Linn
14 December 2019
Thorens TD1601 Turntable
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Having changed owners has clearly worked out well for the beloved Thorens brand. The TD1601 strikes precisely the right balance between classic values and modern engineering. It offers all the benefits of the best classic Thorens turntables along with very high build quality and significantly improved sound at a very sensible price.
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26 November 2019
Smooth, fluid, transparent and extremely finely detailed, they relay music with a finesse and lyricism that is rare in generic and in this price class in particular.
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26 December 2014
The Big Turntable Comparison
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Technics SL1210, Technics SL-7, Pioneer SL-L1000, Yamaha PX-2, Avid Volvere, Linn LP12 and Thorens TD160MKII.
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15 November 2013
Much like the Sonic Frontiers Transport 3, the CD12 is a real eyecatcher.
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11 October 2012
CD Mechanism Masterpieces – Linn
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Linn is known perhaps most for its legendary LP12 turntable, but their CD12 also has made quite a name for itself
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9 October 2012
CD Mechanism Masterpieces
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Remember when CD players were built immaculately and used heavy, smoothly operating CD mechanisms?
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16 July 2012
The very best Meridian Sooloos Streaming Audio.
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30 May 2012
The new Dynamik power supply and a newly designed circuitboard make sure that the Klimax DS stays on top.
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27 May 2012
Meridian Sooloos MD600 and MS600
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After being so enthusiastic about the MC200 and almost having purchased one, I decided to first review its bigger brothers.
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5 April 2012
Naim NDX, CDX2, DAC and XPS2
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After being so enthusiastic about the UnitiQute and Uniti, I was curious to find out how much more there would be in the Naims higher up on the scale.
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1 April 2012
Wadia S7i CD Player
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Wadia S7i is compared to the Wadia 861, PS Audio PWD MKII and Linn Klimax DS/0.
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An upgrade that positively transforms the PWD.
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24 January 2012
Linn Klimax DS Network Player
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The Klimax DS/0 was the first high end music streamer.
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26 December 2011
WAV and Tagging
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WAV or AIFF files may appear to have tags when they are accessed through applications such as iTunes and Winamp, but in fact the data may only reside in these apps' database, because they don't actually write tags to these files themselves.
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26 November 2011
Musical Fidelity Clic
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Comparable in size to the Naim UnitiQute, the Musical Fidelity Clic promises even wider compatibility, albeit without built in amplifier.
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18 September 2011
There are a couple of methods for sending audiodata over an usb cable. Here's an explanation of the principles behind them and the advantages of one over another.
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12 August 2011
While my Levinson 390S was away for repairs, I had an Ayre CD player on loan, and once again tried a bunch of Marantzes. This time not just any Marantz though: after concluding that the CD80 was nice enough as a transport but not great as an integrated player and trying the ancient CD74 and […]
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24 August 2010
Treble
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Open, airy, rolled-off, dark, edgy etc, there is a lot to say about the high frequencies, but this is easily misinterpreted
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10 December 2009
This player reminded me strongly of the Weiss DAC2/Minerva da converter for its clean, tight, fast, open, business-like and dry sound.
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