Linn Karik III for sale

[perlogalism]

Firstly apologies for not being more active on the forum of late - other interests / life get in the way so I hope you don't think I'm being too cheeky dropping by to use the forum to flog gear

"One of the last great CDP's of the golden era". - Marco

Here's my Karik III. I bought it second hand in 2003 and paid £900 for it then (I have the invoice). It's been used on and off for those 20 years and has never had anything go wrong with it.
Recently I've found myself ripping CD's to FLAC and streaming LDAC bluetooth so the Karik has become rather redundant.

It comes with the remote, a manual, power cord, Linn interconnects and a box. Parts are hard to come by but the good news is that this is virtually bombproof.

Pro's:
Amazing sound quality. Holds its' own even now.
Built like a tank. The CD drawer is machined from a solid billet of aluminium.
Stupidly cheap for what it is!

Con's
The box isn't the original. It's the one I got it in but as you can see it's for a Majik DS. All Linn kit of that era was of the same dimensions though so it fits fine.
If it's not used for some time then the CD drawer can be slow to open. Once it is used though, it's fine and behaves perfectly normally.
The top plate is a bit dirty. Up to you how you want to clean it but I'm leaving well alone.

I really don't want to post this. The thought of some courier chucking my pride and joy around is more than I can bear so collection it is from Halfway House near Shrewsbury. I do venture up and down the M54 corridor and next week will be in Leicester and the week after venturing down to Fishguard so delivery is possible.

Happy to demonstrate

£250

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[donmarrese]

CS4328-KS DAC
Hitachi HOP-M3 / HOP-M3A Mech

[gerlando]

Bargain!

[Lawrence001]

I actually wish I needed a CDP looking at this. But I can't find an excuse to replace my Meridian 508. Given the resurgence in CD replay this should sell quick at this bargain price.

Actually I should buy it as I still have c.3000 CDs at a guess and I think I'd prefer the sound judging by the Mimik I used to have, but I can't collect so it's a moot point.

[perlogalism]

I'm really surprised this hasn't been snapped up. Maybe people think there's something wrong with it as it's cheap

[Lawrence001]

I'm not sure about that it's probably the collection issue. I agree it can't be posted the risk is too high, but it limits who can buy it.

If I was local I'd buy this to compare to my Meridian like I said.

[struth]

no doubt that pick up only does reduce chances drastically. still, patience and itll go

[perlogalism]

lawrence001: Not sure where you are in London but my wife will be travelling to Erith in a few weeks and could take it if that's any use?

[Lawrence001]

Thanks for the offer unfortunately it's too far from me as I don't drive.

[perlogalism]

Quick bump before I put it on the bay of evil...