Linn Hinges

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 6:17 pm

Lid won't stay up, apart from throwing £20 @ ebay or House of Linn anyone got any ideas?

Andrew

pre65 · Post by **pre65** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 6:58 pm

Like this ?

http://www.stoneaudio.co.uk/

or

http://www.russandrews.com/product-LP12 ... H-7504.htm

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 7:28 pm

pre65 wrote:Like this ?

http://www.stoneaudio.co.uk/

Yes, those are they but £15.50 for one.

These are a better find....I'll admit...

http://www.russandrews.com/product-LP12 ... H-7504.htm

£9.75 for one

But can I get a new blummin spring? Has anyone tried this?

Andrew

shane · Post by **shane** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 7:44 pm

You can make a marginal improvement by bending flat the tag that locates the fixed end of the spring. Sometimes it doesn't take much...

Dave the bass · Post by **Dave the bass** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 8:07 pm

DTB

shane · Post by **shane** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 8:32 pm

Ah-hah! The rare and elusive Linn Stik. A snip at £1499.99.

ed · Post by ed » Sat Jan 29, 2011 8:32 pm

I ended up with a piece of cotton nailed to the wall with a loop on the end. The loop used to slip around the tiny black widget that the lid sits on when its in the down position....

pain in the arras Linn lids, once the spring has lost it's mojo its time to get a new deck, preferably an idler by the sound of it.....

Greg · Post by **Greg** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 9:05 pm

It's a balanced thing. Maybe you only need to replace one hinge. At a tenner, I'd say that is reasonable. You obviously have lived too long in Scotland and the culture is affecting you

Greg · Post by **Greg** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 9:08 pm

shane wrote:Ah-hah! The rare and elusive Linn Stik. A snip at £1499.99.

Trouble is, there will be an upgrade in a couple of months and that'll be another £1749.99.

Post by **Nick** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 9:24 pm

Greg wrote:
shane wrote:Ah-hah! The rare and elusive Linn Stik. A snip at £1499.99.
Trouble is, there will be an upgrade in a couple of months and that'll be another £1749.99.

The Stik will remain the same, but there will be a new Bark to wrap around it.

Ali Tait · Post by **Ali Tait** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 8:03 am

Greg wrote:It's a balanced thing. Maybe you only need to replace one hinge. At a tenner, I'd say that is reasonable. You obviously have lived too long in Scotland and the culture is affecting you

That's a vicious rumour started by you Sassenachs!

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 10:04 am

It serious, I might have to spend some money

On one side the spring, as you can just about see, has bust through the plastic shell.

The other one seems OK, however, if it has any mojo left, as Ed calls it, is unknown, its a bit hard to test one side on its own.

Apparently its a common problem....

The Stratmangler · Post by **The Stratmangler** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 10:24 am

I've always found that playing records with the lid down or even on the deck introduces vibration back into the system.

Why not play records with the lid off ?

It's cheap, and it might improve the sound of the venerable big black CD thingies

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:02 am

Well, I do agree, Chris, but I'm worried the lid will be left on the floor or balanced somewhere it shouldn't and then get broken or cracked.

We're not talking Sondek here but a lowly Basik, so the cost of a new lid really adds up in comparison to the worth of the deck.

Andrew

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 12:12 pm

Found this.

http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49347

I tried the same trick with an old drill bit and now the lid now stays up, looks bug ugly tho'

The other one is on its way out so its live with the temporary fix or buy two new hinges.

Andrew

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