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Upgrading my Linn set up HELP advice please

basically i aint rich but need to upgrade.
my system now is-----arcam 7 cd---linn pretek--linn powertek---linn tukans--lk400 bi wire cable and linn interconects.
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i want to upgrade would a LINN classic be an upgrade to what i have??.....could i still biwire w/ the cable i have(w/ the classic)....reason i ask is the classic comes w/ speaker wire for some reason.
i could also add pwr amps later on.
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OR!!! is there something i could add to my current system that would be better than going to a classic?
thankyou
julian
joolz

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joolz OP
64 posts
 
so its all money from here on realy with the linn thing....and its quite a bit.....
well i love it so i'm gonna have spend aint i...
is a genki about $800 used?? and that will be a serious upgrade on behalf of the whole system?? as a first upgrade.
joolz OP
64 posts
 
what about the linn majic intergrated amp,would that be better than the preteks as its ''newer'' techno wise?....excuse my iggnorance in hifi,i'm learning
joolz OP
64 posts
 
genki is a bit pricy right now...what about a mimik
joolz OP
64 posts
 
luggnet
what tube preamp did u put into the system if u dont mind me asking
cheers
j
joolz OP
64 posts
 
ive been looking around the site for preamps and there seems to be a couple of other preamps other than the kairn.....they are the wakonda and the kolector and they seem to be cheaper($400-$600used) how do these fair??? or is just worth spending the $900 for a used kairn?
also is it worth adding a audio alchmy DAC to the arcam,it seems to be a fairly cheap upgrade and a maybe a fairly noticable one too($200ish used)
cheers
joolz OP
64 posts
 
lugnut
thanx for the feedback man! i appreciate it alot.
so a preamp may be the clearest audio upgrade next in line...hummmm???
so if i was to go active i will have to buy other pwramps like the lk85 or lk100 ect...
i cant make the powerteks active right?
thanx
joolz OP
64 posts
 
tobias.....as the ikemi was that much better than the genki (and at a bigger cost also)....do u think something like a used naim cd player at the used genki cost would be better.
j
joolz OP
64 posts
 
that canadian hifi is very good stuff.
when i went home to the uk in 2002 i went to an audio show in london,they had a Sim Audio Moon set up....a cd player into a intergrated running into an expensive pair of tannoys (believe it or not)...
the sound was unreal!! the speakers absolutly dissapeared,it sounded like the sound was coming from the walls or was it the air? it was just around me...Weird!!!!!
beutifull sounding and very good looking kit.
joolz OP
64 posts
 
u guys are too cool...thanx for the reply's...
yes this audio thing is realy addicting...it occupies me and i enjoy quality sound...if i could spend as much on this as i have on my guitars and stuff i would probaly have a system ''TO DIE FOR'' by now...
cheers
joolz OP
64 posts
 
tobias......you said i may want to look where else if i want a better system for the sort of money i have....
i hate to be nieve but could you lead me in a direction there.
obviously i could spend my money wiser elsewhere as it takes a lot of money to fuel a linn system.
could you maybe recomend a cd player,intergrated amp and stand mount speakers in the mid price range....
cheers guys
lot of help
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