Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 SMI; site sun.uucp Path: utzoo!decvax!decwrl!sun!ssp From: ssp@sun.uucp (Stephen Page) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Linn/Naim seminar(results) Message-ID: <2957@sun.uucp> Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 01:38:14 EST Article-I.D.: sun.2957 Posted: Mon Nov 4 01:38:14 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Nov-85 21:47:27 EST References: <187@myrias.UUCP> Reply-To: sun.UUCP!spage (S. Page) Followup-To: Linn/Naim seminar(results) Distribution: na Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lines: 63 Keywords: Linn, turntable Summary: turntable makes the difference? In article <187@myrias.UUCP> dgt@myrias.UUCP (David Tang) writes about a Linn/Naim seminar: > > Basically what was said can be summed up by the following statement: >Vinyl records (as opposed to tape/cd) provide the best possible reproduction >of music. It then follows that the backbone of a good system lies in the >record player. That's only part of the religion. "The music is only as good as the original signal -- Garbage In, Garbage Out" is the justification for spending all the money on the front end. (Mr. Tang goes on to describe the various standard Linn/Naim demos -- the presence of an extra speaker, systems with expensive front ends vs systems with cheap front ends, etc.) > I must admit to not being able to hear any of the effects. The >suggestion that a difference was audible with each change was strong >enough that I actually thought I did several times, but I am not certain >of that. I will not discredit any of the points raised, but neither will >I support them. I merely report them to you and ask you to formulate >your own opinions. But was the Linn Sondek compared with any other turntables? Linn make a fantastic record player that is streets ahead of 99% of all other turntables, regardless of price. There are a lot of very ordinary turntables out there, and very few good ones. This is part of the problem of talking about Linns sensibly. According to the Linn litany, all the people who will flame back at this posting own turntables stupendously worse than Linn Sondeks, so they don't know what they're missing. Using a great turntable will make a tremendous difference to the quality of the music coming out of your stereo, in mysterious areas like tunefulness, rhythmicity (sp?), detail. If you don't have one, what's missing can't be put back, no matter how expensive your amp and speakers are. This probably sounds like religion again. So go listen! The only way you can decide is to choose a price range and compare a a {Linn front end, cheaper amp and speakers} with whatever else you are tempted to buy. I did, and was totally sold on the '50% on the turntable' concept. Alas, my finances couldn't stretch to a Linn front end, so I bought the poor man's Sondek: a Rega, complete with cheap cartridge. Then, when it was time to upgrade my speakers, I wanted the special sound of Magneplanars more than the improvement a Sondek + cheap speakers would give me (I guess that excommunicates me from the Linn faithful). But it's still a dream for me. The best sounds I've ever heard have come from the {Linn Sondek/Naim/triamped Linn Isobarik} system. Has anyone out there heard the $1675 Linn/Naim system Linn has been advertising? Has anyone out there bought another system instead after hearing it? Keep an open mind; something, alas, Linn/Naim acolytes -- and people who've never heard the Linn Sondek -- lack. Stephen Page {ihnp4,decwrl,ucbvax}!sun!spage ---------------------------------------------------------------------- {My opinions, not my employer's} "Cupid & Psyche '85" by Scritti Politti : proof that perfection is possible in an imperfect world.