How about a vintage design made now ? Best of both worlds ?
Interesting that you point this out.
The Linn is a vintage design...and is made now. However, unlike all of the other vintage designs, the LP12 has undergone constant updates and upgrades. This has resulted in a table that is far far more capable than what it was when it was introduced. Linn is the only company that i know of that has offered upgrades to the original platform that will allow the user to bring their table up to the current standard.
One of the unfortunate aspects about this is that many people believe that the old version that they heard five years ago, ten years ago, even twenty plus years ago, is representative of today's maxed out model, when in fact nothing could be further from the fact. This has come back to haunt Linn in the last few years, but I do feel that this is something that could be minimized if more people would go and listen for themselves vs. come on forums and just take for granted some "vaunted" members opinion. ( which is exactly what it is...and nothing more) IMHO