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Anyone aware of the problems with the Linn Unidisk

A friend of mine has a brand-new Linn Unidisk. He is having quite a few problems, such as the unit not recognizing discs,skipping etc. I am told that Linn has had to develop a software "fix" for this. This kind of "glitch" should not be expected in a player that costs $11,000.00. I'm glad I bought the Esoteric DV-50. Anyone out there know about these Linn problems?
irishdog
lugnut
1,190 posts
 
This is unlike Linn. Love them or hate them, they have some of the most reliable and feature rich gear available.
ben_campbell
1,169 posts
 
I heard this player a couple of months back.
The Audio store I heardit in is probably Linn's main high end dealer in their home city.
I got the impression from the dealer there were some small issues with the machine .
Certainly I saw him have to reload a disc one time although access times were pretty good.
Any comments on the sound of the player?
I wasn't overly impressed but it was in a dem room and with limited software.
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kr4
3,703 posts
 
I've seen none of those glitches as yet.
reb1208
518 posts
 
The DV-50- so far is just- Incredible. I never heard redbook sound so good.
hepl
147 posts
 
The same thing happened with the Classik-T, it failed to read some disks, mistracking, etc. The problem was eventually cured. On the Classik-T, the problem was cured by
changing the value of some surface mount resistors.

Being a Linn owner for over ten years I have to say that the
quality of their products is excellent. Once the Classik-T got the upgrade it never failed. It may be that the Unidisk
1.1 was launched prematurely, I am sure they will debug the
units shortly.

Even if you don't like the Linn sound, one has to admit that they are bulletproof units, the Classik-T and Unidisk 1.1 are the exception to the rule.
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