Interesting thanks for the info K

I moved from a Quad 606 to a pair Michell Alectos. That was a big jump in fidelity and three dimensional sound. They looked fabulous too. I moved them on last year after 20 years. I’ve moved onto an Integrated Belles amp. Super sound. Cheers

Great info thanks very much K

Thanks for the feedback I really should get a name preamp K

Nice to see another Linnie out there. No idea why so many (audiophiles & reviewers) have sadly forgotten these great electronics, especially in the US. Its great stuff as you know. Enjoy!!

Michael I think it’s always been popular in the UK, although like any popular high end brands, they have their share of very vocal haters, many of whom I suspect have never actually heard a Linn system. It’s fantastic stuff. I’ve had a LOT of other high end kit, the Linn has stayed, the rest (Rega and Royd excepted) hasn’t. I’ve had Meridian (reliable but pretty unexciting), Cyrus (pretty exciting but unreliable), Naim (excellent but Linn edges it for me), Roksan (see my thoughts on Naim)... and a load more.

@@Si1983h No question, Linn electronics are far more popular in the UK than here in the US. They are basically ignored. The US Linn dealers, who are few and far between these days, appear to do ok with the LP 12 (I owned 3 before going 100% digital 5 years ago) and streamer offerings. Nonetheless, the brand is a shadow of its former self in decades past. It’s so sad. I have 2 LK 140’s, 1LK 85 and 4 Linn Kolecktor’s (all from around 2004-5) and could not be happier with their sound, build quality, worry free reliability and small chassis size. I never owned Linn speakers....never even saw any other than on the internet. I too am a Naim fan for all the same reasons as Linn, despite their larger chassis size. I have recommended it to several friends given its better availability than Linn in our local, small market area where the Linn dealers have vanished. I know you will continue to enjoy your Linn kit as I will mine. Cheers!!

@@Michael-xz1nk they’re still a very strong brand, but the price of entry is very high now, even more so in the US thanks to all the added layers of cost such as shipping, import duties, distributors cut, and local sales taxes. I bought a Majik I amplifier at the age of 16 with my own wages, it cost me £800 which seemed a lot of money (it was), now their entry level amplifier is £3000, granted it also includes a superb streamer, but it’s a big chunk in one go and is beyond the means of most young budding audiophiles.

You are certainly correct about current Linn pricing for both young and older folks. The comparable to my LK140 amp ( $1,500 new) is the Akurate 2200....now $5,600 for just a little more power. Its nuts and just too much .money IMO. What Linn electronics do you own? I could not tell from your video’s. Also, any issues with heat.. being stacked in cabinets with little room to breathe? Looks like another great Linn system!!!

I’d say that’s a great amp and speaker combination you have there not a bad idea to get a quad 303 and just keep the preamp of the Nad I think I would actually prefer that to quad preamp .

Yes I’m not sure but I think I had one of those I think it was great that was a long time ago if I get my hands on one I’m definitely going to review it K

Thanks for the info can’t say I know all about that sensitivity question

@@jupitermoongauge4055 my 306 really is the best all rounder with enough weight, power and clarity on enough styles of listening to be the go to option for me. The 303 is nice and warm but not as clean. Does well with vinyl but lacks sparkle for other sources. The 405 is a close second and has more power on tap but again lacks something on busier productions. They can all, at times, sound a bit muddled and lose a bit of steam on busy passages of music. Possibly where a recap would help. They excel at clean sparsely produced jazz, acoustic and classical music. The 306 gets the most use from me and possibly as a result of being used regularly sounds the best/most alive even with more modern electronic productions and rock. Does well with TV materials too. Signal path: arcam fmj dv29 playing CDs (internally attenuated) - alps BV passive attenuator - quad 306 (rev1-1986) - mission 792 speakers using vandamme LC shotgun 0.5m interconnects and audioquest long grain bi wire speaker cable. Sounds good to me.

Yes I have been putting my bass and treble on zero for probably 20 years now it’s true boosting these things just distort things the soundstage et cetera. Cheers from London K

Thanks for the feedback K

Why is it Naim always has an excuse for not sounding proper...are Naimies in denial? I'm not Naim bashing as I currently own a Naim integrated (my 3rd) but it kind of makes me wonder. In any case Naim has always been about speed and timing, for a more visceral sound you're probably better off looking elsewhere which is what I'm currently thinking about.

@@mikecees2230 Agreed! There always an excuse. It buzzes...they all do that. You need to buy special speaker cable...Why? Get this upgrade form such and such, it will sound much better....I have a Naim, basic model, sounds good. But...........

I owned a Naim NAIT 2 for years. The dealer emphasized the need for naim speaker cables but I assumed he was exaggerating the differences and I was very frugal with a tight budget so never bought them- it still sounded great. I sold it on a while back and recently picked up NAIT 5i. Did some more research and if what I read is to believed amps generally have some kind of inductance matching network just before output to speaker terminals and Naim forgoes this by using high inductance speaker cable. Apparently some of the models (not the 5i though) can actually self destruct if used with improper inductance speaker cables! (Quite a risk to build it that way in my opinion but they have never shied away from being quirky -lol). I purchased some Linn K20 speaker cable (same spec as it was basically lifted from Naim’s supplier at the time). The sound was more detailed and less grainy without a doubt better to my ears. That said, his complaints about the Naim sound (the emptiness between the sounds) strange as that sounds seems to capture something I notice too (despite the proper cables - which are a must) and you either get used to it or move on I guess. I may be moving on. It has lots of great qualities but up against a quad 33/303 it’s a little less natural and engaging to my ear and doesn’t reach as far into the deep bass regions.

I don’t think so the compact IMF has a cone mid range as I remember

@@stereoreviewx Okay

Yes once I overcome my fear of copyright problems K

I haven’t, but I can tell you. The two quads are very different animals.

Which would be your favorite?

@@dkokalanov well I only know the 520 and the 606 they are so different. I think of the 520 is more for a recording studio to make a really big sound 606 has a unhappy sound in the mid band if you asked me, so I’d probably pick the 520 now you ask

I have got a funny feeling you’re right

Tomato tomato

Wise words

Thanks for that K

@@stereoreviewx sorry I'm not abbreviated with text speak k.??

Kelvin

@@stereoreviewx sorry about that ok haha