Originally Posted by
earlofsodbury
Tread very warily buying Linn-anything from the last 20 years or so - at some point they changed from linear PSUs to switchmode. Great for efficiency, but many of them have proven unreliable, and not infrequently die irreparably. The older ones can neither be repaired nor replaced since Linn don't keep stock of spares for the older designs. Even when you can get spares, Linn are notoriously expensive.
You'd do well to do plenty of research on hifi forums like Pink Fish to get a clearer idea of which models it would be wiser to avoid.