Thomas, your fantastic post on this subject makes me look stupid. I am not happy about that. Neither am I happy about the fact that you revealed my top secret 18" - 15" - hf horn speaker project. I am now very annngry! You stole my line! I am going to have to disintegrate you! (Spoken in a very nas...

I agree, charlie1, and I did note that some of my favorites were multi-tracked. Multi-tracking tape machines and huge consoles are tools and used properly have made some exceptional recordings. But like anything else that has more complexity and gives the artist or producer more freedom, it also all...

Interesting photos! There is obviously more to it than the initial info from Linn mentioned. It appears to use the same photoelectric speed sensor as the Radikal and the same power switch as well. The new motor has the top and bottom flanges on the pulley allowing the removal of the belt bracket so ...

charlie1, I'm not sure if the UK first pressing will be enough to get you into King Crimson. Some of the music is fairly dark and even the beautiful parts are melancholy. Not everybody can get into a song that has the chorus: "Confusion will be my Epitaph As I crawl a cracked and broken path If we m...

Yes, Linn has finally dropped the other shoe and announced the Urika II and new Lingo, aka Lingo 4 but cleverly named just plain Lingo by Linn (probably says Lingo/3 on the case). The new Lingo is a DSP controlled AC motor controller, similar to the Rega RP10 motor controller and others, but I'm sur...

It should also be mentioned that most products go up and down during their break in period. Sometimes they sound just great, then they might sound like something is not quite right and then they sound even better than before.

If Fredrik were to come out with an active crossover for the 3677s I would likely be one of the first to purchase it and an additional pair of TMs. Yes, I could save the money to apply to the next LP12 upgrade or preamp upgrade or even poweramp upgrade. However, my expectation is that the next pream...

I have one but you won't find one cheap. As I have stated elsewhere, my single favorite album is In the Court of the Crimson King, the debut album by King Crimson. I bought it shortly after it came out in the US and did enjoy listening to it many, many, many times. But I didn't find out what I had b...

They do come up used from time to time here and of EvilBay.

Well Jon, we've already talked about all this and you know how happy I am with how things have turned out for Yesenia, yourself and your children. Hoping that you have plenty of time to enjoy your family and your system. I just thought I'd add that I have also had the same experience with the musica...

I do it basically the same way as Fredrik using a utility knife that uses replaceable razor blades. I have found that warming the K400 up with a heat gun first makes it easier to cut. Also I sometimes dig the tip of the knife into the wooden board I cut them on to help hold it in place while I pull ...

I can certainly see that two subs would be the ideal, but I can easily also see that there is absolutely no way they would fit in my room. So I am glad I haven't heard such a system as it is better I don't know what I am missing. It is rather glorious with just the one sub (and it should be noted th...

I'm with Charlie1 on this xc and yd. I had a harder time with the first track. It had been so long since I heard it I almost thought you were playing the 45 at 33 because of the slow opening. But the xc was more enjoyable and natural sounding. On the second track the yd definitely let me into the mu...

Which MC did you go to? I am currently using a 30-40 year old tiny Ortofon transformer into a Slipsik while waiting for my Urika to be repaired. I am pleasantly surprised with how good it sounds. Wish I had a Lejonklou MC stage instead. I'm trying not to be a smart ass (difficult considering my upbr...

Yep, I am definitely enjoying the 33 versions of both of the tracks more. They have more groove, more dynamics, better bass and just make you want to move more, Somehow the 45 versions sound a bit boring and dead in comparison even if sounding at times a bit more edgy. The tune is just not there as ...

Well, It's a little late for the Merry Christmas (I try to avoid the web on holidays) but I hope everybody had one. And a great 2018 to all!

Iron Maiden definitely sounds louder on the DMM, probably cut at a bit higher velocity. I definitely found the metal master somewhat hard and etched sounding, kind of a digital type of sound. The lacquer cutting was more musical with better flow and when the vocals came in they were more intelligibl...

Quite a difference. Should be even better with 50 to 100 hours on it. Nice Christmas treat of a new stylus.

I just listened to the new clips and came to the same conclusions. The 16/44 is the easiest to get invloved with the music. There are some things in the 24/88 that are better in the Hi-Fi sense, I can hear more of the vocal inflections, but the music doesn't move as well or engage me as much. The MQ...

I certainly hope not. A million miles is definitely too far for the speakers to be positioned for the most musical perfromance!

I wasn't really expecting that kind of foam. I definitely don't think that is a good idea in terms of support and the effect on the music. Later Radikals in Klimax and Akurate boxes come with a thin almost square piece of charcoal color foam that is only a couple mm thick. This is what I was suggest...

These feed a pair of Sagatun Mono 1.3s, a Marchand XM44 crossover for the sub and three Tundra Mono 2.2As into the JBL 3677s and 4645C sub. Did you compare the Marchand with the old crossover? Dahlquist... Yes, I did. I feel the Marchand is more musical than the Dahlquist. I found the only way to r...

I have also heard that using 2 Radikals will bring an improvement: one for the motor and one for the Urika. Can anyone confirm this? I recall a couple of guys on the Linn forum trying this with the Akurate Radikal within a year or two of release. They preferred a single Radikal - less detail but mo...

It has obviously been some time since I have updated this thread and my system has certainly undergone several changes. As most know from posts in other threads I sold my much loved ATCs two weeks after giving a serious listen to the broken-in JBL 3677s, even though they were on relatively flimsy st...

It has been a while since I commented on this and in the meantime I have made a change in the system. I bought a Klimax Radikal in black - not because I knew there was a musical improvement, but because I felt it was the only way I could find out for sure what the differences are, if any. My first i...