Should I Buy These Isobariks?
- Thread starter Mike Hanson
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James
Lord of the Erg\o/s
I don't think Linn makes a TT that costs 20X Isobariks. I conclude you are prone to hyperbole.
david ellwood
Kirabosi Kognoscente
I paid £1200 for my isobariks.
Alex S
carbon based lifeform
My experience is that many ATC owners moved from Isobariks and have an Orbe at minimum and often an SME, a natural partner.
Yank
Bulbous Also Tapered
So, equally wrong-headed at opposite extremes?
This thread is going in bloody circles.
Briks are brilliant and are probably better than 95% of speakers on this planet. They sound great and they really do bass. They just communicate music in an effortlessly manner which is what we all want.
They are omnidirectional and can be placed anywhere without worrying about a sweet spot. The only caveat is that they sound miles better when stood right up against a solid brick wall. Plasterboard just will not do and don't ponce about with toe in, it makes no difference, so up against a brick wall pointing straight out. They sound very good in passive mode.
They like biggish rooms and also like firing across rather than down. Mine were 7ft apart.
The only downside is that they look a bit pipe and slippers in a 1980s sort of way and wives tend to dislike the appearance. My missus said they look the sort of thing an old man in a worn out pullover and trainers would use.
If you want a similar sound with a smaller speaker then get ye some Shahinian Arcs that will sound almost identical.
That's it so you now know it all.
Briks are brilliant and are probably better than 95% of speakers on this planet. They sound great and they really do bass. They just communicate music in an effortlessly manner which is what we all want.
They are omnidirectional and can be placed anywhere without worrying about a sweet spot. The only caveat is that they sound miles better when stood right up against a solid brick wall. Plasterboard just will not do and don't ponce about with toe in, it makes no difference, so up against a brick wall pointing straight out. They sound very good in passive mode.
They like biggish rooms and also like firing across rather than down. Mine were 7ft apart.
The only downside is that they look a bit pipe and slippers in a 1980s sort of way and wives tend to dislike the appearance. My missus said they look the sort of thing an old man in a worn out pullover and trainers would use.
If you want a similar sound with a smaller speaker then get ye some Shahinian Arcs that will sound almost identical.
That's it so you now know it all.
No doubt.
I wonder does there exist a detailed writing with pictures how and how many they did build back then ?
Given its five decades ago I'd imagine some old fashioned hand-made methods (not meant in a bad way)
Given todays massive production speed I assume at that time very few were made per day ?
I don't think that's right. I think it was the LP12.
James
Lord of the Erg\o/s
According to Wikipedia ...
"Linn was founded by Ivor Tiefenbrun to produce the Sondek LP12 turntable. The company's logo is the simple geometric representation of the 'single point' bearing which was the USP of the LP12 turntable."
The Isobarik came along a couple of years later.
"Linn was founded by Ivor Tiefenbrun to produce the Sondek LP12 turntable. The company's logo is the simple geometric representation of the 'single point' bearing which was the USP of the LP12 turntable."
The Isobarik came along a couple of years later.
Richard Lines
pfm Member
Good Evening All,
I suspect very few people have listened to a pair of late Isobariks driven by a Linn Klimax streamer c/w Exactbox and three stereo SE amplifiers in active mode in a room where said speakers are positioned where they should be and all aided and abetted by SO along with adequate amounts of sound absorbing materials and more than a little experimentation to arrive at something pretty optimal???
I've no doubt there will be better speakers out there but, as I said to Graham this morning (and have said elsewhere on this forum) the Isobariks are a speaker that keep on giving as you improve what gets put in to them. If I may paraphrase Ivor's old mantra if the signal isn't getting to the speakers then they can't play it.
Mike - You still have a difficult decision as these speakers will need money spending on them and therein lies a rabbit hole you may not wish to fall in to.
Regards
Richard
I suspect very few people have listened to a pair of late Isobariks driven by a Linn Klimax streamer c/w Exactbox and three stereo SE amplifiers in active mode in a room where said speakers are positioned where they should be and all aided and abetted by SO along with adequate amounts of sound absorbing materials and more than a little experimentation to arrive at something pretty optimal???
I've no doubt there will be better speakers out there but, as I said to Graham this morning (and have said elsewhere on this forum) the Isobariks are a speaker that keep on giving as you improve what gets put in to them. If I may paraphrase Ivor's old mantra if the signal isn't getting to the speakers then they can't play it.
Mike - You still have a difficult decision as these speakers will need money spending on them and therein lies a rabbit hole you may not wish to fall in to.
Regards
Richard
Gervais Cote
Predator
Love this thread, lot of love and hate for the Briks.
An thread on Linn Kan and Sara would be very similar IMO.
An thread on Linn Kan and Sara would be very similar IMO.