Hahaha.....I never thought about Pearl Audio in Portland, OR but they don’t carry the whole line like Definitive Audio here in Seattle.
Definitive Audio in Seattle is the biggest Linn dealer in the NW.
Speaking of the latest Linn Urika phonostage that digitizes the signal, they had a demo here at this year Music Matters high end audio show event at Definitive Audio in Seattle comparing it to the previous model Urika phonostage in the same setup using exact same LP12 Klimax version turntable with Ekos SE titanium tonearm, Kandid mc cartridge, Klimax Radikal PSU, Keel machined sub-chassis and arm board, Trampolin aluminum baseboard.
The new latest Urika sounded better than the previous one.
Viridian, you will have to give a listen to the latest generation of Linn Klimax DS/DSM with Katalyst DAC architecture. I had a chance to have a listen to it and comparing it to the previous Klimax DS with non Katalyst DAC architecture at last year’s Music Matters event here. Again, the shootout between the two Klimax DSs were done in the same non Exakt setup and system using the Klimax Solo 500 monoblock amps driving a pair of Linn Klimax 350 passive floorstanders. It was pretty obvious the Klimax DS w/ Katalyst DAC architecture was better it was more expressive. There was more emotions involved with the latest gen the one w/ Katalyst DAC architecture. The presentation of the piano piece was lot more dramatic.
Definitive Audio in Seattle is the biggest Linn dealer in the NW.
Speaking of the latest Linn Urika phonostage that digitizes the signal, they had a demo here at this year Music Matters high end audio show event at Definitive Audio in Seattle comparing it to the previous model Urika phonostage in the same setup using exact same LP12 Klimax version turntable with Ekos SE titanium tonearm, Kandid mc cartridge, Klimax Radikal PSU, Keel machined sub-chassis and arm board, Trampolin aluminum baseboard.
The new latest Urika sounded better than the previous one.
Viridian, you will have to give a listen to the latest generation of Linn Klimax DS/DSM with Katalyst DAC architecture. I had a chance to have a listen to it and comparing it to the previous Klimax DS with non Katalyst DAC architecture at last year’s Music Matters event here. Again, the shootout between the two Klimax DSs were done in the same non Exakt setup and system using the Klimax Solo 500 monoblock amps driving a pair of Linn Klimax 350 passive floorstanders. It was pretty obvious the Klimax DS w/ Katalyst DAC architecture was better it was more expressive. There was more emotions involved with the latest gen the one w/ Katalyst DAC architecture. The presentation of the piano piece was lot more dramatic.