David - as the LSNAS has not changed it probably means the Källa has improved since or do you have a different explanation. And you now actually say the LP12 couldnt reveal as much emotion as the Källa does? I want to make sure that I am not reading something into your statement. It is possible tha...

matthias wrote: ↑2021-10-13 12:27

David Neel wrote: ↑2021-10-13 11:07 From LSNAS it was just lifeless.

Could it be that a NAS is like a coffin for music?

Matt

On that track, as ripped by me, onto my NAS, yes.

At least David Neel found that music from a NAS is not far behind. Matt This deserves a clarification. The day that Spannko and Charlie1 visited, we tried all sorts of combinations of KDS/2, Källa, Spotify and LSNAS, and I reported the LSNAS being not as far behind as I'd been led to expect. Once K...

Am I considering buying a Källa? The answer to that can only be a yes! Unfortunately, I can’t just plug a Källa into my system (being an Exakt only system) which means I have to sell everything and start again, but I’m working on a roadmap as we speak! Your Exakt system has an analogue input though...

How's it sounding now David? A bit better with more running time, or pretty much the same? I guess you don't have it much longer. Difficult to hear any change over the last 24 hours. But the Entity is now fully warmed up again, so the LP12 sounds a bit better, although my ranking order hasn't chang...

Great question! Like Spannko, the answer can only be yes. I've since had further listening and made a minor change on the LP12 so that it is bit better than it was on Saturday. It still can't be as musical as Källa from Spotify, but it's better than Källa from the LSNAS. I'm not a fan of streaming s...

We started with Hakai, which for me was just ok. It’s good value, but not something I’d be interested in pursuing. It’s a digital player which sounds like a digital player. That was not a good sounding Hakai. Hakai at it's best is amazing . I would gladly replace my LP12 witht Hakai if it could per...

matthias wrote: ↑2021-10-10 20:58

fatjulio wrote: ↑2021-10-10 20:44 What app were you using on the iphone to play files from the LSNAS?

David Neel wrote: ↑2021-10-10 12:06 As soon as Källa arrived, it was powered up, and I started to get to grips with Spotify and mConnect, cursing the unfamiliar iPhone.

mConnect?

Matt

Yes, mConnect.

In memory of my unshakeable belief that an LP12 is automatically better than any digital source...

@Flowmotion: is there a chance to have a direct comparison to the ADS/3 you have as recordings in the Playground? Hello Defender, I am sorry to say that the ADS/3 is icecold and I fetched its original box in my storage late Friday when Källa was just getting warm. Hopefully the ADS/3 will find a ne...

Charlie1 wrote: ↑2021-10-10 16:05 I preferred Spannko's home made Netgear PSU as well

Me too!

Yesterday's get-together had been planned since the start of last year, before covid forced endless delays. All summer we'd been trying to find a date that all three of us could make. The original intent was to have a vinyl day, and maybe try a couple of ethernet cables... and then John at Kantata a...

Am I right in saying that there are a few members on here in N. Ireland then? I'm not sure how many. I'm in England, and so are today's visitors. For me, and another who lives not too far away, dealing with John at Kantata has been the preferred way to buy Lejonklou. The travel is actually easier, ...

Källa has now arrived in the UK and my demo unit is already out with a customer! Please don't ask me how it sounds, I haven't even heard it myself! Do get in touch if you wish to arrange a demo! Regards John. Thank you John! A couple of forum members will be round tomorrow for a day's listening...

PetterS wrote: ↑2021-10-08 13:08 Very curious to hear your impressions!

And I'm very curious too! I'm going to wait a few days, though, to allow a little time for it to settle.

matthias wrote: ↑2021-10-08 11:47 .......and please offer Källa for serious comparisons to your LP12 the best place on your rack. :-)

Matt

I'm sorry, that is impractical as the network cable only just reaches. I know that the Radikal shows little difference between its current shelf and being under the LP12.

Defender wrote: ↑2021-10-08 11:19 with respect to design ... I like the more prominent Lejonklou letters on the devices more

The grey is actually very classy and (too?) understated, but yes, I'd prefer the white, too.

$94,999.99 sounds SO much more reasonable than $95,000

Yes, three resellers in UK. Matt I was just wondering whether there were any Brexit issues. Thanks for everyone’s help. Apart from too little CO2 (in canisters), too much CO2 (in the atmosphere), emptying supermarket shelves (too few lorry drivers), collapsing energy suppliers.... As a child of the...

This mirrors my experience of the same source comparison at my dealer's, again with very expensive non-Linn amplification and speakers. The DSM is a great achievement by Linn, but I'd rather listen to the LP12. It's just more musical.

Actually, I'd rather listen to my LP12 via Entity...

ThomasOK wrote: ↑2021-09-17 17:30 This is even more the case as SINGularity is about to get better. At least version 1.3 out soon, maybe even a higher number.

And will this trickle down to Entity?

NO!!! I'm not giving up any of them!

But I would consider a Boazu instead of my four monos, once the version with integrated Kalla becomes available...

snatex wrote: ↑2021-09-13 15:50 Who has found some new tuneful speakers since 2018?

Me. My Graham LS5/9s have become much more tuneful since 2018. I blame the Entity and Karousel...

Although the primary focus of Källa is streaming services, it can also play FLAC from a NAS using an app like VLC. Fredrik, can you expand on this please? I'm using an LSNAS running on Debian and AssetUPnP. Music files are mainly ALAC. Where should VLC be installed? You install VLC, mconnect Player...