Scottish ones sound much better and are available free from beer gardens up here. 
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They missed a trick - the inside hollowed pyramid could have had the 
What a tie in for the first 50 made…
I’m a big fan of Tangerine products, love my Stiletto, Skorpion, Eklipse LP12 but whatever improvements the Evenstar might bring it would never, ever, sit on my records. I really enjoy my labels, the 3 pink Islands, blue triangle, Vertigo etc. and to obscure them with this would be a crime in my books. I don’t like the deep platter on the Solstice but it looks better than my LP12 would look with this spinning atop a record !! Rant over, and of course that’s just my opinion.
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With you blacksheep 
These record weights were a great April fool. 
Even more convincing looking like some had bought one.
I just found one over 40 years old I had on my first Technics.
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I am not a fan of the Solstice deep platter - I think it makes the deck look very top heavy (which it may be, for all that I know).
I am also surprised about these sorts of upgrades. Taking the Naim stance about modifications (as god and Linn intended and all that), I wonder about changes to the LP12 as well. Then again there was a change to the top plate with an extra bolt. I honestly can’t say anything about what these modifications bring though.
That said, maybe Linn will bring out such upgrades for the 50th anniversary and charge an arm and a kidney for it 
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from what I understand the 50th is going to be very special and expensive
on updgrades Karmen is the benchmark which took over from TP Khan - I have travelled through the Linn updgrade path with my LP12 and it’s now finished - as with NAIM when you move up through source, Pre or AMP it’s just more music
I had the kore for a few years and then demo the Keel - what an uprgade!
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Interesting. I thought the change was big to the Kore and no so big going to the Keel. Funny how these things change. I guess you don’t do these upgrades based on forum opinions but using your own ears
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Exactly what I found the Kore must have done around 75% of what the Keel does in instant upgrade but must say that Keel added that 25% to really polish the upgrade hierarchy.
Diminishing returns at play but well worth the result and great support from a professional dealer is vital.
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Plus the finish on the Keel’s arm board is much nicer than on the Kore.
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I have no experience of the Kore, but I got one of the very first batch of the Keel/A (the Keel for ARO, which came about after strong lobbying of Linn from Cymbiosis and Grahams HiFi to make that version. At the time, Linn had in mind to make the Keel only for their own Ittok and Ekos tonearms.
I think that it was the biggest upgrade (of many) that was ever made to my LP12 after I had the ARO on board.
I have never seen a Kore, other than in photos, so I can’t comment on Clive’s post (above). I’m surprised to hear that there’s any difference in their respective finishes. I wonder why that is?
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I didn’t know of the Kore/A (as I assume it was called).
Do Linn still sell the old pre-Keel/Kore sub-chassis with all its various ‘bits’ on a ‘standard’ LP12 (assuming that there is such a thing as a ‘standard’ LP12 these days)?
Yes the basic one now is the Majik subshassis.
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I had a Kore/A originally because the previous batch of Keel/A had been exhausted. However, Peter took the risk and persuaded Linn to manufacture another (third?) batch of Keel/A, so I got my name on the list. The difference between the finishes is owing to the Kore being a sprayed finish, whereas the Keel is anodised.
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