Sorry Steve, i was getting my 1's and 2's mixed up

It was the £6.5K one that I listened to, the one with the better audio. And it's a country mile off sounding as good as an Audionet V2 let alone serious products lke CD12, Wadia & dCS.

Seems you've been reading the LinnSpin alot recently  If it's better than the Ikemi then that must be seriously turgid. To put it's performance into context, on hyper tweaky, audiophile recording DVDA, stood comparison with a CD played on my digital setup. On CD it was very poor to these ears, and would struggle to hold it's head up at less than half the price.