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Linn majik good or not?

I am ready to get my first nice setup in along time (grad school!).
I want to get an amp, speakers & cd player and also hook up my computer which servers as a flac jukebox.
I want to spend < $2500
I have the opportunity to buy a Linn Majik new for $850 (no phono, but thats not needed anyway). I listened to it and it sounds nice for the price! But i ahve always been a fan of the simple looks of them, so I might be biased.

Is this a good piece of equipment ?
That would leave some $ for some B&W speakers.
My living room is about 14*20, so I dont need a huge amount of power and lsiten to a fairly broad range of music (classic,jazz,electronic).

Thanks!

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runner77

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runner77 OP
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That was actually my initial idea... G4-DAC-Mackies.
I actually listened to the Mackies. Nice sounding! A tad ugly for a living room :-)
Anyway, I also listened to some B&W 705's with a B&W sub and liked their sound better. Because of that and since I wanted a seperate amp so i could switch to other sources (phono, DVD player for movies etc.). I was considering the Linn as a nice unassuming amp since I dont need multichannel sound. I compared it to a NAD in the same price range (<$1000) and actually both sounded pretty good.
Any experience with the Linn?
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