Linn Majik CD player

[Κώστας Φ.]

Ο Art Dudley του Stereophile δοκιμάζει το νέο CD player της Linn. Τα συμπεράσματα άκρως θετικά και ταυτίζονται με τα πολύ θετικά αποτελέσματα που πήρε ο John Atkinson στο κομμάτι των εργαστηριακών μετρήσεων.

Conclusions
"I'm paid to be a good judge of sound, but as the comings and goings in my own system would suggest, I'm a rather poor judge of what may or may not satisfy a music lover in the long run—so I'm learning not to try. That said, I believe the Linn Majik CD player deserves special consideration by any shopper who needs a new source and whose budget can accommodate it. Its performance is brilliant, and it offers a generally high level of value for the money. To suggest that its manufacturer has a reputation for product longevity seems like a bit of an understatement.

The Linn Majik CD player delivered musical and sonic performance that was superb—no other word for it. Once again, here's a Linn that can only improve the majority of systems into which it's placed. Funny how things don't change."

Kαι το αντίστοιχο συμπέρασμα απο τις εργαστηριακές μετρήσεις:
"Other than that modest de-emphasis error, the Linn Majik's measured performance constitutes the state of the art for a 16-bit device."
—John Atkinson

Ολόκληρο το review εδώ.


Aν και μου είναι ιδιαίτερα συμπαθής η Linn ως κατασκευαστής, δε μπορώ να αντισταθώ, θα παραθέσω και την εισαγωγή του review:

"In the early 1980s, Ivor Tiefenbrun, of Linn Products, Ltd., compared digital audio to "a nasty disease" that his company offered not to spread. Less than 25 years later, digital sources outnumber analog ones in Linn's product line—so much so that the venerable Scottish manufacturer has expanded its line of disc players to encompass two different formats: multi- and two-channel."

Στη Linn δεν έλεγαν και το "Garbage In, Garbage Out"? Μέχρι που ξεκίνησαν να πουλάνε ηχεία και ενισχυτικά, εκτός απο πηγές, βεβαίως-βεβαίως... :respect: