Just got back from vacation so haven't been able to post until now. When I set up speakers I use the inner/back corner of the speaker cabinet as the reference point. I find it easiest to get accurate measurements going from the corners (although Artikulats or Sonus Fabers make this more difficult). ...

Hello Ceilidh, I also was on vacation last week and just got back. I'm not sure as to the reason for not using shielding but it seems that the unshielded cables sound better. I recently compared a couple of outlet strips from CablePro one of which had a permanently attached shielded cable and the ot...

2250 keeping the tune slightly better but it's something that I miss, that is present in Klout. I totally agree, but maybe that is something that you will only recognize if you have owned a Klout for yourself a while!? BTW: Klimax Kontrol and Klimax Solo have the same "something", which is not easy...

I think most would rate the 5125 as noticeably better than the LK140 but not in the league of the 2250 or Klout. I have heard of many people who have done this comparison and the outcome have been very different. Many people (among them Lejonklou) have stated that 5125 is better than Klout, and oth...

I agree with Fredrik on this, ranking the amplifiers by themselves makes sense but the ranking of Aktiv vs. Passive setups will be dependent on the speaker and also on the crossover. To further confuse matters, the 5125 Aktiv/2250 Passive Ninka comparison that I did used mono cards (I can't be certa...

Hello Ceilidh, I will do what I can to help in your quest but I also have a simple solution that could bypass it altogether. I work for a Linn dealer and if your dealer won't order the cables for you I will be glad to sell them to you. We don't normally sell outside our market area but for a simple ...

We are on the same page here. As you note even very small changes caused by the recording process between the two Dolby stages will cause substantial problems. And I agree that the circuits themselves are not very musical. My additional question has to do with the expander's ability to properly deco...

A question: Do the cassettes from this period get bad with age? I don't mean the recording on them, which does slowly deteriorate, but rather if one was to make a new recording on the old AR's now. I know that some tapes deteriorate over time but I don't know how much it happens with different tape...

I can't give you a definitive answer on this as I haven't tried it myself but I can give you an indication. I have done a comparison of one 2250 vs. Aktiv with a 5125 and found that the 2250 passive setup was more tuneful. The 5125 Aktiv was more detailed and more "Hi-Fi" but not as musically satisf...

Seeing as we're getting back into the realm of cassettes here I thought I would share some additional findings. When I was regularly using my WM-D6C Pro Walkman I decided to spend some time investigating tapes. I reasoned that since the industry was often wrong about what was best I had no reason to...

Linn's flat rate service fee in the US usually runs the customer somewhere in the neighborhood of $300 to $350 including the "administration fee" and shipping. It is about double that for Klimax products and Ekos tonearms. The administration fee is really up to the individual dealer so it can vary q...

Ceilidh, here as in most other places rules are meant to be broken. When you have an amplifier that is inadequate to handle the speaker then bass management can certainly alleviate that and improve the musicality of the system. This is not because bass managament works - it is because it works in th...

Bass management only effects the subwoofer when any of the other speakers is set to "small" rather than "large" in which case it takes the bass removed from the speakers designated as small and redirects it to the sub. If all the speakers are set to large, bass management is not used. The subwoofer ...

It seems to me that, especially on units of this level of sophistication, Linn should be able to allow the user or installer to choose which options to disable. A good example would be that Bass Management module could be turned off allowing the Lip Sync module to be used. Since we don't recommend o...

Linn have announced that the Akurate Tuner will start shipping July 2nd at a price of $1895US. The US version does not include DAB as the European one does so it might be a bit higher in price. We were told that it is a very good sounding tuner although no comments yet as to whether or not it is in ...

Just another update. I just installed a Trampolin2 and a Cirkus upgrade on a customer's LP12. He owns an Ittok II with the standard cable (molded plastic plug on the arm end) and an Asaka cartridge. On this table the arm was so low that the plastic plug would have been pushed upwards by the cover pl...

Interesting thread. The Linn reps who set Artikulat 350As up in our dem room said that they found 44-45 cm from the back wall to be the optimal setting in most rooms. I just set up a pair for a customer and found them th most tuneful at 42 cm from the back wall (measured to the point on the back) an...

I think it would be very nice if Linn would go the sneaky/upgrade module way with their products. But they probably won't, because 1) There is a risk that someone else makes a sneaky module (as I did with the Hudik phono stage for Exotik/Kinos) and 2) It seems both customers and magazines are much ...

Well, I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't hear it myself but I have to say that the new Trampolin sounds better with the cover off! I just put a Trampolin 2 on the owner's LP12 and I A/Bed it with and without the cover and was surprised to find a worthwhile improvement in the tunefulness with it...

I have two comments here. First, is that I agree with the latest post by Paolo word for word. I haven't heard anyone so far who didn't prefer the Cx200 amps over the Klouts or the 2250. I believe this would be true whether both were new out of the box or if both had been well run in. Secondly, Linn ...

In the Netherlands my dealer told me he isn't very happy with the trade-in, because Linn isn't buying the LK's back. So dealers will build a stock with LK's. When I asked him what he would pay for my Genki (with Lejonklou cable), he told me to sell it on eBay. It is true that Linn isn't buying back...

Many would describe the changes wrought by cleaning connectors as subtle, but as you can hear they can be very musically important. OT I have some difficulties understanding how an improvement can be subtle... If you change anything, you either detect it or not. Not “yes perhaps slightly”. If it’s ...

I don't know yet whether an amplifier purchased during this time period can qualify for both promos. Linn have confirmed that it is indeed possible to combine these two offers. We have also gotten word from Linn USA that the offers may be combined. The UniDisk 2.1 still does not appear on the list ...

Glad to hear that everything is working well and that you are enjoying the improvement in your Klout. I feel it is quite safe to say that you would have no problem hearing differences between a CD12 and UniDisk 1.1 or an Ekos and Ekos SE after reading your reaction to cleaning the internal connector...

A quick note and certainly not definitive. I checked my own turntable and it takes quite a bit of force bouncing the subchassis up and down to get it to bottom out on the cover for the hole. It is beyond the amount of bouncing I would normally do for testing and well beyond the amount of movement it...