#Linn cirkus upgrade kit update

The later Ittok LVII with the thicker arm pillar outperformed the earlier thin pillar arms.ДЄllegedly, the more slightly more expensive black Ittok was slightly better than te, silver one. The first LVIII with the better bearings, but without Ekos type headshell outperformed the Ittok LVII.

Linn sent us both Cirkus kits and they remained fitted having given a major improvement.ДЈ) Favourite Ittok is without doubt the LVIII Mk 2, which unfortunately was only in production for a couple of years. A colleague bought a new LP12 exactly the same day as me and over the next few weeks and months we conducted dozens of dems of exactly the same age LP12 / Ekos / Arkiv / Lingo with pre-Cirkus and Cirkus. I have not heard the Karousel, but from previous experience of buying a new LP12 a month before the Cirkus was introduced, the improved tolerances and stability that a bearing / inner platter upgrade brings is again significant. In a quick listen, I thought the Lingo 4 was a big improvement over the Lingo 3. Original Lingos may well have 30 year old capacitors. Years later I upgraded my original Lingo, which was actually a hand soldered prototype to the wider LK case with surface mount components. LP12 / Ekos / Trioka / Valhalla outperformed by LP12 / Akito / K9 / Lingo.

#Linn cirkus upgrade kit update

If possible buy a LP12 with the 4th bolt top plate - the corner near the motor is critical to performance and the extra bolt makes a tight fitted top plate easier.ДЎ) The Lingo was my favourite LP12 update and like many found the Valhalla to Lingo improvement significant. I bought my first LP12 before working in the Hi-Fi industry, worked at Linn retailers for around 15 years and upgraded a couple of components (cartridge) and Lingo later. Over the years I've owned around six Sondek, one built from parts (still got an early one complete in bits plus a later fluted walnut plinth with hole for the 4th bolt and a 25th anniversary top plate).