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Author:  majjen04 [ Wed Dec 15, 2004 00:07 ]
Post subject:  Re: stereophile:s products of the year 2004!
majjen04 wrote:
1. Linn Unidisk 1.1 multichannel universal Player blev den första Linn produkten, visst är den skaplig, men jag har hört bättre.

2. Länge sedan denna Linn produkt blev korad till the products of the year!
Vilken den var jo givetvis linn Sondek LP12/Lingo med en "simpel"Ekos
arm Nypris endast 6295 Us dollars. Sedan bör man ju ha en pickup
också tex Linn Akiva för endast 2995 Us dollars. LP12:an kom tex
före Kuzma Reference Turntable med Air Line tonarm som kostar
hela 15000 Us dollars utan pickup :shock: :shock: :shock:

Jag har nu två Products of the year 2004 hemma, givetvis en LP12:a men också en Krell Kav 400XI förstärkare (vann förstärkarklassen), den passar faktiskt bra med LP12:an

Mvh
Kenth
Så här står det!

2004 Analog Source Component
Linn Sondek LP12/Lingo turntable & Ekos tonearm (review) ($6295; reviewed by Michael Fremer, Vol.26 No.11, November 2003)
Runners-Up (in alphabetical order):
Kuzma Reference turntable & Air Line tonearm (review) ($15,000; reviewed by Michael Fremer, Vol.27 Nos.8 & 9, August & September 2004)
Linn Akiva MC phono cartridge (review) ($2995; reviewed by Michael Fremer & Art Dudley, Vol.26 No.11 & Vol.27 No.10, November 2003 & October 2004)
Musical Fidelity M1 turntable & SME M2 tonearm ($5600; reviewed by Michael Fremer & Sam Tellig, Vol.27 No.3, March 2004)
Origin Live Resolution Modern turntable & Encounter tonearm ($4465; reviewed by Michael Fremer, Vol.27 No.7, July 2004)
Sumiko Blackbird MC phono cartridge ($749; reviewed by Michael Fremer, Vol.27 No.1, January 2004)
VPI Scoutmaster turntable & JMW Memorial tonearm ($2400; reviewed by Michael Fremer, Vol.27 No.9, September 2004)
Despite the contenders being superb examples of modern analog design—or, as Ice Cool JA might put it, "wearing all the bling"—it was the Linn Sondek LP12, launched more than 30 years ago, that absolutely ran away with this year's prize. Originally reviewed in Stereophile 20 years ago, in Vol.7 No.2, the LP12 went on to earn the top spot in our 2002 "Hot 100" list (Vol.25 No.11), for which JA wrote, "It has brought the sonic benefits of belt drive and a suspended chassis to more audiophiles than all other high-end 'tables combined." Oh. Is that all?



While the long-established LP12 has held fast to its basic suspended design, its many detailed upgrades and modifications have only continued to impress our writers—it won the most total votes in any single category this year. Powered by the Lingo and suited up with the Ekos tonearm, Akiva cartridge, and Linto phono preamp, the LP12 had Michael Fremer just a little bit in awe.

"A legend can be intimidating," MF wrote, "especially when it's a classic, a revolutionary, an iconoclast, a survivor." And, yes, the Linn Sondek LP12 is all of this without the bling, simply keeping it real for generation after generation

Mvh
Kenth
Author:  majjen04 [ Wed Dec 15, 2004 00:10 ]
Post subject:  Re: stereophile:s products of the year 2004!
majjen04 wrote:
1. Linn Unidisk 1.1 multichannel universal Player blev den första Linn produkten, visst är den skaplig, men jag har hört bättre.

2. Länge sedan denna Linn produkt blev korad till the products of the year!
Vilken den var jo givetvis linn Sondek LP12/Lingo med en "simpel"Ekos
arm Nypris endast 6295 Us dollars. Sedan bör man ju ha en pickup
också tex Linn Akiva för endast 2995 Us dollars. LP12:an kom tex
före Kuzma Reference Turntable med Air Line tonarm som kostar
hela 15000 Us dollars utan pickup :shock: :shock: :shock:

Jag har nu två Products of the year 2004 hemma, givetvis en LP12:a men också en Krell Kav 400XI förstärkare (vann förstärkarklassen), den passar faktiskt bra med LP12:an
Så här står det också!

2004 Digital Source Component
Linn Unidisk 1.1 multichannel universal player (review) ($10,995; reviewed by Kalman Rubinson, Vol.26 No.12, December 2003)
Runners-Up (in alphabetical order):
Arcam FMJ CD33 CD player (review) ($2499; reviewed by John Atkinson & Art Dudley, Vol.27 Nos.7 & 11, July & November 2004)
Benchmark DAC1 D/A headphone amplifier (review) ($975; reviewed by John Marks & John Atkinson, Vol.26 No.7 & Vol.27 No.5, July 2003 & May 2004)
Burmester 001 CD player (review) ($14,995; reviewed by Brian Damkroger, Vol.26 No.12, December 2003)
Krell SACD Standard SACD player (review) ($4000; reviewed by Michael Fremer, Vol.26 No.12, December 2003)
Lavry Engineering DA2002 D/A processor (review) ($8500; reviewed by John Atkinson, Vol.27 No.8, August 2004)
Marantz DV8400 universal player (review) ($1694; reviewed by Kalman Rubinson, Vol.27 No.5, May 2004)
McIntosh MDA 1000 D/A processor ($8000; reviewed by Sam Tellig, Vol.27 No.7, July 2004)
Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista SACD player (review) ($6495; reviewed by Michael Fremer, John Atkinson, & Sam Tellig, Vol.26 Nos.5, 7, & 12, May, July, & December 2003)
Primare D30.2 CD player (review) ($2250; reviewed by Brian Damkroger, Vol.27 No.6, June 2004)
Simaudio Moon Equinox CD player (review) ($2000; reviewed by John Atkinson, Vol.27 No.9, September 2004)
Sony SCD-XA9000ES SACD player (review) ($2999; reviewed by John Atkinson & Kalman Rubinson, Vol.26 No.12 & Vol.27 No.5, December 2003 & May 2004)
Confession: I, Stephen Mejias, am not an audiophile. I don't know how the audiophile brain works, until I started writing this feature I didn't know what kind of sandwich the audiophile eats for lunch, I don't know where the audiophile rests his tweeter at night. This is why I have John Atkinson.



JA just came over to my desk, as a matter of fact, to let me know that he'd soon be going out for a sandwich—"Curried chicken in a hero. Alert the media."—and noticed that I was working on the entry for "Digital Source of 2004." In his usual fortune-cookie-like manner, he shed some wisdom on the topic: "It's not that the Linn is necessarily the best-sounding product among this year's contenders, it's that it's a one-box solution for all of our audiophile needs." Ah-ha, sensei. The audiophile craves ease, efficiency, value, quality!

Just ask Kal Rubinson: "The Linn Unidisk 1.1 does everything that a player can be asked to do, and does it all superbly....If you just want a player that will play all stereo programs, regardless of format, with great sound, this is it."

So, as it turns out, what the audiophile desires most is not so different from what any of us desires most; that is, happiness. Happiness is exactly what the Unidisk 1.1 brought to many of our writers.

Mvh
Kenth
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