Testimonials

Linn Forum member posting,

sunbeamgls,

January 15 2013,

♦

Gents,

All I can say is "wow" - my re-born LP12 is now installed, and I'm sitting in my office at home listening with a glass of wine. Well, I say "I" but actually I mean "we" because my ears tell me that Ella Fitzgerald is actually in the room with me! I knew I'd really be able to understand the difference when I got it back to the room and amp/speakers I've heard it on before, and indeed it's better by some significant margin. I can hear everything on this recording, and an already beautiful voice is now sublime. What a great experience from House of Linn. I can't imagine I'll ever want to visit a high-street hi-fi "dealer" again after this - from beginning to end, superb advice, service and workmanship, in a fantastically relaxed environment. Once again, thanks for taking me through the options for "my Dad's old record player" - if you haven't guessed, I'm very pleased with the result of your work. (Incidentally - feel absolutely free to quote me as a reference!)

♦

♦

♦

Thank you for a most enjoyable evening, both myself and my wife were impressed by the warm welcome.To hear Klimax being demonstrated to such a standard was quite impressive. I also thoroughly enjoyed the demo of the new Akurate range of equipment.

Regards 

K

♦

Trevor, 

Thanks for your time on Saturday. The DS is working perfectly and has been a total revelation both in terms of sound quality and convenience. We had a lot of fun setting up playlists of music that we had both forgotten we had!! From my geeky audiophile perspective In terms of sound quality it is far, far better than I could have possibly imagined. Although it is a while ago that we listened to the original Akurate DS it strikes me that this new unit is much improved over the old. I have compared with my CD Player and it beats it hands down on every area that I can think of. I just have the (painful) process of ripping al my CD’s to hard drive. I have managed to do an additional 200 or so. Only around 1,200 to go!! Thanks again for the great service.

Cheers, 

R

♦

Trevor and Brian 

Thanks for ordering the cards, I look forward to hearing them. I have changed the Linn silver balanced leads on the Klimax DS for a pair of Linn Silver RCA leads and Brian was right they do sound better. We were very impressed today with both your knowledge and hospitality, we were also impressed with the relaxed atmosphere and the way you made us feel so welcome.

Best regards 

J & S

♦

A big thank you for a very enjoyable evening. The new upgrade is fantastic. I mentioned to Trevor about coming in to order the rest of my system. I will also bring my LP12 in for a service.

Regards

P

♦

Hi Brian and Trevor

Just a quick note to thank you for another enjoyable visit to the House of Linn. It was good to meet other people interested in Linn equipment. I had a good chat with the guy who likes drums and David Crosby. I didn’t get his name, but I hope he gets a DS.

Regards

P

♦

Dear Brian

We all had a very enjoyable evening and thank you both again for the invitation. I can honestly say that I have never heard music sounding so good and the relaxed condition that you created presented a perfect environment for allowing us to just listen to the music.

Best wishes

N.

♦

Hi Trevor and Brian

Thanks for the DS evening, it was thought-provoking and enjoyable. Trevor asked me to let him know how I went on with the Adikt at home. It sounds really good and I am very pleased with your excellent service.

All the best and many thanks

S.

♦

Hi Trevor

I really appreciate you turning around the service on my LP12 so fast, it is sounding greatly improved, many thanks.

I will give you a call to discuss possible options on the way forward.

Kind regards

J

♦

Hi Guys

Just a line by way of thanks for last night. Thanks for the tea and coffee by the way!

Many thanks for fitting the Dynamiks. When I arrived home, I connected the ADS into my study system and after an hour or so, it seemed to be setting down.

Thanks for letting me listen to your Klimax system – Absolutely amazing – I will remember that experience for a long time!

All the best and thanks once again.

G

♦

Hi Trevor

Happy to know the flight home was safe (and the driving too...)

As I explained to you during my visit, doing business with you has been a very rewarding experience.

The fact that you care about your customers so much is the main reason that motivated me to speed up the upgrade of my system with House of Linn.

Wy wife could not believe that you were going to come to our home to set up the system! Now she is speechless..

Very best regards

F

♦

Afternoon Chaps

I trust you had a safe journey home – thanks for last night, really enjoyed it. We settled down to some serious listening after you left and stayed up till midnight – I spent most of the evening chuckling at what we could now hear. Even the wife was impressed which takes some doing.

D

♦

Hi Trevor

Thanks again for your efforts during the install. We are getting to grips with the system and so far has no glitches.

Best wishes to you and Brian

D

♦

Hi Brian and Trevor

Many thanks for your time and hospitality. What an improvement: not only more of everything (and more clearly) but a significantly more realistic portrayal of the interaction between the musicians/instruments, which makes greater sense of the music overall. I’m struck by the difference and it’s still improving.

Once again, what a pleasure to deal with you and will be in touch when circumstances next dictate.

Best regards

B

♦

Hi Trevor

I just wanted to write to thank you for all your help when you came to my flat last month and the information below you followed up with Linn.

The system is sounding great - thank you so much again for all your help. Could I return the favour at all by providing you a reference for your marketing or website? Linn dealers usually have decent facilities and provide good service but I was particularly impressed with your set-up and really grateful for the fantastic advice and service you've provided since. If it would be of any use I'd be more than pleased to provide you with something to describe all that.

So, sorry for the delay and thanks again - and hope to see you soon!

I

♦

Hi Brian/Trevor,

My system has never sounded better these days and so I should spend more time in front of it than the PC!

All the best,

D

♦

Hi Brian,

I could hardly believe it: the sneaky music ds came in only about 10min ago...safe and sound, if I may say so!

Many thanks again for your very fast and excellent service.

Have a nice day,

M

♦

Hi Brian,

Thank you for your excellent service. It was a real pleasure for me to trade with you.

I wish you a very good evening.

Kind regards,

M

♦

Brian, Trevor,

Just a quick note to say thanks for the delivery and installation of the Majik DSI.

I'll stay in touch and call in if I'm passing and it's convenient for you.

Of course, you are both welcome to call in here at Wales too if you are going by or fancy a trip to the Welsh countryside.

System sounds great, and I still can't get over the common interaction between player and various control points which all work a treat.

All the best for now,

Regards,

F

♦

Hi Brian and Trevor

Just a short note to let you know that I am very happy with the Majik DS-I. It's significantly better than the Sekrit DS-I-sonically it's chalk and cheese I would say.

Thanks again for sorting it all out.

Kind regards

W

♦

Hi Brian and Trevor

Many thanks for an excellent day on Saturday and for providing refreshments etc. It was most certainly worth the drive up to Manchester and I will be in contact later this week to confirm the order for the Klimax DS.

Thanks once again for your help and advice.

Best regards

A

♦

Hi Trevor & Brian

Thanks for this and thanks again for the installation.

I am very pleased-the Klimax DS sounds fabulous - it's hard to know what it's going to sound like in your own home until you get in there but I have to say that it's wonderful and I can't imagine not having it which after just a couple of days intense listening is saying something!

All the best

W

♦

Hi there,

Many thanks again for the extensive opportunities of testing the Linn products on Friday!

I am now looking forward to receive the DS I and am looking for an opportunity to test some loudspeakers for the next upgrade.

J

♦

Hi Trevor,

Hope you guys are well and had a great Christmas and New Year in the snow.

Listening to the DS again. Have to say this is probably the best piece of HiFi I have ever bought.

I spent 4 weeks in Peru and put the QNAP in storage powering it down and backed up my music files okay.

What are you listening to at the moment, anything worth investigating? The Joe Bonamassa and Tony Bennett albums are getting played a great deal.

All the best

P

♦

Dear Brian and Trevor,

Back in Germany a busy week has nearly passed and I always remember our great visit at your House-of-Linn.

My nephew and me enjoyed it very very much to spend some hours with both you and we envy you of having the opportunity to listen to Linn equippment every day.

I am especially thankful for the extraordinary comparison of the different DS streamers. It was deeply impressed and surprised to realize how enormous the difference between Majik, Akurate and Klimax is.

You really made me thinking about getting to a DS system although firstly I had the idea to stay with normal CD (SACD)-music with my fabulous Unidisk 1.1.

And thinking, wishing and longing for any upgrade is nearly the same pleasure than to listen to it.

Thanks again, also for your great hospitality

R

♦

Hi, Brian and Trevor,

Apologies for staying so long today but I was really enjoying our chat and your coffee is just too good. Good coffee and good conversation; I could have stayed for hours, so you had a very lucky escape.

Thank you very much for looking at my ancient Karik. It really was kind of you not to charge me for your valuable time, and I really appreciate all the help you have given to me.

Best wishes to you both,

V

♦

Dear Brian and Trevor,

A quick mail to say a huge thank you for your hospitality and thoughtful help and advice at House of Linn on Friday.

I enjoyed a really useful day and came away with my musical curiosity well and truly reawakened.

I shall be in touch again shortly.

best regards,

P

♦

Dear Brian and Trevor

The improvement of my system is HUGE.

I will recommend you to my friends and I would probably do business with you in the future, for example for a Linn DS, brand new or approved used of higher level.

Have a nice summer and long hours of music listening 🙂

Best regards,

S

♦

Hi Guys

Loving the music again and so pleased I got in contact.

I love the player. No comparison to what I owned before, beautifully open soundstage, crystal clear detail and an open spacious delivery of the music that I was not expecting at this price point at all. It sounds right for me and I am really pleased, so once again thank you both.

It just remains for me to wish you a very happy Christmas and best wishes for the New Year.

I will be back.

Very best regards,

D

♦

Hi Trevor

Yes, I got it home OK and it sounds fabulous! Very pleased indeed thank you.

I have also received confirmation from Linn of the full 5 year warranty, which is great.

Thanks again for all your help. I’ll look forward to doing business with you in the future.

Regards,

A

♦

Dear Brian and Trevor,

Many thanks for an enjoyable listening session yesterday. I look forward to getting the LP12 back with all the upgrades so that I can revisit my vinyl collection with renewed enthusiasm.

Regards,

A

♦

Hi Trevor,

That is fantastic news, I greatly appreciate it.

If only more retailers had a similar focus on customer service.

Thanks and I can’t wait to try the speakers.

Cheers,

T

♦

Brian, Trevor

Thank you for a most enjoyable evening, both myself and my wife were impressed by the warm welcome.

To hear Klimax being demonstrated to such a standard was quite impressive.

I also thoroughly enjoyed the demo of the new Akurate range of equipment.

Regards

K

♦

Trevor,

Thanks for your time on Saturday. The DS is working perfectly and has been a total revelation both in terms of sound quality and convenience. We had a lot of fun setting up playlists of music that we had both forgotten we had!!

From my geeky audiophile perspective In terms of sound quality it is far, far better than I could have possibly imagined. Although it is a while ago that we listened to the original Akurate DS it strikes me that this new unit is much improved over the old. I have compared with my CD Player and it beats it hands down on every area that I can think of. I just have the (painful) process of ripping al my CD’s to hard drive. I have managed to do an additional 200 or so. Only around 1,200 to go!!

Thanks again for the great service.

Cheers,

R

♦

Trevor and Brian

Thanks for ordering the cards, I look forward to hearing them.

I have changed the Linn silver balanced leads on the Klimax DS for a pair of Linn Silver RCA leads and Brian was right they do sound better.

We were very impressed today with both your knowledge and hospitality, we were also impressed with the relaxed atmoshere and the way you made us feel so welcome.

Best regards

J & S

♦

Hi Trevor,

just thought i'd drop you a line to say how pleased i am with the updates you applied to my LP12 back in November. Although a little late in getting back to you it is only over the past month that have been able to give the deck sustained run outs. It has re-ignited my passion in HiFi and my enjoyment in listening to and re-discovering my LP collection.

Many thanks,

A

♦

Dear Brian & Trevor,

Many thanks for your help yesterday. After leaving you I went back to work. I got home around 6:00 last night, and by 6:30 I was listening to music from my Akurate DS.

I’ll live with it for a week, then probably have some questions.

Meantime, thanks once again. I’ll be in touch soon with a view to you looking at my LP12 & updating it.

C

♦

Hi Trevor and Brian

Just a few hours listening! The improvement is remarkable. The sound is fuller and there is far more detail. I heard the faint mic feedback on a live recording for the first time and on some of the big band records the noise from the original 78 transcription is more apparent - or seems so in comparison to the stunning silence between tracks! More positively, on orchestral works the instruments are much more defined and more clearly located. The sound stage is wider and deeper. Looking forward to hours of pleasure to come.

C

♦

Hi Trevor

Just like to say thanks again to you and Brian, for a highly enjoyable and informative demonstration today and for the relaxed and pressure free environment you created. I'm looking forward to our next session, when i'll be able to hear the benefits of the turntable upgrade together with the Akurate pre/power amplifiers.

Regards

I

♦