Na, I watched a new Linn promotional video yesterday and it was actually a bit sickening. Very nice video, well produced etc, but the only things missing were staff holding babies and subliminal shots of puppy dogs. Which might have been in there of course.
Living were I do I know a little more about Linn than some people and I ain't falling for their bullshit.
I did, dealer bullshit that is.
And when my DAC then pre died (Brilliant) I was offered ‘new’ old kit ‘monumentally better’ than my old stuff which is totally redundant.
Smelling a rat (and a bill of over £10k) I rang Linn.
The kit I was being offered was either no longer maintained or falling off the register back end of this year.
I will defend the ‘aktiv’ sound - that sold me (the imagery etc)
I will not defend their business model and con sumer support.
As I said earlier, I spent my life (from 12) upgrading on and on, INVESTING in hifi I could sell on to move up (much of it still
functioning these days and being repaired).
Most of the manufacturers kit I had (have) is stiff ‘fixable’.
The exception - Linn
I have a sizmik, the amp blew, Linn said buy a new one (sub that is) as parts for the old one were made of unobtainium.
(It wasn’t that old).
Being Yorkshire I opened it up, MOSFET had committed suicide, board looked ok. It had cooked (no heatsink).
Phoned Linn, ’No sir, definitely made of unobtainiable’, sorry, can I send you a link to the new model’.
Search web, find a photo of the internals, take the number of the MOSFET, contact an electronics supplier, less than £5
and it’s worked ever since (touch wood).
My son is a nuclear physicist dealing with stuff way above this. His comment is usually - Dad I’ve been telling you this for decades, it's
all bullshit and bollocks. Musicians don’t use this stuff (guess what he does as well), neither do recording studios). How old are you, you
CANNOT hear anything above 12k (if you are lucky), I’d be surprised if you can hear 10k. Oh, and it’s been scientifically proven you can’t hear any difference between CD or SACD In fact, when testing, even MP3’s were indistinguishable for the medium being recorded/played.
I got the lecture again this morning.
I’ve been given a schematic for a bespoke MC amp and the research. I offered it to him to examine and consider. He didn’t know what
MC or MM were (and wasn’t really interested). His new album is being promoted as I type.