Wow...Limted edition - Only 40 will be available

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GaryProtein said:
My memory may not be correct on this, but wasn't only $1K when it originally came out?
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Gary, in 1972 when the Linn LP12 was first introduced they wanted to list it at 58 pounds, but that was too low so they increased that price to 78 pounds.
Back in 1972 that was roughly $200 USD. ...And that LP12 is exactly the same looking one as that $40,000 one from the picture above. ...Not the same tonearm though. The outside look (wood casing and metal plinth and all) looks exactly the same. It has to, it's the 40th anniversary of that table, the LP12.

It's for hard-core collectors only, not for audiophiles.

I believe this to be the first original 1972 Linn Sondek LP12 (with original tonearm):

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They do include the bottle. It is part of the package. Check the details.

I had a devious thought. So they had a bunch (40 ) in a warehouse - old boxes of the $200 LP12's from the 70's...changed the arm, said its the 40th anniversary...Hey, some guy with too much money will buy one...so they make 1.6 million on $16000 worth of tables plus few hundred bucks in booze.

Cable and inter-connect sellers have nothing on these guys...LOL
 
ohbythebay said:
They do include the bottle. It is part of the package. Check the details.

I had a devious thought. So they had a bunch (40 ) in a warehouse - old boxes of the $200 LP12's from the 70's...changed the arm, said its the 40th anniversary...Hey, some guy with too much money will buy one...so they make 1.6 million on $16000 worth of tables plus few hundred bucks in booze.

Cable and inter-connect sellers have nothing on these guys...LOL
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The original LP12's arm wasn't a linear one Rob. :)

And $200 times 40 equals $8,000

* High End audio and anniversaries are all for fun anyway; nothing is seriously worth taken seriously. :)
 
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