

Say, that's a nice deck. hope you get what it's worth mate

fields5069

Looks like a big deck, too.

TTony

fields5069 said:

Looks like a big deck, too.

The chunky bit of perspex that its sitting on isn't physically part of the deck - although whoever buys it is welcome to the perspex too - I'm guessing that he used it to improve the isolation from everything else.

Wazmeister

WOW !!!!

boogieman

TTony said:

fields5069 said:

Looks like a big deck, too.

The chunky bit of perspex that its sitting on isn't physically part of the deck - although whoever buys it is welcome to the perspex too - I'm guessing that he used it to improve the isolation from everything else.

That's a pukka deck isolation platform, your dad obviously took his hifi very seriously. Lovely piece of kit, GLWS. 

TTony

boogieman said:

your dad obviously took his hifi very seriously

He did.

Gagaryn

I would love this but am unfortunately about a grand short of being able to afford it! GLWTS. :-)

Fretwired

Lovely deck .. have you tried the main UK Hi-Fi group on Facebook ... guys on there buy stuff like this ... good luck.

TTony

Thanks for the suggestion @Fretwired, but I've stayed resolutely clear of the other FB, and I'm not joining now.

If you're on there and want to point any of those guys in this direction, that'd be appreciated!

trolley

Doug Brady Warrington - if all else fails?

strumjoughlamps

Cymbiosis might be interested in that  https://www.cymbiosis.com/contact/

its a bloody beauty, arm and cart is best part of what you are asking..

prowla

My kids will have an LP12 with Ittok to dispense with when my time comes...

As far as selling it, it'll go on ebay for sure.

There are also some hi-fi groups and web sites around.

Rocker

@TTony, you could advertise it on www.tirnahifi.org [a friendly Irish hi-fi website that has membership all over Europe].  The LP12 looks great by the way. GLWTS

prowla

A note on moving it...

The turntable & arm are on a sprung sub-chassis; to move it you have to take the outer ring off the turntable and then slightly raise the inner ring & spindle to rest on a couple of pieces of thick card, or polystyrene foam from the packaging (maybe 0.5-1 cm thick).

If you don't you'll throw the adjustment out and also probably damage the bearing at the bottom of the spindle.

The felt mat is an important part of the unit too, so be careful with that (and don't do anything daft like folding it!).

viz

Also hifi emporium take 2nd hand stuff. 

TTony

I joined theArtofSound forum just to sell some of his stuff.  A lot of it has gone on there already, but they're all suggesting that I part it out rather than sell it as a complete unit, and I'm reluctant to do that for reasons above.

@Rocker - that forum looks (a) pretty Irish and (b) relatively quiet, so I'll keep it to the mainland based sites for now.

@prowla - thanks for the tip - I'm intending to insist on "collection only" so that the buyer can see it working and pack it themselves.  I'm aware of how sensitive it all is!

@viz @strumjoughlamps @trolley - dealers noted, thanks.  I'm going to try to avoid those if I can (presume that they'll have a fair margin to make on it), as there's no great rush to sell - just need to make sure I get it sold before the great vinyl revival comes to its end ...

viz

They will make a markup but I think you've undervalued your deck anyway. 

TTony

viz said:

They will make a markup but I think you've undervalued your deck anyway. 

It's been just about impossible to value it.  

There are so many upgrades & mods that can be done to these, that each one ends up being a pretty unique combination, so past sales are of only vaguely similar combinations and so are of little use in establishing a fair price.

But if it gets no bites, a few emails to some dealers would cost nothing I guess ... 

beed84

With a deck like that, I really think you should get in to vinyl.

TTony

beed84 said:

With a deck like that, I really think you should get in to vinyl.

Which reminds me of a conversation I had with my old mum a few weeks ago ...

Me:  "I've got rid of the amps, I've go the speakers, just the turntable to go now"

MyMum:  "Oh good, I want rid of all of it"

Me:  "Then we'll have to do something with all his old LPs"

MyMum:  "Oh no, I want to keep those"

Me:  "Errrmmmm, what for?"

MyMum:  "To listen to, silly!"

Me:  "But you wanted rid of all the kit that you needed to play them on ...."


She now wants "one of those old things like we used to have, with the record player and the speakers all in together".



He'd probably be spinning at 78rpm if he weren't cremated ...