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Linn Kairn internal battery replacement.

hello all,
I've just bought a second hand Linn Kairn (phono) and have powered it up to get the "ERR 2 dont panic" messge. It only cost me 300 dollars so I'm not too upset. Has anyone replaced the internal battery ?? If so does anyone know of a set of instructions anywhere. I've had the case off and its not obvious as to where it is. The brilliant power supply looks nice though.

I dont know much about this pre-amp, so general opinions/comments would be appreciated. I hope Its not going to be a bit of an Albertross.

Wishing you all well.

Myron.
borg7x9
borg7x9 OP
91 posts
 
Thanks Newmanoc,

I've found an ex-dem wilson benesch full circle (including ply) for around 2000USD which I'm contemplating at the moment. (I used to own an Orbe/smeV/MC30) and I've got around 2000 lp's. So in the long run it'll save me money in the purchace of software. Thats what I'm telling my partner anyway. I'm ver much looking forward to it.:-)
borg7x9 OP
91 posts
 
The continuing saga...........

I left the amp powered up over the last couple of days to see if the internal battery could be charged. I turned it off and on at the switch and now it wont turn on again, no led t at the switch, nothing. Very Interesting. I feel a trip to my local Linn dealers comming on.

Myron.
borg7x9 OP
91 posts
 
Another continuing story of a quack thats gone to the dogs.

Anyway on the the Kairn. My linn Dealer tells me that the brilliant powersupply is faulty and will send it back to UK for full upgrade to slimline-bps for 300us ( this will include a full case replacemet etc. So in the end I'll have a fully functional Kairn for around 600us. I suppose thats about on the money. Not a bargin , but I dont feel ripped off either, which is nice.

Thanks for your time,
Myron.
newmanoc
295 posts
 
Sorry about the power supply problem. But even at $600, you can easily get your money back plus some profit should you decide to sell. One of the nice things about Linn service is that they use a flat rate for most repairs, which is $250 (plus shipping, etc). It doesn't matter if it is a CD 12 (20k USD) they are fixing, it is still only $250. It usually works about to be a very good deal.
borg7x9 OP
91 posts
 
That sounds like a very fair system.

As I'm going to be going to be converting to a vinyl main source. I'm thinking of trying to get hold of an Ikemi or a genki as a cd front end to replace my 3 box 500 series meridian. Less boxes would be a good thing.

As a second source I'd decided that the cheaper Genki would be a good idea, but a second hand ikemi doesn't seem that much more at 6-800 dollars extra. Is the Ikemi that much of a step up in performance from the genki to make it worth while . ??

your thoughts would be appreciated.

thanks,
Myron.
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