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You hadn’t heard of SR Acoustique speakers until now? UHF Magazine has.

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Planet 2000, Reference 3a MM de Capo-i speakers, a Moon I-3 amp, an Inouye line filter, Atlas Navigator cables, GutWire power cables, and Puresonic Competition flat speaker cables.

My question is what to upgrade now?I am thinking of trading up to a Moon I-5. Is there a big enough difference between these two integrated amps? The sound of this system is very nice at low to moderate volume, but loses something above a certain volume. I don’t listen at extreme levels but would like to get a little more volume before the sound starts to harden up.

Pete Doan

RIDING MOUNTAIN, MB

We found pretty much the same thing you did when we reviewed the Moon I-3 in UHF No. 71, Pete. We liked it a lot, but when we raised the volume we could tell we were listening to a small amplifier. It will perfectly suit a lot of music lovers, but you’ll be happier with the I-5. Ironically the I-5 is less powerful than the I-3, but current is as important as power, and subjectively the I-5 appears to have four times the power.

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By the way, there is now an updated version, the Moon I-5.3.

I have just come across your magazine and am impressed. I don’t believe the local bookstores here carry it.

I have four Linn LK’s Aktiv on 5140 and 5120 speakers, primarily for home theatre. Would you recommend upgrading these amps to something else in the Linn line, keeping the Aktiv speakers, or blowing out the whole thing, at no small cost?

Jay Avril

CLEARWATER, FL

No small cost indeed, Jay, and a move to be undertaken only if you have reason to believe that you made a mistake going with this Linn system in the first place. And we don’t think you did. We like the idea of biamplifying, and although this is not a Linn invention it was Linn that made it so simple.

The bad news is that the company in January discontinued not only the whole LK line, but also announced it was drop- ping the Aktiv system entirely. We don’t approve, but the marbles belong to Ivor, not to us.

If you’ll be staying with Linn, you’ll need to move while LK products remain in stock. Linn does make a chassis that will power your crossover modules so that you can use them with an amplifier that does not have a slot for them. You may then want to look at an amplifier upgrade. That can be one of Linn’s newer amps, though of course at that point you can choose your manufacturer and still remain active…er, Aktiv.

I’m in search of a quality bookshelf speaker and have narrowed my short list to the Reference 3a De Capo-i’s. My room dimensions are 12’ X 10’. My system is centred on the longest wall, so I don’t have much choice but to place my speakers near the back wall with the rack in between. Since the De Capo’s are rear-ported, would this seriously hinder sonic performance? I could place them at about a foot from the rear wall and not much more.

I haven’t heard it yet, but I would also consider the Veena. Is it rear-ported too? Would it be too big for my small room?

Michel Fleury

VAUDREUIL, QC