Geoff's system
Posted: 2013-11-27 07:48
I first and foremost, want to thank Frederik for creating this site. From that comes a thank you to all the members for posting and making this a thriving marketplace. Although Linn is a niche product, this site provides an encyclopedic database of prices. Frederik, I thank you for keeping the "sold" items, and the pricing reported therein. Every market needs transparent pricing information, and reliable pricing information is hard to find in other sources. This allows those of us on the upgrade path to calculate budgets. Audiogon charges, and Ebay doesn't do it anymore. I remember early in the decade how you could still get "sold" information on Ebay. It still may be there, but you may well have to dig for it.
As for my all Linn setup I start with a Classik T/K via black interconnects into an unDynamiked AV5125 with stereo Aktiv cards bridged with short blacks. I use K400 to connect to my Aktiv Katans. Right now I'm using Foobar 2000 to stream digital content from my Acer Revo RL-100 through an HRT streamer into AUX on the Classik.
My upgrade path is to hopefully first replace the Classik with a Majik DS/M/0/1/D. From there perhaps an Akurate DSM-D. I don't know what I'll do from there. I think I'd like floorstanders because I live in an earthquake prone country. I'm in my present state of kit mostly because my Index's fell off their stands during a 6.x magnitude quake. I now lovingly remove the Katan's from stands, and place them on a safe shelf after listening, which is a pain in the pigu. I was truly impressed by the difference that Aktiv made. This means I will need a new amp as most floorstanders will need at least 6 channels for Aktiv.
Regardless, that is years from now. I'd like to get the Majik in the fall of next year however, as I want to be able to stream to a Linn and eliminate the HRT streamer.
FInally, could a MOD please enable my PM function?
As for my all Linn setup I start with a Classik T/K via black interconnects into an unDynamiked AV5125 with stereo Aktiv cards bridged with short blacks. I use K400 to connect to my Aktiv Katans. Right now I'm using Foobar 2000 to stream digital content from my Acer Revo RL-100 through an HRT streamer into AUX on the Classik.
My upgrade path is to hopefully first replace the Classik with a Majik DS/M/0/1/D. From there perhaps an Akurate DSM-D. I don't know what I'll do from there. I think I'd like floorstanders because I live in an earthquake prone country. I'm in my present state of kit mostly because my Index's fell off their stands during a 6.x magnitude quake. I now lovingly remove the Katan's from stands, and place them on a safe shelf after listening, which is a pain in the pigu. I was truly impressed by the difference that Aktiv made. This means I will need a new amp as most floorstanders will need at least 6 channels for Aktiv.
Regardless, that is years from now. I'd like to get the Majik in the fall of next year however, as I want to be able to stream to a Linn and eliminate the HRT streamer.
FInally, could a MOD please enable my PM function?