BREAKING NEWS....Linn

[Fickle-Friend]

Some breaking news on a certain Linn Flagship model over on www.linn-forums.com

This should have serious implications on the redbook.

 

[Welly Wu]

Face it: Red Book CD is beginning to show its' age. It will take decades before it is fully replaced by another format altogether because it will be THE DIE HARD audio format. DVD-Video is poised to be THE DIE HARD video format too. Time moves on. HD-DVD and SONY Blu-Ray are on the horizon. DVD-Audio and SA-CD are already here. Head-Fi members got a rude wake up call today.

 

[ampgalore]

Redbook might be showing its age, but I for one am not ready to put down the money to replace my entire CD collection.

 

[Welly Wu]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ampgalore Redbook might be showing its age, but I for one am not ready to put down the money to replace my entire CD collection.

It's not replacing: it's upgrading.

 

[jefemeister]

It's not a big deal. Don't think for a second that there isn't a replacement product to be out soon. I would imagine this has something to do with consolidating cd drives. They are really pushing their Silverdisc Engine (their Sony based universal transport) pretty hard right now.

 

[gloco]

sweet, i need a new source, guess i'll wait and see if the prices take a big stumble.

 

[KR...]

blah blah blah. Cd's are not going anywhere. That CD player was very dated and many agreed that it was surpassed by other CD players costing thousands less.

 

[adhoc]

um.. because a redbook player is being discontinued the future of redbook is in doubt?

honestly, i dont see how you arrived at that conclusion - other than through a real leap of logic.

 

[Leporello]

I suspect they could easily produce another "world's best" cdp if they only wanted. It's just that there is no demand at those prices. It is all about business.


Regards,

L.

 

[mbriant]

Linn is a company which has always bothered me. Their Canadian distributor used to do the most insane presentations ( like a/b ing their turntable with and without a telephone in the room and pressuring those in attendance to hear the difference.) They, as a high-end turntable manufacturer at the time, crapped all over the then new CD format far more than any other manufacturer .... until they themselves brought out their first ( and expensive) CD player at which time, to them, CDs suddenly became a viable format.

 

[Hirsch]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mbriant Linn is a company which has always bothered me. Their Canadian distributor used to do the most insane presentations ( like a/b ing their turntable with and without a telephone in the room and pressuring those in attendance to hear the difference.)

I'm not sure why this is insane. I've always found a telephone to detract from the music, at least when it rings

 

[mbriant]

LOL. OK, you got me there. Actually, Linn's claim was that the tiny transducers in the telephones handset would vibrate along with the music and cause muddiness. Perhaps the distributor had "Spidey senses" or something.

 

[Claude]

Hey, stop discussing here and go to the Linn forum site.

That's thew reason why this "breaking news" was posted here

 

[KR...]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Claude Hey, stop discussing here and go to the Linn forum site. That's thew reason why this "breaking news" was posted here

Ah I just caught the link in his sig, how lame.