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The Klimax Radikal is meant to be slightly better than the Akurate Radikal and looks gorgeous! The radikal and ulrika I you have are top of the line.
LINN EKOS 2 SILVER UPGRADE
In my view maybe just upgrade the tonearm to ekos se or a used ekos mk2 and sell on the akito. You may only get a 5 to 10% improvement by making changes to your LP12. You are looking at incremental improvements at this level in my opinion as you have a very high spec system anyhow. It sounded more neutral and clearer with a more natural presentation. The differences were a different presentation with more clarity and detail with the Klimax/500/552. I must admit though that my system still sounded amazing next to it. The Klimax with the nap 500/nac 552 sounded very very fine. Then follow up with a 552 and finally nap 500. So for me that would be Ekos SE tonearm, Radikal and Ulrika. My dealer advised me to max out the Lp12 to a similar level to Klimax before upgrading the amplification. I spoke in depth with my dealer after listening to the lp12 Klimax with Nap 500 and 552. I have a special 82 (equivalent to 52 or thereabouts) and a pair of 135s. I have original Akito which has been upgraded with new bearings, silver wiring, etc, Kore and Cirkus. I too have an Lp12 similar to yours, albeit older. I heard the difference between an Akurate and a Klimax LP12 a couple years ago, but I’m wondering just what I can expect with that upgrade.īTW Pardon me if the matter has been beaten to death here: I did a research but couldn’t find anything in the new Forum. (Although I’m certain a 500DR would have been a significant improvement over my current 300DR).Īs an alternative, updating my LP12 (Akurate Radikal / Kore / Akito 2b / Urika I) with Keel and Ekos, keeping my beloved Kiseki PurpleHeart cartridge, would be a much more affordable upgrade. That would have been - by far - the most expensive upgrade I’d ever done and I just cannot bring myself to spend that kind of money without auditioning in my system first. My wife and I discussed the matter at length and I finally decided against it: since the amp is in Vancouver and I’m in Montreal, an audition was impossible.
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In the very interesting thread “With source first, at what point is source first enough?”, I said that I was contemplating an Ex Dem 500DR that became available lately here in Canada.