You guys bust me up!, Ok, maybe 'crummy' was a bad choice of words. But remember I had one for like ten years. You owe it to yourself to 'listen' to something completely different and be honest with yourself. Find someone who has a GOOD, well set Garrad 301, or Thorens 124 and then hold on. I listen to everything, especially jazz and solo piano/guitar. The Linns is just sloppy, but so is a Thorens 150/160. You need to really jump into something like a VPI if you want to experience good belt drive. And I know that it is JUST MY OPINION, but it is an honest one.
Did you click the link in my previous post and read that Linn review? It is truly what I was experiencing. I went back to using an idler driven Dual 1229, which has been completely rebuilt. I put a Grace 747 arm on it with a Denon 103. Dead silent, soundstage is so deep and wide, and DYNAMICS, like a Linn is completely incapable of.
Linns, just sound 'soft' to me, and kinda boring. I am a musician, so maybe I am a little more critical, but I am involved in 'live music' nearly every day of my life, and that is what I want my hi-fi to recreate.
If the Linn does that for you, then there is no need to go further, it just didn't do it for me, and apparently not the gentlemen who started this post.
Cheers,
Norman
Did you click the link in my previous post and read that Linn review? It is truly what I was experiencing. I went back to using an idler driven Dual 1229, which has been completely rebuilt. I put a Grace 747 arm on it with a Denon 103. Dead silent, soundstage is so deep and wide, and DYNAMICS, like a Linn is completely incapable of.
Linns, just sound 'soft' to me, and kinda boring. I am a musician, so maybe I am a little more critical, but I am involved in 'live music' nearly every day of my life, and that is what I want my hi-fi to recreate.
If the Linn does that for you, then there is no need to go further, it just didn't do it for me, and apparently not the gentlemen who started this post.
Cheers,
Norman