A piece of music that uses detuned instruments, vocals, etc. for effect will have that effect damaged if the system changes the tune. There is no way loss of the quality of being in tune in a system can have anything but a detrimental effect on the music whether it is beautifully melodic or jarringl...

Rega supplies the Planar 2 and 1 with a Rega Carbon cartridge which is basically an AT91 and they don't use spacers on those turntables. So I expect that you won't need one putting a 95e on a Planar 3. If you feel that the top of the cartridge is not parallel to the record surface and is tilted down...

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Considering that the products that Linn are providing this upgrade for have in some cases been discontinued for over a decade, not to mention that the lasers in disc spinners do wear out over time, it is a bit much to expect Linn to extend a 5 year warranty on the whole machine.

It just sounds like another misunderstanding of source first. Source first was never meant to be read source only nor to indicate that you can't destroy the musical quality of a system by putting a piece of crap anywhere in the system. It was meant to show that the piece(s) at the beginning of the s...

I can listen to and enjoy A, I find B quite odd and hard to listen to. I'm not fond of C either, tune and timing both feeling off. I'd be leery of getting an Axis that doesn't work at 45RPM. Obviously there is a problem in the control/PS board and they are notoriously hard to fix to the point where ...

JBL has a series of speakers designed to mimic the look of their older studio series. They are in basic rectangular boxes that are available in dark walnut with a blue front as well as all black. They are all passive two way speakers featuring the newer JBL horn design for the tweeter. The models ar...

Here is a combination of posts I made elsewhere with most of the relevant information. Linn has just officially announced the availability of Utopik for a number of units, some of which rather surprised me. They have also announced a Utopik promotion which runs from November 1 through January 31, 20...

I believe the booplinth is cnc routed from a solid block of laminated bamboo yet still has square inside corners. Squaring the corners is a relatively easy task with the right tools. If you look closely at the photos of the Booplinth you will see that the only inside corners that are square are whe...

I can't yet give you a full picture of Superkikkin vs. Sagatun stereo, but I did just get the first shipment of Superkikkin units in a few days ago and my demo version has been in my system since they arrived. I can say that it sounds quite wonderful. A little more info is necessary here. I had a cu...

The Keel collar arrangement is a bit of a mystery. I have heard that. as the regular Keel is CNC machined from a solid billet, the arm collar has to have a curve where it meets the flat surface of the armboard. Apparently the design guru insisted that this curve be eliminated and a right-angle subs...

macrotech2 wrote: ↑2023-10-14 06:49

ThomasOK wrote: ↑2023-10-14 01:08 Crucify it might be a bit strong.

Possibly 😊 - I’ll be interested to hear your impressions when you get the chance. The improvement for me from Klimax Kontrol to Sagatun Mono was massive.

Well, yeah. But Superkikkin isn't quite at Sagatun Mono level from my understanding.

Crucify it might be a bit strong. The KK/1 was a very good preamp and one that I happily used for years. When the Sagatuns first came out I would say the SS 1.0 was pretty even with the KK/1 with some things better and others not quite as good. I felt it was more musical overall but it was close as ...

I just finally got around to looking at the Costco Members Only special sale that ends tomorrow. After going through many pages of stuff I don't need I found that they are selling the iPad Mini6 with 64GB for $399, $90 off their usual price. It looks like Walmart and Amazon have lowered their price ...

You are all welcome. They are serial numbered as 1/250 - 250/250. The one I worked on was in the 20s. The other parts of the table all follow normal Linn serial numbering including the LP12-50 specific items: the Keel-50, Radikal-50 and Urika-50. As to a new arm, one never knows. But why after all L...

I have posted this on Wam/Linn and felt I should post it here as well. I have now set up my first LP12-50 (with several more coming later). I will save some of you some time right now by stating up front that I cannot give you any musical comments on the unit. I only listened to it through an older ...

I just thought I'd chime in on not getting used to how musical and attention-grabbing the system is with the TM3s in place. I keep on getting caught off guard by tracks here and there streaming out one or another mellow jazz playlist. But it is not just me. Virtually every time my friend Simon comes...

I just tried port 3 on mine connected to the GS308T and Källa and found it was indeed better, thanks. It had been in port 1 which had already sounded good. I unplugged and replugged the connector into port 1 first to make sure I wasn't comparing a dirty contact to a clean one. Then listened to 1 and...

The AmpliFi HD units have been unavailable for some time and don't look to be coming back (the US store doesn't even list AmpliFi units and the Canadian store shows the HD unit as sold out, other stores show it as out of stock or back-ordered). Has anyone tried other mesh network senders and receive...

Interesting! I'll have to try that on my receiver. The sender has all ports used as it is the switch for my MacPro and two printers. However, the fourth port goes over to a Netgear switch and my TV system (with last analog version Majik DSM, AppleTV 4K, Sony 4K BluRay and LG panel) so using port 3 f...

Very nice review. He might have his mind blown if he ever heard the SINGularity units.

Well, I was going to lay off this thread as I'm not fond of the idea of a "best" test track, especially many of the ones I hear used (or was that overused) at Hi-Fi shows. But some interesting thoughts popped up from some of the music mentioned, including a couple of stories. One is about The Roches...

Looking good, Fredrik! It is nice to see photos of how it looks and the insides. It will be even better to see a back panel that says 115V-60Hz! ;-)

Overall I think Tendaberry is likely right. However in looking at your system thread I notice you have Quadrapire with a mix of glass and wood. I think the material will have an effect on the musical performance as well. You might want to pull the Axis and Kinki off the rack temporarily and listen t...

That will be a very nice upgrade. Have fun!

Sounding good!