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Linear Acquires Niles

Linear, LLC of Carlsbad, CA, an innovative firm specializing in radio frequency products, has announced its acquisition of Niles Audio Corporation, the Miami, FL company best known for its whole-house audio and video products.

Linn Abandons CD Players

On November 19, Scottosh manufacturer Linn Products held a press conference in London to announce that it was forthwith ceasing the production of CD players, and effectively replacing them by its new DS-series "digital streaming" components in its product portfolio.

Linn Getting in Tune

Iconic audio manufacturer Linn Products announced April 18 that the Scottish firm will "realign" its business strategy to create "a more focused range of even higher quality products, specifically aimed at the premium end of the consumer market."

Linn Komri Turns Pro

Audiophiles know Linnhttp://www.linn.co.uk">Linn; as a high-end consumer electronics company, creator of such products as the legendary LP12 turntable, compact amps, preamps, and speakers, and the innovative Kivorhttp://www.stereophile.com//digitalsourcereviews/497/">Kivor; hard-disk music server.

Linn Launches the Index

Linn's early decision to develop hard-disk audio systems first got our attention when the Kivor project was">http://www.stereophile.com/news/10645/">was announced back at the 2000 Consumer Electronics Show. The Linn Kivor has now spent almost two years on the market, garnering a positive reviewhttp://www.stereophile.com//digitalsourcereviews/497/">review; from John Atkinson and a special "Editor's Choice" mention in this month's 2002 Products of the Year.

Linn's Klimax DS

When I saw Linn's Klimax">http://blog.stereophile.com/cedia2007/090809klimax/">Klimax DS at CEDIA, I was impressed by the company's claim that it sounded "better than a CD12," the marque's (now discontinued) flagship">http://www.stereophile.com/cdplayers/86/">flagship CD player for many years. Quite a claim, I thought, but I wasn't able to make it to a nearby hotel and actually hear the DS in action.

Linn's New Majik Turntable

Has the Linn">http://www.stereophile.com/turntables/1103linn/">Linn Sondek LP12 turntable really been around for 35 years? Yes, Ivor">http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/1101ivor/">Ivor Tiefenbrun MBE, founder and Chairman of Linn Products, asserts. Moreover, Tiefenbrun asserts, the revolutionary aspect of that 'table was not simply that it worked "simply better," but that it was designed to be "modular, upgradeable, and expandable in accordance with our continuous improvement philosophy. That is what 'simply better' means. It is not an assertive statement of superiority but an aspirational motto defining our objective as simplifying and improving everything that we do."

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