I’m doing alright mate. You can read about it on Dan’s thread. Been some recent set backs. But I am positive.
I think your decisions are brave, bold and beautiful!
Big decision to sell the NDS and 2 x 555PSs.
The LP12 level that you have is at the sweet spot. You’ve got a great set up there. I went full Klimax and it’s fabulous. But when the turntable was at your level it sounded very sweet indeed. You’ve basically got Selekt level.
How are you getting on with new amplification?
I shall have a catch up on your thread mate, Iv not been on here for months, been so busy with work
I think brave for sure 
when I first changed from streaming I wasn’t 100% sure if I’d done the right thing but the turntable I bought new from a local dealer to me, same place I bought my nds from, a few weeks of running the lp12 and I knew I’d made the right choice.
As far as the 552/500 goes, I can’t believe how good my system sounds! Getting the 500 made a huge difference vs the 300 I had, it’s almost like the louder parts of music rather than just getting louder, it gets more intense. Nothing really gets compressed as the music unfolds
In just going to do the odd upgrade on the turntable until I’m at the same level as yours I think, will start with the psu and work my way through until I finish at phono stage
The Radikal 2 is the biggest upgrade and if you go for Klimax version it will be the most expensive. I would highly recommend the Klimax version. Linn normally do a deal if you get Radikal 2 and Urika 1 at the same time.
I was just going to go for the Radikal 2 standard but dealer made some nice offers. He had all the stuff I wanted and the prices were good. So I ended up going from your level to full Klimax in one hit. The icing on the cake is I managed to pick up a nearly new Kandid on eBay for £1400.
My Keel and Ekos SE/1 were bought used from dealer. The Urika 1 and KRadikal 2 were brand new although were sold at ex demo prices. He travelled 600 miles return trip to install along with a used 552DR. He also part exchanged the 52, Supercap 2, Ekos 2, Kore.
Linn upgrades without discount are extremely expensive. Welcome to the LP12 club mate!
Do you have space to split the stack into two lower ones? You’d get a very significant upgrade, for a relatively modest sum.
Wow so you did it all in one go, I bet that was a huge difference especially with you going 552!
I did see that you went 500 series across the board, congrats mate. It’s a whole new world!
I think this summer linn we’re doing buy an upgrade and get the second half price, I’m hoping they do it this summer, my plan is to do the psu and sub chassis in one go as the first step.
I bought my lp 12 from Rob at Adventures in Hifi, not far from me really, he did a really good job setting the whole thing up and the turntable was ex demo prices but I got the better arm (arko)
Funny you say that mate, when I had my nds I had two stacks but it was taking over my living room and was getting a bit tall because it was under a window
I’m going to be stripping the system down this week because I’m not happy with the burndies
Do you think my stacking order looks about right?
Now you have less stuff you could keep it much lower. The top of a tall Fraim is not a good place for an LP12, especially as it’s now your only source. A low double Fraim will work wonders.
I was hoping you weren’t going to say that mate
Ha ha. You know it makes sense. Hopefully you still have the other base stashed away somewhere. A gap between the 552 and 500 would be a very good idea if you can manage it. The 552 could then the on top, where it’s happiest.
Yes mate. I had Ekos 2, Kore, Dynavector XX2 Mk11, Karousel, Trampolin 2. Phono stage was expensive Tom Evans The Groove +SRX power supply, Lingo 1. And it sounded superb.
I sold Trampolin 2, phono stage, Dynavector cart and Lingo 1 privately for good money.
But yes I went from above LP12 and 52 to 552DR and Full Klimax LP12 in one hit.
Have got full loom Super Lumina now too mate.
Back when I had the nds and two 555’s I did have my 552 on the top shelf, seemed to do the job!
I don’t have the base pack anymore but I could get one, I do much prefere the system on one stack to look at, it’s not a huge room
I bet that sounds brilliant, I remember you were talking about going full loom on superlumina a while ago
No scallas as of yet?
If it works for you then stick with it. I dislike the tower of power look, and think twin low stacks look so much better. The fact it sounds so much better was reason enough for me to do it. But seeing these big systems makes me so pleased I now have just one little box of electronics.
In my room one big stack looks better than the two smaller ones did, it’s the cable dressing that is almost impossible I was excited when the nap500 arrived so I didn’t quite spend the time.
I’m going to do that this week I think
I have considered the Scalas and was tempted to buy some in Imperial Red but timing was poor. They were older ones too and not the latest incarnation.
On reconsideration my Sopra 2s are wonderful sounding and work well in my room. I have the Gaia 1s on them now.
Scalas would be very nice. My fear is they are overkill for my room size which is around 4.5m x 3.5m.
The Super Lumina speaker cables are 3 weeks old and are running in. I have two sets as I have them running to Speaker/Amp switch. They are more refined and detailed than the Naca 5, which are excellent as well.
My AV and HiFi system are a true nightmare for the likes of those such as @HungryHalibut, who want hardly any cables.
I have a Marantz SA12SE arriving soon brand new to be used as CD transport! So box count will be 14.
The system sounds brilliant. Effortless power, incredibly refined, detailed and faultless execution.
AV system has been upgraded as well with Anthem AV amp and fitted two more speakers.
What I have done is created the system of my dreams and I am not disappointed!
The stacking order is right for one stack.
As @HungryHalibut 2 stacks is better than one as you know. It should sound better.
But it looks pretty good. If it does what you want then leave it. I have 3 stacks and I need it!
There’s plenty with 500 system on one stack, with taller stacks than yours.
That’s funny, Dan, I thought from the pictures that your room was much larger than that. I imagine you have speakers on the short wall. Our room is 5m by 3.6m, with the speakers firing across. I imagine your Sopras would work here if they were on the short wall, but Scalas would, I think, be a step too far and very dominant. Maybe what you need is a pair of DBLs, which would sit hard against the wall. A thought to sleep on!
Through tricks of photography I make the room look larger! But you are right it’s actually 5m x 4m!! (Just measure it).
I reckon Scalas are overkill. I would consider other speakers over what I have such as Kudos 808s or something from Magico, ProAc and so on.
I don’t feel the need to make changes to the speakers. They do need to be well into the room though.
So speakers are along the long wall. Short wall has the 3 Fraims. That’s a dogleg wall as there is a small WC room behind it. So the wall length there is 3m.
So you must sit rather close to the speakers, given they need to be out from the wall. The Scalas need huge space behind, as you know from the Naim dem room. So DBLs it is. You know it makes sense! The Kudos 808 should be ok, but at a price.
My ears are 2.8 metres from the speakers.
I am not getting DBLs! 