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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.

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

620 rue Latour

SAINT-HUBERT, QC J3Y 6A7

Tel.: (450) 676-6898

Fax: (450) 676-6153

info@sracoustique.ca www.sracoustique.ca

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