The Linton arrived this week. Absolutely blown away! Put about 20 hours listening in already and they’re exactly what I was looking for.
Big sound, decent warmth. Also the level of finish on them is fantastic.
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Looking very nice !
HarveyMushman very nice indeedly, I hope you have countless hours of quality listening with them, yes they look great too
I have Kef R900, sound amazing, I hope the Lintons do too.
Given your thoughts on the Project phono stage, have you got any experience with the Project amplifiers?
I’m moving the speakers I replaced with the Lintons to my office and want a small amp to put on my desk, Project make a couple that look ideal but I’ve not used any of their products.
It’s only for digital sources.
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Hey @HarveyMushman! Good question. I haven’t used them or heard them myself (I used to work in high end audio/AV many moons ago before a career change), but their phono stages are very good. I’m rather out of the game now, but may still be able to offer some advice. What sort of budget did you have in mind? Does it need to meet a specific form factor or listening requirements?
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Ok good to know thanks!
Budget is probably £750 tops as it’s just for listening at my desk and the speakers are small (B&W 685).
Form factor is important as I’d ideally like to mount it ‘below’ my desk in an under-desk bracket. With that said, width/height ideally wants to be fairly small but depth can be whatever.
2 inputs minimum.
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Ah cool! You’ve got a decent budget and not many ‘needs’, which makes things easier. It kind of depends on what your preferred ‘sound’ is like of course, however I always like to base my amplification on whatever has been used to voice the speakers during testing. Now interestingly, B&W (at least the 600 series) were historically voiced with Rotel amps, which are a really nice choice for your application I would suggest. Not too expensive, something relatively slim. Honestly I’d give something like the A8 a listen and see how it pairs with your B&Ws, at only £400 it might do everything you need and save you a bit of money.
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Brilliant, that looks ideal thanks!!
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