It's no longer easy to pop into a local shop on a Saturday morning and hear the latest demo gear for a few minutes. Is it like red vs white wine? Milk or dark chocolate, or more subtle Linn or Naim? You would think that if one was miles 'better' than the other then that's all that would be made, so I know that's unlikely. I appreciate that arms are the hardest thing to describe, but I am just wondering how the unipivot vs bearings sounds in the broadest terms. The Linn specialist there isn't even a big fan of Naim which they now also stock. The best dealer I have is over the border in Carlisle, but no third party components. To make it more frustrating I work only a few miles away from the Linn factory. Hi Carlton, I'm in South West Scotland, not the best place to find a Linn dealer. The Nima has a neatness and beauty about it that i like, although it may not be up Ekos or Aro SQ the Nima wins hands down on value for money. The Aro has the option of a Keel which is fabulous but expensive. I very nearly purchased a Nima myself back in 2009, but was luckily able to raise my budget for a nice minty ex-demo Aro from Peter Cymbiosis. A brand new Nima is in a sensible price band for it's very respectable performance. I don't actually know if a Nima is better than a top condition Ittok, but there are lots of old Ittoks around with well worn years of wear and tear, and imo worth avoiding. I doubt a Nima would sound better than an Ekos2, unless the Ekos2 is faulty or knackered. Forester wrote:I know that the unipivot arms are meant to give a different presentation to conventional bearings, but never having heard one could anyone give a simple description? It's not something I'm likely to want to change to at the moment (a Radikal would come before changing my Ekos2) but I've wondered what the difference is like.
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