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In Reply to: RE: Where are all the Isobariks gone.... posted by Bill the K on January 30, 2008 at 08:41:10
I was working in high end audio retail in the mid 1980s at a shop that had been one of the first Linn dealers in the U.S. Audiophile Systems was the Linn importer at that time. They were very keen to get us on board with the full Linn program (we just displayed the tables, arms, and cartridges). We had had the Kans and the Saras in the shop and decided to pass on both. The Isobariks we had heard at shows and not liked on a performance per dollar basis. They eventually flew us to Indianapolis to try to get us on board but even the fully active Isobariks in their listening room just didn't impress any of us. They did some things quite well but they were extremely colored. Faced with a choice of representing the full line or getting out of Linn entirely we chose to drop them.
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was that the dealer in Omaha NE? With Karen and her husband?
I heard this stuff (Linn LP 12/Grace 707) in KC MO with Fulton and ARC stuff, never heard the full Linn/Naim gear setup.
Last year or so, there was a pair of the Linn Isobariks in fair condition being sold by dealer in L.A.
The Fulton dealers in Lincon were Karen and Tom Morgan. I think he still teachers at the University. I have a pair of Fulton Js and the tweeters are not working. Does anyone know where I might start to find someone capable of repairing them?
Audiophile Systems was the Linn importer and distributor. They are based in Indianapolis but they no longer have any connecion with Linn.
I'm not sure who you are referring to in Omaha - maybe Charles Santmire at the Sound Environment? I can't remember if they were ever Linn dealers or not.
now I remember. It was in the late 70's and Karen Richardson and her more senior English husband had a shop in Lincoln NE, not Omaha. I got my GAS Son of Amps there. They had Maggies and Fultons and drove them with the aforementioned ARC and GAS and other stuff.
I learned of an EMI Columbia of Cartref 1972 and still have 2 (a bit noisy) copies--choral recordings of famed Welsh choir and also the ARK Fulton recordings of amateur musicians.
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