kuma
Duchess of The Hustle
I think that the RFI issue is location dependent.
Living near radio tower ( a local rap station. :x ) means some phonos just do not work in our house.
I have had a trouble with Prefix ( even with an elimination of the arm leads ), Stageline K/S and to my horror, 47Lab's Phonocube, TE Groove just a name a few. ( oddly none of my valve phonos have this problem. Ever. )
Superline ( no cap plugs even ), Linto, Uphorik all are dead silent even the volume knob all the way to the max. And I am not experiencing any of the *RFI* dumping.
Lefty, Uphorik is well... a bit euphonic than the Linto. Whilst it throws a huge soundstage and excellent details air around the notes, the Linto sounds more compact and somewhat * concentrated* smaller sound it hits a bit harder and groovier to my ears on the Akiva.
A good news is that Uphorik's MM section is excellent~. Even the inexpensive high output cartridges sound pretty darn good on it and variable capacitance loading feature came in handy on some cartridges that specify a low capacitance value.
It's possible that the downside I am hearing from the Uphorik comes from all the noise dumped into the Naim system but I am not hearing that from the MM phono section ( with the Adikt ) nor the Linto ( at least with the Akiva ) So I figure it's a voicing preference by Linn as their *new* direction seems to be going that way.
Of course, you can fiddle with the EQ with fiddling with the dip switch, but the general traits sort of stay the same. It was a hoot loading the Akiva with *K loading* ( approx. 580R/1nf ), the cartridge sounded like it's on the massive amphetamine overload. i.e. fast but can slice your ears off with no underlying bass foundation.
The Superline powered from a 52 is rather special with an appropriate loading for a given cartridge. It is more warts and all presentation than any of Linn phonos, but the music sounds more immediate and has more clear stops and starts of note albeit less air around instruments and smaller soundscape. ( some of that hi fi stuff comes later with the Supercap ) Overall, it also has a better bass dynamics, too. ( 590R/ no cap )
Anyways, I don't know where your taste falls or a cartridge you are intend to use but the Linto still is very good for the money being a half way house between the Uphorik and Naim phono if the loading locks in well with a cartridge.
Living near radio tower ( a local rap station. :x ) means some phonos just do not work in our house.
I have had a trouble with Prefix ( even with an elimination of the arm leads ), Stageline K/S and to my horror, 47Lab's Phonocube, TE Groove just a name a few. ( oddly none of my valve phonos have this problem. Ever. )
Superline ( no cap plugs even ), Linto, Uphorik all are dead silent even the volume knob all the way to the max. And I am not experiencing any of the *RFI* dumping.
Lefty, Uphorik is well... a bit euphonic than the Linto. Whilst it throws a huge soundstage and excellent details air around the notes, the Linto sounds more compact and somewhat * concentrated* smaller sound it hits a bit harder and groovier to my ears on the Akiva.
A good news is that Uphorik's MM section is excellent~. Even the inexpensive high output cartridges sound pretty darn good on it and variable capacitance loading feature came in handy on some cartridges that specify a low capacitance value.
It's possible that the downside I am hearing from the Uphorik comes from all the noise dumped into the Naim system but I am not hearing that from the MM phono section ( with the Adikt ) nor the Linto ( at least with the Akiva ) So I figure it's a voicing preference by Linn as their *new* direction seems to be going that way.
Of course, you can fiddle with the EQ with fiddling with the dip switch, but the general traits sort of stay the same. It was a hoot loading the Akiva with *K loading* ( approx. 580R/1nf ), the cartridge sounded like it's on the massive amphetamine overload. i.e. fast but can slice your ears off with no underlying bass foundation.
The Superline powered from a 52 is rather special with an appropriate loading for a given cartridge. It is more warts and all presentation than any of Linn phonos, but the music sounds more immediate and has more clear stops and starts of note albeit less air around instruments and smaller soundscape. ( some of that hi fi stuff comes later with the Supercap ) Overall, it also has a better bass dynamics, too. ( 590R/ no cap )
Anyways, I don't know where your taste falls or a cartridge you are intend to use but the Linto still is very good for the money being a half way house between the Uphorik and Naim phono if the loading locks in well with a cartridge.