jwalker,
I appreciate your response, I am leaning towards the Wakonda from the get go for a couple of reasons. First I have auditioned the Wakonda and was very impressed at the performance fo the price, and second I like the fact that it used RCA inputs instead of the XLR to RCA cables used on the LK1. I was considering the LK1 because the price on those units is very cheap right now, and just because something is older doesn't mean it isn't great. If I buy an LK1 I may be able to upgrade my amps to LK140's.
My first Linn experience (which is all it took to make me a Linnite) ocurred in Las Vegas. I auditioned a Conrad Johnson Art amp and preamp with a CJ CD player through Wilson Watt/Puppies, head to head with a complete Linn system, Linn Mimik, Linn Klout amps (3), Linn Kairn pre, driving a pair of aktiv Kabers. Where the CJ/Wilson system had more low end punch and definition the midrange and treble of the Linns blew the other system away, and did it at a considerably less price point. I left there with the Kabers and have been working on building myself a complete Linn aktiv system. Just remember one thing, "if it's not Scottish, it's crap!"
I appreciate your response, I am leaning towards the Wakonda from the get go for a couple of reasons. First I have auditioned the Wakonda and was very impressed at the performance fo the price, and second I like the fact that it used RCA inputs instead of the XLR to RCA cables used on the LK1. I was considering the LK1 because the price on those units is very cheap right now, and just because something is older doesn't mean it isn't great. If I buy an LK1 I may be able to upgrade my amps to LK140's.
My first Linn experience (which is all it took to make me a Linnite) ocurred in Las Vegas. I auditioned a Conrad Johnson Art amp and preamp with a CJ CD player through Wilson Watt/Puppies, head to head with a complete Linn system, Linn Mimik, Linn Klout amps (3), Linn Kairn pre, driving a pair of aktiv Kabers. Where the CJ/Wilson system had more low end punch and definition the midrange and treble of the Linns blew the other system away, and did it at a considerably less price point. I left there with the Kabers and have been working on building myself a complete Linn aktiv system. Just remember one thing, "if it's not Scottish, it's crap!"