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Originally posted by jon honeyball:
And we might get keel for aro at some point, just to even out that comparison point!

Who can tell?

It will happen this year acc. to my source.

Linn can't count on Aro owners to switch to keel and Ekos but with Aro keel they could take those clients on board for the next LP12 upgrades with boutique prices.

quote:

Originally posted by munch:
You cant get a better answer to the ARO Keel question than that.
Power to the people that wanted this, And one man that has put a lot of work into getting it to this point.
Munch

AMEN

Gregg

I was being deliberately elusive, not wanting to give away what I knew... :-)

Bottle of Ruinart champagne to Pete if he pulls this off.

Jon

quote:

Originally posted by Cymbiosis:

Yes, ok, it's all about having choice Chris. The battle is over and I'm happy to say, I finally seem to have got my way.

Currently, two of my Aro's are north of the border for evaluations....

I must have missed this last night!

Good news, well done Peter. Let's hope the sound is right then, but I'm sure it will be.

Mark

Wont Ivor get upset when all his employees move to a competitor's product?

Best Regards,
Mark (wry smile) Dunn

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So why can't someone do it your side of the pond?

There are only a few dealers who still carry both ranges AND can demonstrate the differences on similarly-configured 'tables–in the good ol' Eighties, this was the net effect of the "scorched earth" (neither "flat" nor "round") approach to distribution that transpired. I'm sure this was slightly different in the U.K. than the U.S.

Choice was lost–the net effect of which has been a significantly diminished enthusiasm for Linn-Naim combinations, as the fun ride that was the early Eighties has come to a rusty halt.

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Originally posted by David Dever:
There are only a few dealers who still carry both ranges AND can demonstrate the differences on similarly-configured 'tables

*and* who have the skills to set up an lp12 with aro properly. This is a fingers of one hand thing even here in the uk in terms of dealers. Havingt experienced some usa naim dealers this year, I would be getting a flight over to the uk to do some listening, to be brutally frank. And then get said chosen finger-of-one-hand to fly back to usa to do the install and setup.

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and* who have the skills to set up an lp12 with aro properly

The same can be said for other combinations on an LP12 or others.

Unfortunately a good mechanic can not make up for poor design, no matter how good they are.

P.S.

In case you're wondering, was not refering to the Aro.