Interesting info about the ban on export of raw Rosewood, Thomas. At the time I was told by the Linn rep that the decision to drop Rosewood was based on ecological sustainability issues. But you may very well be right that it was in fact economical politics behind it... It's always difficult to draw...

SaltyDog wrote:Charlie, I always enjoy your posts

+1

I meant to post some thoughts recently that popped up after one of your slightly philosophical postings. But somehow they drifted away with the flux fumes of my soldering wire...

Thank you for another great report, Thomas! That Cocobolo plinth looks absolutely stunning! Although it's just a photo, I can sense a fantastic richness in the red tones. But as I suspect it's a piece of chopped down rain forest, I don't want it. :( Linn dropped the Rosewood plinths due to their eco...

Tony Tune-age wrote:I agree with you, the Sondek performs much better on it's own stand :!:

I have to disagree with this.

The performance of an LP12 is very clearly affected by its support. But whether I place other units or not on the Harmonihyllan shelves below the LP12, matters very little.

Well, not necessarily logical. The objective in this case is to make a small amp with a small price, limited power but great sound quality. A mono design will double the power (which in reality means you can play a bit louder) and also double the price. Not so good. A stereo amp convertible to mono ...

And it keeps going up!

Thanks for the Happy Camper report, Salty! Are these your speakers? http://audioworkshopnorwich.com/images/scm50slat.jpeg The new ATC distributor in Sweden is running an advertising campaign. Never seen ATC in the press here before, but all of a sudden they seem to be hot. Probably due to the covera...

Lego, you provocateur!

Ha ha!

Everytime I'm asked: "When will you release an X?"
and I reply: "I don't know",
I always get the reply: "Great news! When can I hear it?"
:lol:

To answer your question, I do wish that a power amp could be housed in a Kikkin-size box. It's not easy, though.

Well, it seems like the result is just like before: Much better with a good preamp. So far, every comment I've received has been negative. The sound is very clear and direct, but musically confused. It's not surprising that people who listen for sound, and don't use musical parameters when evaluatin...

This is an interesting discussion. I must say that I understand your complaints about niceness, Efraim. To me it indicates a system that for some reason isn't good enough for your demands. The main problem could be anywhere; in the source, in the speakers, in the installation. It doesn't necessarily...

You have a point, kgriedl, that a poweramp (or two) would be a logical step towards a more complete chain of amplification. Ideally, I'd like to make both an inexpensive and no-so-powerful amp that is really musical and a brutally powerful and great sounding monster amp. I'm doing my best to make th...

I wonder about that too.

How are the plinths finished? Is it with laquer, wax or what?

Thanks! I really need to try this soon. And if it's actually better, I'm also going to try it with an additional soft "pillow" padding in between the foam block and the rear end of the port. In an attempt to filter out midrange noise, which I found seriously leaking out through the port. I note that...

I want to know this too.

I wasn't impressed with the digital volume control of Sneaky and Majik DS, and would like to know if it's gotten any better.

No, there won't be any harm to the Kikkin. But it's important to understand what happens. To do any "live" switching of interconnects, first make sure that all system components (source, Kikkin, power amps) are powered from the same mains block. All ground connections of the units involved should go...

:shock:

I'd like to hear it!

Ok, I see. I'd really recommend trying a common, cheap 10-way block if you can find one. Not from any audio company and avoid those with a sophisticated appearance. As cheap and simple as possible, preferably with no switch (or bypass it internally) and as few connections inside as possible. The bes...

Tony, have you compared this to a cheap non-filtered 10-way block? My guess is that it will be a lot better. Quite often the 10-way blocks have a switch, which should preferably be bypassed internally. Especially if it's illuminated. All the filtered blocks I've tried have sounded damped, reducing t...

If we exclude the process of creating a commercial product, I'm still not able to make anything that sounds good in a really short time. Maybe someone else can, but I can't. It always takes a lot of time. A long time ago, when I first met Bill Miller (chief electronics designer at Linn), I asked him...

I haven't heard any Russ Andrews products, so I can't comment on them. But I'd just like to add that these days, almost all companies include stories of how they aim to maximise musical parameters, the emotion of the recording etc. It's become so common that sadly those kind of statements don't mean...

The first Slipsik 5 is now on demo at HiFi Forum in Copenhagen. A white one. Next week, Tonläget i Gothenburg will receive a black one. They also have a Uphorik, for those who'd like to compare. An interesting effect of Linn's release of the Uphorik is that the interest in Linn's Adikt MM cartridge ...

The wood gets compressed with time. And it takes very little compression for the fastener (or column) to get loose.

All metal constructions don't need any retightening.

Tony Tune-age wrote:Has anybody experienced this situation with their audio racks :?:

Yes, it's the same with Harmonihyllan. It needs retightening after a while.

Fortunately it's easy to do and you're rewarded with an improvement.

Just got reminded that I forgot to write a report of my impressions after reinstalling the Keel into my Radikal LP12. To summarise: Keel is great and will stay! :D After having gone back and forth between Keel and Cirkus twice on the same LP12, I think I've got a fairly good impression of what they ...