Just trying to be the devils advocate here so excuse me, no offence intended. :mrgreen: Why should bass level affect tune dem leading to a readjustment on the speakers? So if you increase volume on the Pre you need to...(you get it) And - when you change the active card settings, you need to get bac...

Perfect! I try doing this as well and this is easy (but time consuming) on depth and side but during toe in adjustment - it's difficult to get all the mm correct. Do you have the inner front speaker corner at same position or the middle of the baffle? I also understand a few people having other corn...

sommerfee, what is the smallest distant you moving the speakers tuning them?

My feeling is that the electronics shouldn't affect placement, but in reality when I do big changes to a system (but the speakers remain unchanged), I can retune and sometimes find a slightly different speaker position. Exactly why I asked in the first place... :wink: Assuming the speaker were perf...

No feedback 8)
Do this forum really lack this competense, hehe

3/ 224 is only working on recent Unidisks and not (yet) adapted to older units? 4/ Linn isn't releasing software versions to dealers anymore? (Reason?) 3/ can't be true. See 2/ Lets not hope 4/ is correct. If so...another bad policy decision :evil: Fredrik, what about you asking Linn re "best ever ...

Why isn't ESS 224 released as official upgrade yet? I can only think of the following: 1/ Linn working on 225...as they have bugs and/or sound related issues in 224. 2/ new or serviced Unidisk units are shipped with 224 as it correct technical issues in 223 (and 221), and Linn focus more on stabilli...

Suppose the speakers are positioned correctly (tune dem), is an amp, source, rack, cable upgrade require a re-tuning of the speakers?

Same question going active from a passive setup...

I think one of the major problems is that Naim is very sensitive to the mains quality and the switched power supplies Linn use ruins the tune for Naim systems. Have same experience as Erik. Pity as both brands are REALLY REALLY good. Re Naim DSP's, you should try CDS1, CDS2 or CDS3. They are much b...

lejonklou wrote:

Music Lover wrote:after HOURS of listening I had these two left that was decently OK

Do you mean Sandisk and Ipod Shuffle? And are you saying they were roughly on the same level of performance?

Yes
Disclaimer -as I wrote, just used their own headsets. The result may be different with a good headphone.

No, I haven't heard anything close to the Sandisk, regardless of price. I absolutely hated everything portable and compressed that I listned to. I have tried many different portable units without bothering to remember their names. (Ipods, Creative, Sony etc.) . Have you tried Ipod shuffle? In a "OK...

First impressions with the CDX2 in my living room (as compared to Karik/Numerik): The CDX2 is better at playing sounds, but no match for the music rendering of the K/N combo To be fair, Naim needs a few days warming up. If it's a brand new unit it need weeks... Please let it play CD's for some days...

Not a Unidisk setting but in DVD disc menue, you can try 2channel and the different 5.1 options (DTS etc) following tune dem - depending of the sound engineer (I guess) they sound is different.

All of you testing this, what format is normally best given that you use 2channel analogue to pre.

lejonklou wrote: I suspect you meant "I still prefer UNbalanced", no?

yes, I made a typo.
Unbalansed is better!

Interesting Fredrik! Must be rather small musical differences between 221 and 223, as you need a full CD to make your mind up and not just a few seconds "normal" tune dem. And in that case, it may not be SO strange that some people prefer the 223. We talking small differences here compared to 221 vs...

Audiman wrote: The 223 has a somewhat simpliefied way to do it, you put in the disk, and thats it, almost....

And that wasn´t how your 2.1 was working with 221??

And, what is better in 223 soundwise?

Agree with Linnofil and Lejonklou!

Linn; be smart, open communiction is better for the business and besides - the customers demands it!

What is it that makes it possible to enhance the sound by SW upgrade? I can understand it for Unidisk´s as better reading/decoding improve the sound, but Exotik and Klimax Kontrol? And what is the latest re Unidisk SW? Brand new Unidisk´s have a new SW not yet released as an official upgrade. And th...

Chris, great having Linn represented here!
It has been speculations re the "painting"...
What exactly is it and why do you apply it?
Is it sounding better with it?

fyi - I know a few guys that prefer it without any paint as it look great in the Alu flesh,hehe

I borrowed an Ikemi home a few years ago, and my wife and I compared the tunefulness of the Ikemi and the Karik/Numerik. Interestingly, the addition of silver interconnects to my K/N combo at the time brought out a whole lot more music than exchanging the K/N for Ikemi (with black interconnects), s...

Strange...
fyi, that album is just fantastic on a top spec LP12.
Well not quite top spec, "just" Arkiv...
:mrgreen:

Thanks, going to buy the new album.
Great artist!

Keep the suggestions commin´ guys.

A few other ideas: - be not alone! a few friends that can assist is super. (best is to have "non HIFI" persons at hand, females are GREAT following the tune as they do NOT listen to the sound...) - stand in the kitchen (you then avoid the HIFI sound, and can follow the tune easier) - controversial b...

Or maybe it's just the fact that your never satisfied with your equipment... Not really, better equipment reduce room-related issues YES but you should not have a boomy bass. Is the issue really BAD or just "I like to get it perfect"? What did the dealer said re this? And... Is the boomy sound appa...

Really interesting is that when the speakers are positioned perfect according to tune dem, the HIFI sound gets perfect as well.
The sound just "snapps into focus".
And the better tuned system, the less need of acoustical treatments.

Like to hear others opinion and experience on this matter.

To be honest, many carts are better than a K9.
On the other hand, most are a lot worse...

You have a good LP12/PSU/arm, it deservs a good cart - why not Adikt?