Linn Ekos SE
The Ekos SE is Linn's flagship tonearm for the Sondek LP12. It is a fixed-pivot, medium-mass design with a machined titanium arm tube and a stainless steel bearing housing. The headshell is nondetachable. Antiskating and downforce are both calibrated and spring-driven, and downforce runs 0-3gm. Linn specifies a cartridge-weight range of 3 to 9 grams, and the arm is voiced for the company's Kandid and Ekstatik cartridges.
Linn does not publish effective length or effective mass figures for the Ekos SE. Most competitors put those on the spec sheet. Linn went with material selection instead: titanium and stainless steel, chosen for low resonance and sonic performance, per the manufacturer and dealers. The arm is built in Glasgow, Scotland.
Period reception treats the Ekos SE as a performance benchmark for the LP12. Dealers call it "the perfect partner for any cartridge" and a "revelation in performance" when fitted to an existing Sondek. Stereophile (date unknown) evaluated the Ekos SE on a standard LP12 subchassis. It also tested the Trampolin base with the standard subchassis using a Naim Aro tonearm for comparison. The original retail price in the UK was £4,880.
Documentation on the Ekos SE's introduction date and production history is thin. No reliable record has surfaced of when Linn launched the model or when it might have been superseded. The surviving record does show its position: the flagship tonearm in Linn's lineup, designed expressly for the LP12.
Known specifications:
- Fixed-pivot, medium-mass tonearm
- Nondetachable headshell
- Calibrated, spring-driven antiskating and downforce
- Downforce range: 0–3gm
- Cartridge weight range: 3–9g
- Machined titanium arm tube
- Stainless steel bearing housing
- Ultra-low-friction bearings
- Original UK price: £4,880
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