Whilst many in the industry speak of them in strictly reverential terms, notable critic Ken Kessler accuses the company (with a touch of hyperbole) of being doctrinaire, prone to "propaganda, brainwashing, historical revisionism and other ways of interpreting reality". The company's philosophy is as controversial as its founder, who is known for his believing in only two ways of doing things – the Linn way and the wrong way. Ultimately, the patent was awarded successfully to Linn.
This was officially announced in an advertisement in Hi-Fi News & Record Review, with the following text: "The turntable previously available under the name Ariston RD11 is now available under the name Linn LP12." There were claims, and even patent litigation at the time, that the first Linn Sondek LP12 was a carbon copy of the RD11, and many parts interchangeable.
was formed to sell turntables made by Castle Precision Engineering. Robertson left Ariston, which had been taken over by Dunlop Westayr Ltd and reorganised as Ariston Audio Ltd. Hamish Robertson designed the Ariston RD11 in 1971 with Castle Precision Engineering Ltd machining many of the parts. The company's logo is the simple geometric representation of the 'single point' bearing which was the USP of the LP12 turntable. Linn was founded by Ivor Tiefenbrun to produce the Sondek LP12 turntable. Originally based in the Castlemilk suburb of south Glasgow (opposite Linn Park), it is now based just outside the city, between Waterfoot and Eaglesham, East Renfrewshire.Ĭompany history Origins In late 2014 Linn announced the integration of TIDAL's lossless music streaming service into Linn DS digital players enabling access to over 25 million audio tracks at CD-quality over the Internet. This network approach was extended in 2013 with the introduction of the Linn Exakt technology to retain the 24-bit lossless signal in the digital domain to the active crossover. Linn Records was the first to sell DRM-free 24-bit Studio Master quality tracks downloaded over the internet. This has become the focus of the company's strategy leading to audio systems to support digital music playback of 24bit/192 kHz studio master quality recordings using a digital stream over a home network. Founded by Ivor Tiefenbrun in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1973, the company is best known as the manufacturer of the Linn Sondek LP12 turntable.įrom 2007 Linn was one of the first audio manufacturers to introduce digital music streaming using the home network and internet. Enjoy it man but a head's up on the TP, it's a beast that needs taming but other than that they're great basses and I can't wait to get another one.Linn Products is an engineering company that manufactures hi-fi and audio equipment. Sounds like you got yourself a normal Spector Euro, LX's are in a natural finish, and it most likely has the tonepump as opposed to ob-1 pre-amp, t's just a case of having a look in the nest. it was spotless and played fantastic acoustically which was enough to seal the deal.just cant wait to get it home now.Īnyone got an idea about which version it is exactly?ītw never really knew what to think of buck-eye burled/spalted tops till I saw a couple today - they were absolutely gorgeous and stood out a mile. I'm not sure whether its an LX (no green stain listed on their website) or an older one.probably an ex demo that didnt shift on account of the colour as it was maple front and back and I couldnt see any laminate lines on the side,I didnt ask whether it was a tone pump circuit,I didnt even have time to plug it in as I was meeting the other half and didnt want her coming in downstairs and me buying another Spector lol. I therefore couldn't resist a new thru neck Euro 5 maple top in a green stain high gloss finish (would have loved black cherry but it was at least a couple of hundred more).I paid a deposit on it today and pick it up Tuesday.Paul the bass guy was trying to get me a gig bag too till his supvr no-no'd that one. I was up at Sound Control Glasgow city centre this morning putting a guitar into Jimmy Egypt for repair.With that done I walked the few yards to the bass dept and hey presto! they had a couple of specials on Spector basses today with a further 10% knocked off.
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