Using a Linn LP 12 fully upgraded and Klipsch Forte 4’s
Suggestions ?

What phono preamp are you currently using?

+1 on Kamran's suggestion. I added a digital fusebox and it was a nice upgrade. It made a big enough impact that I ended up upgrading all my power cords. I recently got a Puritan PSM165, which I also HIGHLY recommend. The 156 came with what they call the Classic PC, which I had installed for a couple of weeks. Then I upgraded to their Ultimate PC going from the wall and that made an even bigger positive impact.
I had a Transparent Powerwave, which I thought sounded pretty good, but the Puritan is in a different league.

If I were to do my system all over again, I would start with power sources and build up from there. Clean power makes a huge difference.

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I'd like emphasize this statement.  In fact I'll go as far as saying this, if the room is not treated and you feel that your very limited about what you can do,  before you do anything else, do as much as you can about treating the room however little or much you can do.

I'm finally at a point with the sound room that I have experienced the difference that some treatment can make.  It's not a big room with a lower ceiling than I have had in any houses that we have owned before.  

The dimensions are 16'Lx11.5'Wx 7'H.  To give "more" height I decided to put a surface mount acoustic tile system as the ceiling hoping that the additional height of 8" in between the joists would make some difference.  In the joist space I have had 6" Safe and Sound Roxul installation installed.  The room is still not finished and the floor is concrete and the walls are drywall.  When talking and walking in this room the absence of echo is immediately noticed.  In fact, when I'm in the smaller room next to it that will be my office, the echo is such that I don't want to be in it.  Something will have to be done about that now.

The 6" Safe & Sound cost about $550.00 and the ceiling will end up costing about $1,500.00.  I've spent way more than that on tube rolling and cables in rooms that were not treated and I now realize the limitations that I was contending with.

Next in this room will be diffusers and attention to the floor covering.  This will not be a "butt ugly" sound room but there will be some treatment.  You may not be able to start from scratch as I have but try to do something about the room.  You will not really hear and experience your system until you do.