Linn active setup?

[kanini]

hi folks. Newbie here so first post.

Can you offer your advice please?

just got a room ready for my hifi, including single speaker cable through the walls and floor.

Already got an Ion Obelisk amp and a technics sl1210 turntable

now I need some speakers, before getting a decent turntable and a digital streamer.

however, my mate has offered me a Linn active setup as follows for a grand.

3 Lk100 power amps

Linn Kaber speakers with kustone stands.

active cards and interconnects and 3 power supplies.

question is, I realise this was really good kit, but is it worth going for, or will technology have moved on since and I'm better just using my obelisk with some new speakers?

I would probably use my obelisk as a preamp but would waste my speaker cable spend and effort as I'd need to triwire the active setup.

Any advice welcome

Kanini

 

[spiny norman]

Provided you can hear the system working and you like the sound, at £1k I'd grab his arm off. A seriously good set-up, and that money wouldn't even buy you a pair of much less capable active speakerettes.

 

[steve_1979]

There's an awful lot of kit there for £1000. I haven't heard it myself but it certainly looks like good value.

 

[CnoEvil]

Hi Kanini, and welcome to the forum.

As others have said, you need to listen.

FWIW I have an LK100 (Kairn Pre) with Karik/Numerik and MA R852s, which sounds very well. I would expect the Active setup to be a good step up from that.

Linn have changed their sonic signature from those days, to something more lively and detailed which for me, can be a little on the analytical side.

IMO. It's well worth considering.

 

[the record spot]

£1000 for that lot is a steal. Buy it!

 

[kanini]

thanks for the feedback so far. I think I'm getting the general consensus!

 

[CnoEvil]

If you end up getting it, let us know how it goes.