I have gone for some of the Linn uogrades,but rebadging a cartridge and charging a premium for it suggests a certain arrogance, unless of course, Linn have actually specified changes resulting in improved performance.
Iād expect the cart to be made to Linnās spec same as with previous AT derivatives.
Letās hope so for any prospective purchasers.
Iāve had my Aro since 2004 used it on a Dynavector DV 20L then went to aMicro Benz Wood SL. Upgraded to a Kiseki Blue NS 5 years ago, the combination with the Aro is sublime.
I might be wrong one of the reasons the Aro works so well on the Linn is the weight the 3 springs are virtually equally compressed? Whereas on the Linn tone arms the back springs are more compressed? Only my opinion.
I have no intention of changing the Aro for any of their arms.
Regards,
Martin
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Specs are out there and are the same, I donāt think thereās even room for speculation with the Koil. They know the people willing to pay double either donāt know about it or have a sense of brand loyalty thatās borderline pathological.
Specs have been published and are the same.
It would be interesting to know if Linn have ever considered that. Naturally, we will never know!
C.
And why would you? Unless you planned on making a downgrade!
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Apart from the basics these donāt tell the whole story. I really canāt see Linn doing badge engineering and AT wouldnāt be likely to go along with it either.
I generally purchase hifi based on how it sounds to me rather than looking at specs.
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We can all believe whatever we want to believe, the fact is that it is the same body, the same cantilever, the same stylus and the same specs. Linn is now pushing to their dealers some dubious talking points about the suspension having been redesigned, but they wonāt publish compliance specs. How convenientā¦
Well one doesnāt know until one listens to these new products
Wouldnāt get too uptight about it until that happens
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Linn have āformā here - going way backā¦ No surprises.
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Thats no surprise, any business have some sort of marketing action, even the local butcher.
Whether you like their method or not is another matter.
I never cared for what Linn said since they refused to service my kit back then, Buy new they said.
I did but it wasnāt Linn and will never be Linn again.
The CD12, Klout, LP12 etc was great, - when it worked.
Now I have a spare i/c branded Linn, thats it.
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Indeed. I still remember being laid into by Linnās Head of Service for tampering with my Sara speakers.
In fact I hadnāt touched them. Instead, some of the T nuts which the bass driver bolts screwed into had been pushed out during re-assembly at the Linn factory, so my bass drivers were free to flop about.
Funnily enough, even buying a new Linn Karma cartridge and turntable motor supply board didnāt improve the soggy flat bass, so I was a bit miffed to finally track down the issue to lack of care by Linn when upgrading drive units in my speakers.
When we (my Linn dealer and I) told Linnās Head of Service what had really happened, no apology was forthcoming.
The Saras were sold shortly after and replaced by a far more musical pair of EPOS ES14, which loved being on the end of a Naim 32.5/Hicap/250!
I still havenāt forgiven Linn for its arrogance and rudeness to a repeat customer.
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There were some R&D and tweakings from Linn, itās not about simply rebadging a cartridge and charging a premium. There is a FB link where the Linn CEO and engineers discuss it.
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Couldnāt find a link on Linnās FB page. What was it that they discussed?
For some reason, I cannot enter the FB link here.
Please donāt post links here to other forums or social media sites. Thanks.
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