In that case Linn get further respect from me and I completely agree with their approach.
On DSP and MQA Linn are absolutely right, I bet the Organik Dac is worth a listen too.
Are there any original in-room measurements for the Isobariks?
I can tell no difference between the Falcons and original B139s.
Real Isobariks should only be listened to with the Sheffield Labs direct cut Thelma Houston “I got the music in me”.
See here.
Either you were there, or you weren’t.
Good Evening,
Had enough bandwidth to run my Linn account this evening so was able to update SO v2 to re-locate the speakers and my listening position. Having done this and selected this optimisation I ran another REW sweep:-
Generally a gently downward in-room target curve is preferred by domestic listeners , the red 90dB 40Hz might be correct, but you have a huge depression between 40-150Hz, can you bring that up and then remove the tops of any peaks.
Keith
As can be seen from the blue trace SO v2 does a very good job of dealing with the circa 43Hz peak but then goes and overcompensates with respect to the dip between 54 - 75Hz.
Regular readers will recall that this is exactly what SO v1 did until I reduced Room Modes 2, 3 & 4 to 0dB.
Next up will be chasing the shop in Edinburgh and getting this Exactbox back to them.
Sometime after the Great Yorkshire Show time will be devoted to trying out the other two woofers in the one cabinet. I will be taking REW sweeps and DATS V3 readings.
Regards
Richard
I chatted to someone else about this who pointed out that the cost increase of the Organik upgrade is quite a bit higher than previous Klimax upgrades, which suggests that the actual board/technology is more expensive. Will Linn want to bump up the Akurate level pricing? It would also help to more clearly differentiate Klimax from Akurate. But it's only conjecture - no inside knowledge I'm afraid.I wonder if Linn will offer the upgrade to those of us with Akurate level Exactbox's????
Sorry my contribution is just above the plot, in between yours!Keith,
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Regards
Richard