My old fruitbox has a 1986 fluted Afrormosia plinth and has been gradually upgraded
Although I’m delighted with the sound as it stands, I’m still looking forward to investigating what a Karousel can do.
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Linn LP12, Basik arm & cart purchased 1985, upgraded to Ekos/Troika '90 and Cirkus, Armageddon and Prefix K 2008. Still sounding v. good.
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just seen this on my dealers web page - two greats Linn Keel for NAIM Aro - he has just got some New Keel’s in stock, I know Keel is my next move from Kore with my deck
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I made the same swap in the last batch of Keel/A that Peter ordered. I’d get a deposit in soon to reserve one if I were you.
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Thanks @Clive I have Ekos SE arm but the plan is to move from Kore to Keel at some point
My piggy back is now empty with some incoming T505 from @Cymbiosis
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Well perhaps you won’t need to rush then. In the case of Keel/A I know that Linn only orders them when there’s a significant batch order. At least with a Linn tone arm, Keels should be more readily available.
I’m not an LP12 owner but I’d just like to say how I’m in awe of the decks shown here. I envy you all. When I first started in HiFi (late 70’s) the dream then was to have an LP12 but, starving student &c., I didn’t know anyone that had one. I had an Ariston RD80 which was as close as I could get to an LP12. In fact it wasn’t until the mid 80’s I actually saw one in the flesh at a friends house. Then fast forward to about a decade ago and I saw one in my local NAIM dealership. I just stood there mesmerized. It was like finally coming face-to-face with your super hero.
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I suspect many of us here know what you mean. The LP12 has always had something about it and looks just right to me, even after 3+ decades of ownership.
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They are indeed beautiful things. I have only been lusting after one for a decade, but I feel your pain. I eventually bit the bullet and ordered one in January, carefully specing it with my dealer. I set my budget…then totally blew it. In fairness to my dealer, he has held me back and tried to keep me on a sensible track, but what can you do. So incoming is a Simplinth, Karousel, Radikal, TA Plateau, Ittok, Krystal, Urika, Chord Epic. 
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What i do know is that its possible to get a great LP12 for a lot less money, and the right dealer will build you a cracker for a modest budget.
Hopefully my dream LP12 will be here in a few weeks and I can lose myself in some records and stave off the upgradeitis, but I’m not making any promises.
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Yes… I sense that once you’re on the LP12 road then it looks like there’s virtually no end to the list of expensive upgrades you can then add on. 
Good luck sticking to your, current, budget 
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Back in the day, when I had an LP12, a tradesman came to do some electrical work, took one look at my LP12 and bowed towards it.
I’ve made two hifi mistakes I really regret, one was trading in my LP12 which was promptly broken up for spares
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Nice, very nice - a labour of love methinks
Not hard to spend nearly £30K on an LP12 if you go for all the 3rd party options.
When I bought my first one back in the early 1980s the basic deck without arm or cartridge cost in the region of £250.
The march of time.
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Not sure how much a ‘starter’ LP12 with a half decent arm and cartridge would set you back now… Actually a bit of google and
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If I had the money I’d be tempted to get one just as a gorgeous piece of living room furniture.
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