I have owned an LP-12 for nigh on 18 years and have not regretted it once. In that time I have had in my house or sold tables by Oracle, AR, VPI and SOTA. Each of those has much to offer the vinyl fanatic but in the end I have always kept the LP-12, it serves the music the best for my taste. That is the point! Every table will have strengths and weaknesses, some like the drive of the VPI's, the neutrality of the SOTA, the sweet treble of the Oracles. For me the "tune" is the key and none play it like a Linn.

The onle TT I have owned that would track the Telarc 1812 was an old HK table with a Shure v15. That album is a system wrecker for sure. I leave mine on the shelf where it belongs. It never gets near my TT anymore.