Conference hips::uk_audioo

    I almost forgot ...
    
    Chris Brooks Audio (Warrington and Stockport) are having a Linn Evening
    [at the Stockport/Manchester branch I think] where these goodies will
    (may) be on display.
    
    	Warrington = 0925 61212/3
    	Stockport  = 061 419 9050

    The Linn evening is at the Stockport shop, Oct. 10th.(I just called
    them up.) They told me it'll be the Linngo plus "one other item", not
    sure which.
    
    Dave
    (who's sulking because he's in the NW on business the previous night)

    I heard about the tuner as a "possible" when visiting Linn back in
    April. Nice to know it's almost here; I'm looking for a new tuner
    shortly, and at last I may have a use for all those spare buttons on my
    LK1 remote control :-)
    
    I guess the LK1 PSU is a logical next-step after the Linngo and the
    Spark.
    
    Dave

Well I spent 4 hours listening to the Lingo at the dealers on the weekend.

I heard an LP12/Akito/K9 with and without a Lingo (Serial #8).  Quite frankly
the sound with the Lingo was great. Much smoother and less "Forward" than that
without the box. Music more "Woven" together. To make matters more surprising
the LP12/Akito/K9/Lingo sounded better than an LP12/Ekos/AT-ART1 for the same
reasons. The Ekos/ART1 was certainly pulling more off the disk than the Akito/K9
but the presentation simply didn't compare. The Lingo made the music more
coherent and listenable. Almost like the difference I normally associate with
CD vs LP sound. Quite simply, I was staggered. For someone like me with an
LP12/Ittok/AT-F5, I can get a better upgrade for about half the price of an
Ekos. I ordered one immediately. I was told deliveries would be in November
as there is (not surprisingly) a waiting list. 

Then they put the Lingo board into the Ekos/ART1 equipped LP12. I have never
heard Rickie Lee Jones or Joe Cocker sound as good. Simply amazing. All the
detail was there, and the presentation was superb. I went all goose-bumbly.

I also had a look inside the box. It has a nice torrodial transformer and an
awful lot of electronics. I spent a thoughtful weekend wondering what in hell
all the bits did. After all, all it's doing is supplying a synchronous motor
with power. Conclusion is that it is probably *constructing* the nice sine-wave
power for the motor from the input current i.e. after the rectification. Any
other thoughts out there ? It certainly makes the Valhalla electronics seem
pretty half-baked by comparison...

All of you with LP12 have simply got to listen to the difference this box makes
to your system....

    The LK-1 PSU is to the called the Darik - not sure on spelling.
    According to those that know it makes ``one hell of a difference'' -
    MUCH more than Spark. The box is the same size as a LINNGO. Price -
    your guess is as good as mine - my guess is < 500.00.
    
    So Dave, another good reason not to buy those Kabers yet - who listens
    to the wireless any way ?
    
    (I wish Linn would make all their ``black'' boxes the same size)

    It was at the Chris Brooks Audio Linn open evening - but I couldn't get
    there ... still people who did here it there said it was a
    ``significant' improvement.

re .8

>    The tuner is the Kremlin so called because Radio Moscow was the
>    strongest signal when they powered up the prototype - well you did ask.
>    Pricing about twice that of the LK1 - what ever that costs these days..
>    Comes in a box the width of the LK-2. FM only.

Wow, must be some tuner that can pick up Radio Moscow on FM!! Assuming that
they were testing it in the UK. 

Nigel