"David Looser" wrote in
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Are you seriously suggesting that using a Linn turntable
rather than a Technics one makes any difference at all to
the "dynamics, imaging and tone"?

It is possible, and some potential explanations follow.

The cartridge, and to a
lesser extent the arm will make an audible difference,
but not the turntable.

When people talk about their perceptions of differences in turntable sound
quality, they are generally talking about the entire ensemble - table, arm,
cartridge, often the whole rest of the audio system is different as well.
No way is the comparison time-synched, level-matched and bias-controlled.

Any turntable that goes round at
the right speed, with minimal speed variation (wow) and
rumble, will sound the same as any other.

Plus/minus the other system differences and other issues such as isolation
from environmental vibrations.

I'm probably the only regular poster who has done full-monte comparisons of
LP playback equipment, right down to using LPs that were fresh out of the
wrappers and had the same stamper numbers.

Do it all right and things often sound shockingly similar:

http://home.provide.net/~djcarlst/abx_phca.htm