In Reply to: ikemi lives!!! posted by kuma on March 16, 2015 at 21:24:18:
around 2005/6, the power supply failed, so I had to make a choice ... invest $,$$$ in fixing (Linn fixes are never cheap) or buy an alternative CDP.
Funny, even back then, I got the same questionable advice as many claim today; that since the Ikemi was a dated model ... cheaper, more current alternatives would easily sound superior.
So I decided to audition newer ~$2-6k players that were available to me. I short-listed only the few that managed to perform well within my system. But in the end, considering these players were all ~$4-6K, it became clear that the cost of fixing the Ikemi was a better alternative.
I sent it to Linn, they fixed the power supply, and I also got 'em to replace the laser at the same time (the old laser was fine, but I figured this was a cost effective/opportunistic measure).
What I really appreciate about the Ikemi, even nearing two decades later; considering my turntable offers a much richer/warmer tonality, in contrast, the Linn a much leaner disposition (even compared to most CDPs) ... yet it remains one of the very few CDPs which made my recorded/ripped CDRs sound "near" identical to my turntable.
Plus, it's a top HDCD performer ...
tb1
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- yep ... - TBone 06:53:28 03/17/15 (17)
- That's wonderful... - kuma 10:24:06 03/17/15 (16)
- eventually ... - TBone 13:32:31 03/17/15 (14)
- The Linn Ikemi was the only Linn product from which I ever really liked the sound. - morricab 13:17:32 03/21/15 (1)
- RE: The Linn Ikemi was the only Linn product from which I ever really liked the sound. - fantja 15:08:47 03/21/15 (0)
- RE: eventually ... - RhythmDevil 03:00:38 03/19/15 (10)
- may I ask ... - TBone 08:52:43 03/19/15 (9)
- silly me ... - TBone 10:58:23 03/19/15 (0)
- RE: may I ask ... - RhythmDevil 10:47:53 03/19/15 (7)
- thanks ... - TBone 11:02:37 03/19/15 (6)
- RE: thanks ... - RhythmDevil 12:56:13 03/19/15 (5)
- RE: thanks ... - fantja 17:32:56 03/20/15 (4)
- RE: thanks ... - RhythmDevil 10:16:27 03/21/15 (1)
- RE: thanks ... - fantja 10:37:52 03/21/15 (0)
- good question - RhythmDevil 18:47:52 03/20/15 (1)
- RE: good question - fantja 05:13:51 03/21/15 (0)
- DAC is a half of the story... - kuma 21:10:39 03/17/15 (0)
- Linn's "precision engineering" and the land speed record ... - TBone 12:18:23 03/17/15 (0)