This LP12 originally built in the mid 1970s has been through a number of upgrades – that last of which was in the early 1980s, so it is long past ready for a revamp. The Valhalla Power supplied failed, and this prompted our customer to bring it in for some TLC. The original plan was […]
11
Aug
Aug
A customer recently wanted us to breathe new life into a Linn Axis they had bought new. The Axis turntable was introduced in October 1989 as a reasonable quality entry level turntable, and finally discontinued in March 1994. This model from ~1991 came to us in a reasonable state, and a quick look over highlighted […]
29
Jul
Jul
This LP12 originally built in 1991, came in for its latest upgrade – new Power Supply, Motor, Sub-Chassis, and Phono Stage. We had upgraded this LP12 with a rebuild of the Akito tonearm, a Koil cartridge, Karousel bearing and Kore sub-chassis a while ago. Now it is back for the next step on its route […]
22
Jul
Jul
Join us for a laid back evening of drinks, food, and smooth Jazz as we move towards the end of Summer in our air conditioned showrooms. This is far from elevator music, but a carefully selected playlist of very talented artists, great recordings and surprisingly foot-tappy songs from the likes of Mezzoforte, Djabe, Yellowjackets, Taimane, […]
20
Jul
Jul
This particular customer has had an interesting journey with us, upgrading his HiFi system over the years and had a Linn Klimax DSM/3 (Organik) with a Utopik upgrade, driving a Naim NAC552 pre-amplifier and a pair of Naim NAP350 power amplifiers. Speakers are Dali Epikore 7’s with Dali SCRM-230ST speaker cables. After attending our open […]
15
Jul
Jul
This Linn LP12 brought in for an “interim” upgrade in order to enjoy rediscovering a vinyl collection prior to a more significant upgrade in the future. Dating from about 1987, this turntable had not been touched since, and after 39 years was in need of a little TLC. Together with the customer, we decided on […]
26
May
May
Ever wanted a peek under the hood of a Linn Klimax DSM? – Here’s an early one which we were asked to upgrade. The upgrade is relatively simple to perform, though we much prefer to do it in our workshop in a static safe environment, just to be on the safe side. The Utopik power […]
14
May
May
Background One of our customers has had a Statement system in his main home for some years now and we’ve been upgrading parts of it on the usual but exciting HiFi journey that many of us go along. In the past we’ve always been a great advocate for Bi-Amping loudspeakers (Particularly Dali) because this has […]
27
Mar
Mar
We were asked to bring a customer’s Linn LP12 back to life, and when we received it, we discovered it dated from 1974 with having virtually nothing done to it since then! We gave it a full service including new springs and rubber suspension parts, a bearing wash-out and re-charge. Also a thorough clean up […]
06
Feb
Feb
To celebrate our new showroom re-fit we’re having a musical evening playing some mainstream favourites, but also some very new albums we’ve discovered recently. Artists like “Pineapple Thief” “Djabe – with Steve Hackett” (Genesis) “Kieran Brown” “Anette Askvik”. We also want to hear your suggestions – bring some ideas or vinyl along with you. As […]
07
Jan
Jan
This is one of those projects where you already know what the outcome will be – The upgrade to Linn’s new Sub-chassis the Keel SE, lifts the lid on more music in a delightful way. This customer has brought in his 1991 LP12 to us before and we upgraded it to the Keel Sub-chassis, Radikal […]
31
Oct
Oct
Linn are clearly thinking a lot about trade-ins following on from their offers for upgrading to their power amplifiers. They are now supporting trade-in deals for their streaming players: Klimax DSM Selekt Edition DSM Select Classic DSM Magik DSM If you want to upgrade your existing system to one of these, come and talk […]
17
Oct
Oct
Linn are currently offering a generous £3,500 trade-in against your old amplifier when you upgrade to a pair of Linn Klimax Solo 500 or Klimax Solo 800 amplifiers. The price you pay = Standard Solo price – Linn Trade-in – HiFi Cinema old-amp Trade-in value This extends the original Solo trade-in offer from Linn which […]
16
Oct
Oct
Once upon a time we used to use the Logitech Harmony remote controls in many of our projects. We liked this remote because it was simple, affordable and got the job done with minimal fuss. There were of course some shortcomings, however these were usually circumventable. Logitech dropped the Harmony remotes in 2021, and we’ve […]
09
Oct
Oct
Linn have just announced the latest upgrades for the LP12: Keel SE and Klimax Radikal. Keel SE takes the milled from the solid concept of the Keel, and applies a Finite Element Analysis to it. This analysis determines where the stresses are within the Keel, and allows Linn to add reinforcing to stiffen the sub-chassis […]
02
Oct
Oct
A customer recently brought in an old Pioneer PL112D turntable to get sorted. He had put a new drive-belt on, but it refused to play anything.. a quick check revealed that the stylus was destroyed & he opted to replace the old cartridge with an Ortofon 2M Red. This was duly fitted, however we noticed […]
23
Sep
Sep
When DALI announced that they were producing an outdoor speaker, we didn’t exactly hold our breath, however we did eventually order a pair to see what they were like, with a couple of projects in mind. When these turned up, the first thought was that the box was larger than we were expecting… Looking […]
05
Sep
Sep
The HiFi Rose RS520 streaming amp, is the HiFi the geek in you has always wanted.. It hits well on the numbers with a punchy 250Wpc output, has a large touch-screen display (pretty much the whole of the front panel), and sounds pretty good too. This has clearly been designed by engineers for engineers, and […]
04
Sep
Sep
Our fabulous DALI Kore speakers are all packed up ready for their next adventure. With the current weather, this took a bit of juggling to find a window where it wasn’t blowing a gale or chucking it down with rain… We ended up borrowing a Gazebo to protect them in the case of showers […]
22
Aug
Aug
Two new products from Linn Join us on the evening of Thursday the 9th October from 6pm for another of our legendary musical evenings. We will be playing a great selection of music on an all Linn system and you’ll be the first to hear these two new products from Linn. No – we’re not […]