KOMRI
Hi-Fi World, UK
Mar 2002
"In an instant the Komris communicate the particular goings on in the recording studio on the date the music you're listening to was committed to tape (or hard drive, as it is these days). You can hear the quality of the vocal mikes, the producer's thoughts on instrument placement, squeaks, rattles, noisy desks, injudicious use of EQ and so on and so forth. They don't add, detract, multiply or divide - you simply hear what was there in the first place, to a very great extent. The Komris simply let the festivities happen. These new Linn boxes project better than your average stadium floodlight. Image location is pin-sharp. Given the right size room, a brace of barrel-chested amplifiers and the will to use the volume control in anger, these speakers are practically hallucinogenic. The Komri can go boldly into the centre of the room, and fall back behind the rear wall too. The Komris are probably the best combination of soundstaging and frequency extension I've heard - and believe me, it's rare to hear both from the same speaker. The result is a loudspeaker that's alarmingly devoid of flaws at almost every level. No doubt about it, Linn's new Komris give an incredibly powerful, staggeringly incisive, massively engaging and satisfying performance - with virtually none of the pitfalls associated with other, rival big hitters. They are awesomely fluid and natural sounding - they just cut to the chase and get on with getting you closer to the music - which is just how it should be. We should applaud Linn for finally giving us conclusive proof that the less a loudspeaker does, the better it surely is. As the Komri's show us, less is most definitely more. Incredible in so many respects, the Komris let any music sound quite sublime."
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