haraldo;264047 Wrote: > quote: it's intended to be part of a top-end Linn system > > This is really great.... > You buy an insanely expensive player, and it's so incredibly inflexible > that you are forced to use it with the rest of the similarly priced Linn > Klimax range > > This really provides nice choices to the consumers > > So how do you go about if Linn introduces a $35.000 DSP based room > correction that may be added to the DS, you don't have a choice. > > With a transporter or another player with a sound architecture you have > all the choices in the world. > > I am scared if a high-end niche player says jump, and many of us follow > them and jump. > > I refer to what a high-end dealer in Norway told me: > We sell a lot of high-end products with extremely flashy looks, you may > do way better if you buy something cheaper but it won't look as good, > that's why we're providing alternative casings to some of the cheaper > products. > We have customers that want something that sounds good but looks much > better. > > That's not my words, but a high-end dealer words.... > > I'm not missing any points. I'm just advising against blindly following > the advice of reviewers and high-end "pushers". > > Paying $15000 for looks and $5000 for performance is fine, just don't > expect it to provide high performance per bucks. > > Regards > > Harald N Sadly you are still missing the point. Exactly which part of this don't you get:
1) the DS is a source not a pre-amp/controller 2) It's intended to be used with a controller that has all the features needed for digital RC if you wan't to use digital RC. My 8-year old Linn 5103 controller has a digital loop that can drive my TACT 2.2x - what's the problem? 3) Value is perceived by the purchaser. Is a Ferrari worth the money - no. Is a Rolex worth the money - no. If you bought either, would you care if it was worth the money or not...NO! You didn't buy it for value-for-money reasons. You bought it because you wanted it and could afford it. Nothing else matters. 4) Linn is a niche top-end vendor - they aren't trying to force anything on anyone in their market or any other market. 5) What Linn says or does will not affect directly anyone other than the 0.001% of the market that buys their products. 6) WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM? - and stop paying too much credence to dealers (or manufacturers) - they are ONLY there to make money out of you. Business is business. 6) There is no 6 Regards Phil (feeling a small migraine starting to bloom) -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X with Good Vibrations S/W - MF X-DAC V3/X-PSU/X-10 buffer (Audiocomm full mods)- Linn 5103 - Linn Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber & Chord cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38815 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
