“I foolishly assumed that if the thing measured better, it should sound better. I also assumed that if it didn't sound any better, there was no point in buying it.”

— Ivor Tiefenbrun

"A Wee Dram of Scotch: Linn Products' Ivor Tiefenbrun" http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/457/, published in Stereophile, 25 October 1994.
1994

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