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If you’ve been following this blog and my LP12 Modification Frenzy in particular, you’ll know I’ve had some issues with the Lingo 4. I bought one in December of 2019, then found that it had a ticking motor when I installed it. Unsurprisingly, the noisy Lingo 4 did not sound better than the Mose Hercules…

I’ve covered the nitty gritty in my previous post on the Karousel: what it is, how it’s different (and not) from the Cirkus it replaces, its dimensions, how to install it. In this post, I’ll add a bit more information I’ve learned in the meantime and then jump straight into praising this bearing — which…

This latest installment of the LP12 Modification Frenzy features the Stack Audio Serene Baseboard. You can read all about the installation of the Serene in this previous post. TL;DR I didn’t need the Stack Audio Serene Baseboard to sound better than my previous setup, which was no baseboard. What I needed it to do was…

I have had plenty of time to contemplate this post. In that time I have come up with many possible titles. Among them: I Hate Linn (nice and simple) How I Got Gaslighted by Linn (an attempt to work in contemporary… lingo) In Which I Realize I Have Been Inadvertently Advertising for the Most Loathsome…

A while back, I contacted Theo Stack about trying one of his Serene Baseboards (£150/$185). I’ve been curious about the Stack LP12 upgrades for some time. I was particularly interested in their approach to vibration damping. Many of the upgrades I’ve tried during this LP12MF of mine follow a “maximum ringing” philosophy — or simply…

I’ve been highly skeptical of the Linn Karousel. As I discussed in my post on the Tiger Paw Tranquility magnetic bearing support, I just couldn’t make sense of what was supposed to be better or different about the Karousel, which made its high price of £750/$975USD hard to stomach. But I’ve heard such good things…