Looking back at 2022. it has been an extraordinary year of upgrades for my Linn system.
A year ago, I was really happy with my HiFi system, and yet the number of changes I have made since, is nothing short of surprising. Almost none of the changes I made this past year were pre planned, and yet all these ideas and opportunities came my way from friends that motivated me to give them a try.
Back in January was one of the most surprising upgrades I did, and I am still in wonderment by what an improvement it has made to my system. Tendaberry in Germany was able to source some Finnish Baltic Birch aviation plywood that is 8mm thick and 16 ply. Placing my HiFi components on top of these boards with Isoacoustic pucks underneath was a fantastic enhancement to timing and music detail and presentation.
February saw the start of installation of Isoacoustic Pucks and Puck minis under all of my audio components, including the NAS and switches. Highly worthwhile!!!
A visit to a metal fabrication shop had them custom build stainless steel stands that allowed me to assemble my Vicoustic extreme bass traps in the corners, without mounting them to walls. These stands also allowed me to lower the height of the Vicoustic bass traps about 30 cm, making the bass traps more effective . This resulted in gains in sound quality, and especially for the bass frequencies.
April was the arrival of the Environmental Potentials HPS wave form correction box. Sensational performance gains were realized from plugging my components into this devices, with the quietest sound floor I have ever had, and greatly improved sound quality.
May and June was the arrival of my first Cardas Clear Beyond power cord and the beginning of upgrading my Ethernet cables over time. This Cardas power cord was used to power my Environmental Potentials HPS, so my whole system would benefit. This was the start of swapping out all of my Silent Angel C7 Ethernet cables in the whole network, for Cardas Clear Ethernet cables. It took a few months but all my Ethernet network cables and Exaktlinks are Cardas Clear now.
July found my second Cardas Clear Beyond power cord installed, now powering my AEDSM. It was transformative and provided improvements in sound quality to the whole system.
August was the biggest upgrade of the year with the arrival of my new Klimax DSM/3 Hub. Unprecedented improvements in sound quality and performance on every level were obtained with the new Hub.
The last few months have been refining and tweaking things to optimize performance. A third Cardas Clear Beyond power cord was installed during this period, for my Akurate Exaktbox I and greatly enhanced my surround sound experience
This week, with the encouragement of some forum members, I have started the process of swapping out my Isoacoustic Pucks with Isoacoustic Oreas. I did not expect much improvement in sound quality, as the Isoacoustic Pucks are excellent already, but have been gobsmacked by what a wonderful improvement it has made.
Collectively, all the changes I have made to my Linn system in the past year have been extremely beneficial. I have far greater enjoyment of the music now, then I have ever experienced before.
What changes have you made for your Linn system this past year?
A year ago, I was really happy with my HiFi system, and yet the number of changes I have made since, is nothing short of surprising. Almost none of the changes I made this past year were pre planned, and yet all these ideas and opportunities came my way from friends that motivated me to give them a try.
Back in January was one of the most surprising upgrades I did, and I am still in wonderment by what an improvement it has made to my system. Tendaberry in Germany was able to source some Finnish Baltic Birch aviation plywood that is 8mm thick and 16 ply. Placing my HiFi components on top of these boards with Isoacoustic pucks underneath was a fantastic enhancement to timing and music detail and presentation.
February saw the start of installation of Isoacoustic Pucks and Puck minis under all of my audio components, including the NAS and switches. Highly worthwhile!!!
A visit to a metal fabrication shop had them custom build stainless steel stands that allowed me to assemble my Vicoustic extreme bass traps in the corners, without mounting them to walls. These stands also allowed me to lower the height of the Vicoustic bass traps about 30 cm, making the bass traps more effective . This resulted in gains in sound quality, and especially for the bass frequencies.
April was the arrival of the Environmental Potentials HPS wave form correction box. Sensational performance gains were realized from plugging my components into this devices, with the quietest sound floor I have ever had, and greatly improved sound quality.
May and June was the arrival of my first Cardas Clear Beyond power cord and the beginning of upgrading my Ethernet cables over time. This Cardas power cord was used to power my Environmental Potentials HPS, so my whole system would benefit. This was the start of swapping out all of my Silent Angel C7 Ethernet cables in the whole network, for Cardas Clear Ethernet cables. It took a few months but all my Ethernet network cables and Exaktlinks are Cardas Clear now.
July found my second Cardas Clear Beyond power cord installed, now powering my AEDSM. It was transformative and provided improvements in sound quality to the whole system.
August was the biggest upgrade of the year with the arrival of my new Klimax DSM/3 Hub. Unprecedented improvements in sound quality and performance on every level were obtained with the new Hub.
The last few months have been refining and tweaking things to optimize performance. A third Cardas Clear Beyond power cord was installed during this period, for my Akurate Exaktbox I and greatly enhanced my surround sound experience
This week, with the encouragement of some forum members, I have started the process of swapping out my Isoacoustic Pucks with Isoacoustic Oreas. I did not expect much improvement in sound quality, as the Isoacoustic Pucks are excellent already, but have been gobsmacked by what a wonderful improvement it has made.
Collectively, all the changes I have made to my Linn system in the past year have been extremely beneficial. I have far greater enjoyment of the music now, then I have ever experienced before.
What changes have you made for your Linn system this past year?
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