UHF 59 - Review of the Linn Genki

You have to look hard to spot the difference between the upscale Ikemi reviewed on the previous pages and the Genki. From the front there is only one giveaway other than the name: the drawer is about three times as tall as that of the Ikemi. It belongs to the Philips CD-12 PRO transport, the same one used by a number of other manufacturers.
And it is one of very few differences between the two players. The architecture is the same, and so are the power supply and the digital-to-analog converter, complete with HDCD decoding chip. Linn's custom-built transport (used in the Ikemi and the CD-12) actually doubles the cost of the player.
Look at the back and you'll see more difference: the Genki doesn't have balanced outputs. But Linn makes it clear it doesn't much believe in balanced cabling, though customers buying very expensive gear expect to have it. Finally, the Genki has two pairs of output jacks marked "variable output." That's right...you can actually plug the player right into a power amp and control the volume from the Genki's remote. In all other respects, operating the Genki is just like operating the Ikemi.

Model: Linn Genki
Price: C$2500, US$1700
Dimensions: 32 x 33 x 8 cm
Warranty: 5 years, transferable



			(Reprinted from issue 59 of UHF Magazine. To purchase the issue, click here. Or click here to subscribe to UHF) The Linn Genki And now let’s see what Linn can do at an affordable price.
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			You have to look hard to spot the difference between the upscale Ikemi reviewed on the previous pages and the Genki. From the front there is only one giveaway other than the name: the drawer is about three times as tall as that of the Ikemi. It belongs to the Philips CD-12 PRO transport, the same one used by a number of other manufacturers. And it is one of very few differences between the two players. The architecture is the same, and so are the power supply and the digital-to-analog converter, complete with HDCD decoding chip. Linn's custom-built transport (used in the Ikemi and the CD-12) actually doubles the cost of the player. Look at the back and you'll see more difference: the Genki doesn't have balanced outputs. But Linn makes it clear it doesn't much believe in balanced cabling, though customers buying very expensive gear expect to have it. Finally, the Genki has two pairs of output jacks marked "variable output." That's right...you can actually plug the player right into a power amp and control the volume from the Genki's remote. In all other respects, operating the Genki is just like operating the Ikemi. Model: Linn Genki Price: C$2500, US$1700 Dimensions: 32 x 33 x 8 cm Warranty: 5 years, transferable (How close does the Genki get to the Ikemi? Check out the full review in our print edition.) PARTIAL TEXT: Putting Vinyl on CD, the Montreal Show, Digital Radio, the Moon Eclipse, the Linn Genki, the Rega Jupiter and Io, the Cambridge D500, the Oskar Kithara FULL TEXT: MaxiVision 48 film. Testing CD Players, the Linn Ikemi, Listening in the Nearfield, State of the Art [READING ROOM] [BUY THIS ISSUE] [HOME PAGE]