Is there a great LP12 set-up person in SoCal?


I live in Arizona and I can't seem to find a good LP12 guy in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area. Does anyone know of anyone in the LA/San Diego area?

Thanks
stratguy
Thanks everyone. Gglinn, I'll definitelty give Kurt a call. If I can get it set-up locally, that would be preferable.

Thanks again.
in the phoenix area i know of kurt knobbie,used to work for sounds like music,now owns k2 audio/video,#602-821-4732 just tell him rod sent you.good luck
Call Stan Zeiden at Shelly's Audio in Woodland Hills (a Linn dealer). He's the best Linn guy I know of in the Western U.S. Don't know if he would make a house call to AZ, though.

Shelly's Audio
(818) 716-8500
07-25-10: Paullb
I would probably go with Gene Rubin in Ventura. He hasn't been a Linn dealer for some time now, but he was for about 15 years and has set up hundreds, if not thousands of LP 12s.
Although, that might be a long haul for someone looking for a setup guy from LA South to San Diego. (I'm assuming that Stratguy is somewhere close to the midpoint of the LA & SD like Orange County)

Hell, I'm in LA and Ventura is a haul...A nice one, though.
Brooks is great with turntables and has always supported vinyl, but he has never been a Linn dealer - he was an Oracle dealer when the Delphi and the LP 12 were going head-to-head (shows you how long I've been around). Randy has been an on-again, off-again turntable guy and has also never been a Linn dealer.

I would probably go with Gene Rubin in Ventura. He hasn't been a Linn dealer for some time now, but he was for about 15 years and has set up hundreds, if not thousands of LP 12s.
Brooks Berdan Ltd.
110 West Olive Ave.
Monrovia, CA 91016
(626) 359-9131

You really can't find better in Southern Cal. And his shop is a great place to hang out at.
No set up device can replace a skilled practitioner of the art of turntable/cartridge alignment. Randy at Ultimate enchantment in Santa Monica, on the west side of Los Angeles, is your man.
The guy in Fort Collins Colo. does a great setup on LP12's and does ship them all over the US. You might conact him at sales@audioalternative.com. If you don;t have a box he can ship you a new LP12 box as he keeps them in stock. He has done mine and does a great job with a number of little minute details one wouldn't think of.