We should take a poll on how many 124’s are among us- I account for 2.
It's a deck that once you have got properly sorted you will never part from. Years after I got mine I used to read the HiFi mags and wonder if I should get the much raved about LP12. I'm so glad I didn't. Linn seems to have positioned the LP12s as a dealers pension scheme. A succession of increasingly eye watering cost upgrades to make it sound "better" The Thorens just rolls on exactly the same sounding really great.
I own an LP12 (in the pic of my office- now replaced with a Pioneer PL41). It goes in and out of systems but never really stays. I refuse to go down their upgrade path- agree- it’s like a never ending scam. But it’s a nice sounding table as is.
I always felt like Linn was the Rolex of hi-fi. Those that buy into the hype can’t be told otherwise- they believe they are the best tables on earth. I have a VPI HW-19 MkIV (full TNT upgrades) and it runs circles around my Linn….but you can’t tell a Linn fanatic that.
I own an LP12 (in the pic of my office- now replaced with a Pioneer PL41). It goes in and out of systems but never really stays. I refuse to go down their upgrade path- agree- it’s like a never ending scam. But it’s a nice sounding table as is.
I always felt like Linn was the Rolex of hi-fi. Those that buy into the hype can’t be told otherwise- they believe they are the best tables on earth. I have a VPI HW-19 MkIV (full TNT upgrades) and it runs circles around my Linn….but you can’t tell a Linn fanatic that.
Yep, it's like talking to vinyl fanatics...oops! 😉
My system is very vintage. The Fisher 500C dates from 1964 the Thorens 124 Mk II from 1965. The 12" Wooden tonearm is Modern. A unipivot design made in Cocobolo by a guy in New Zealand. That carries a Hana SL that feeds a pair of 60s Partridge Microphone transformers used as SUT.
Underneath is part of the modern part of the system A Raspberry Pi streaming music player USB connected to a Project Pre S2 DAC. In the middle an Optical mechanical switch taking Optical from PC and the Sony CD/SACD Player. Next to the Fisher is a SqueezeBoxTouch feeding Co-Ax to the DAC. Backend of this is an Open source Vortexbox music server running LMS and ripping CDs. LMS also provides support for streaming and worldwide Radio stations, Bandcamp etc.
In the background is a 5v linear supply I built from an ebay kit. Speakers are unusual Jordan Eikona full range drivers in concrete baffled cabinets.
I do like your Rolex analogy. Perhaps that's why we have so many Thorens owners here. Omega watch users prefer the precision of a Swiss made Thorens!
I already have producing sound, but I have to take the volume pot apart to see if it can be fixed.
