I think your discription is fair. My ever so unscientific take on music and digital is that digital can always get closer but will never reach the destination.

Dispite the fog and mud and dust analog has always been there in the first place!

I will try to keep an open mind but Linn has become quite a different beast from what once was. Ivor is no longer in control and his opinion is the only one I trust. The Linn sound has gradually changed in my view to something different from when he started. I have come to the point where my system ...

I simply cannot accept that I have to break my analog signal from my lp12 into small pieces when I know that the hardware behind making 0 and 1 is not flawless. From the time when I played games on my computer I know that the speed of the calculations going on can change from one moment to another (...

Does anyone here know this amplifier and is it worth looking for as a replacement for my old LK100. I got my hands on a 2250 but it is going out the door again. I prefer the sound from the LK amps. I find the 2250 bordering on "out of tune" sound. The same goes for a late Kairn with smps that I list...

My mistake. Read my second post.

You can listen to the recordings (use the link further up this tread) like I did or you can try it at home yourself. I am not trying to tell you what to think.

We can only make up our own minds. Regards

Donuk, please read my first post.

My main interest is not Tiger Paw and the sKale. I am certain they make nice products.

My main interest is the fact that the hifi industry still can't fantom the real discovery Ivor made when he started building turntables.

In the process of optimising the sound from my sondek I have often been tempted by tweaks that made my sondek sound spacious and brillant just to end up unsatisfied because the music was pushed out of tune. I realise how tempting "out of tune" sound is. Many hifi products produce "out of tune" sound...

Sorry for the late reply. I made my mind up about the sKale by listening on the linn forum to recorded samples with and without the sKale. It was obvious to me that the sKale pushed the music out of tune. I have been experimenting with my sondek for a while now changing the stand it sits on. Going f...

There is nothing new under the sun. After listening to the original and the sKale it is clear that the sKale is another member of the "out of tune" club of new exiting stuff that "improves" the sondek.