13th would work…
Nice system, thanks for sharing. I think USM Haller builds very appealing living room elements that are also in line with the trend for modern living rooms. However, they are less suitable as hi-fi or high-end racks. The shelves are made of metal, which resonates strongly. If you don’t want a rack (like Fraim), there are special hi-fi furnitures from various manufacturers (e.g. SwissHD), which also fits perfectly into modern living environments. I suspect you would take a big step forward in terms of sound quality.
I also read somewhere about a supplier who offers special damping elements for USM Haller. Unfortunately, I can no longer find the link. That could also be an option if you want to stick with USM.
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Very nice system indeed, and lovely USM rack.
Had my system on USM and changed to FRAIM. I didn’t expect it, but it made quite a difference.
MArco 
PS: The panels suggested by Wilfried are called AVP (Anti Vibration Panel) and are supplied by “BETONart audio”.
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@Bouda I have now found the company after all. You can find them under “betonart-audio” via google.
Great, thanks for the tip! Reassuringly, the whole site is in German - I’m halfway purchasing 2 without even reading it 
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I can only say wow, very good speakers the Linn kan mk1 with later version, work very well with my Uniti 1, and have some bass 
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the Linn kan mk1 with later version,…
with what later version please?
Looks like a beautiful place to listen to music.
Always loved the look of USM furniture. Always featured in the IWC watch magazines.
Enjoy 
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There was a change to the original Kan at, I believe the serial number 24,000, maybe 25,000, with the later ones having a better tweeter. Mine were one of first of the revised versions, some time in summer 1983.
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Sadly, I won’t be able to make it this time. I’m reliably informed (by my wife) that we have a full dance card for the three days we’re in WA. However, we’ve been visiting the Seattle area regularly, so I’ll let you know when we’re heading there again.
Definitely a front-end hierarchy theory in delightful action here
My 552/500 have gone on a well earned summer vocation, booked themselves into a health retreat in sunny Salisbury where they can enjoy some time out having their circuits massaged.
In the meantime i have until August to enjoy this wonderful 72/hicap/180 olive trio that has substituted themselves in the fraim with surprising musicality marvels 
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Thought I’d post a few pictures of the system whilst listening.
The speakers are 3M apart and I sit approximately 3.3M back, dead central. They just disappear with perfect stereo imaging. Most of the time anyway.
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I have Linn Kans mk1 and I’m considering a purchase of the original (hard to drive) Linn Saras.
Do you have any experience comparing these two loudspeakers?
The sleeping lion…looks almost exactly like the beautiful lion in Stoke Newington’s Abney Park Cemetery, asleep on the grave of Frank Bostock, lion tamer:
Where did you find it? I’d love one!
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‘The Chatsworth Sleeping Lion’.
The originals of the sculptures can be found in the sculpture gallery at Chatsworth, Derbyshire. In 1823 the sixth Duke commissioned Ronaldo Rinaldi and Francesco Benaglia to copy the lions from the Canova sculpture in Saint Peter’s Rome.
I’ve had them many years, bought at the Chatsworth antiques shop.
Everyone that comes to visit always comments on them. The real size ones are sooooo majestic.
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sounds good
I love the real ones. Doubt I could afford a life size copy, though!
The wide awake one is more dramatic…
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I have MK1 Kans and MK1 Sara’s two very different speakers. The thing is you can’t defy the laws of physics. A bigger cabinet is going to give you more bass and then add in the isobarik loading you get exceptional bass that the Kans just can’t reproduce from such a tiny cabinet. The Sara’s just have more of everything over the Kans especially dynamics and punch and a richness to the sound the Kans can’t match. Don’t get me wrong the Kans are a fantastic little speaker and excel in the midrange, they are open and fast and can leave you wondering how such incredible sound can come from such a tiny speaker.
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You would need a seriously large listening room to accommodate them. 
Although a Duke can obviously afford such a thing.
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