IMO it would be difficult for the previous owner to know in advance of sale & shipment that said PS was on the verge of dying... Even if it were, I'm not sure why & how the shipping would have delivered it its last straw... I have KICKED a Karik, and it still worked (pls don't do this!). Can the Linn people give you the latest spec PS, at least? I remember my "Linn authorised dealer", came to change my Karik/Numeric for a minimal charge around '99 so I could have the new PS... Whatever.
If your proposal doesn't work and since it seems you have a reasonably good rapport w/ the dealer, can't HE source you a PS for better than $240+50-75 and send the darn thing over? I mean, assuming he delivered your Karik in good faith, "none of two of you are at fault", etc, maybe he can help you out on this one -- you're a CUSTOMER, for pete's sake!!
(The PS is a little box, not difficult to ship or install...).
Worst case scenario: mail Linn exports & info in the UK, directly. Indeed, do this RIGHT NOW anyway.
Best of luck, the Karik is a nice machine!
If your proposal doesn't work and since it seems you have a reasonably good rapport w/ the dealer, can't HE source you a PS for better than $240+50-75 and send the darn thing over? I mean, assuming he delivered your Karik in good faith, "none of two of you are at fault", etc, maybe he can help you out on this one -- you're a CUSTOMER, for pete's sake!!
(The PS is a little box, not difficult to ship or install...).
Worst case scenario: mail Linn exports & info in the UK, directly. Indeed, do this RIGHT NOW anyway.
Best of luck, the Karik is a nice machine!