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Linn's "precision engineering" and the land speed record ...

Hi Kuma ...

When other audiophiles visit, I tend to always get the same reactions towards the Linn. It's too small to be good, too old to be viable, and certainly no longer competitive to be equal to today's options; generally they spout off prose concerning some "superior" flavour-of-the-month product they too insist (go figure) is the "best" they've ever heard. I then play em an uncompressed HDCD, sit back and watch there reactions; which are usually bound in disbelief & silence. The vast majority of audiophiles have never heard Linn digital - outside a Linn system.

>>I thought of replacing my Krell, too but I looked around and nothing really could replace it. ( except the Naim CD555 which I find voiced very similar to my 'Naimed' LP12 )Krell still service the kps25s after all these years, too!<<

Kudo's to Krell. Actually, I auditioned the Krell Standard, had it on my short list along with Naim, Ayre & SIM players. I never considered replacing the Ikemi with separates ...

>>The trend is now on a separate DAC ( we came a full circle from the 90s :/ ) but I am still not fully convinced that file based system is the way to go. They sound different than better than my CD players.<<

They certainly do sound different.

Funny, I purchased the Ikemi at a time when separates were being pushed as the superior sounding digital alternatives. I stayed in the minority, because the vast majority of separates I'd auditioned never sounded all that enticing to me, even tho separates were considered much more "hi-end". Linn actually dropped their transport/DAC line in place of one-box players during a time when separates were becoming very popular.

As a side note, based on my title; check out the link below ...

tb1


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