A DIFFERENT APPROACH

摘要

The fascinating thing about high-end moving-coils is that two prime examples can be so good yet so different. Take, for instance. Linn's new £2960 Kandid MC [HFN Sept '13]: it sounds superb, as does the vdH, but they're night and day in their respective characters. The Crimson has a vast soundstage, and a sort of 'super-natural' approach to making music. Everything is larger than life - yet dreamier, sweeter and silkier too. The Linn by comparison, is altogether more measured: instead of being up in the gods of the concert hall, it's in the stalls getting down and dirty with the visceral power of the proceedings. Less showy and exuberant, the Linn focuses on the basic building-blocks of the music rather than projecting the overall pomp and grandiosity of the music. All of this means that if you're in the market for a serious MC, you should audition both!