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Thank the gods PS Audio is not like Linn …
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Agreed, so we have something to choose,
PS Audio is very much for the classic high end passive speaker systems. According to the principle of: “there is only one substitute for cubic inch, … that is more cubic inch”. Linear power supplies, class A/B high power in the high end series and A/D high power in the budget friendly series. Very good sounding, I loved the sound and also enclosure design of my Stellar Gain Cell DAC, for the 1.5 year it worked. Thus, I do not like the built quality.
Which is the point I like Linn. Their design looks like a million dollar live style product. Clean and rock solid designs, active speaker approach, allowing compact equipment and equally relative compact speakers to deliver good sound without making the living space look like a electrical sub station.
It is above my pay grade. Perhaps not if you look at component level, but changing from passive speaker system to active speaker system you basically need to buy the entire system at once. Even if you buy the passive speaker system Majik, it all looks so good together that there is no point at buying a single component.
Linn offers ultimate system synergy. Bad for the investment but good for the looks and functionality.
With integration of streaming and vinyl and music production Linn has been leading the industry. Linn was 10 to 15 years ago where PS Audio still hopes to be next year or thereafter. It is a company with 50 years of history, delivering iconic products and keeping production in the home country of the company. All their PCB’s, metal works, speaker cabinets, etc. built in Scotland/UK. They import some goodies from Japanese or German specialists like tonearm or cartridges, but those do come from specialists made to Linn’s specification.