LINK K50

It is amazing how well it sounds straight out of the box. I probably
understand what you mean by the "neutral" sound of the LINK.
It renders the music exactly as it has been played and recorded.

The equipment does not interfere, does not make the sound bright or
smooth, crisp or blurred, warm or cold... It just sounds true:
certainly, a great advantage for the CDs that are recorded well.

If you say the LINKs need to be played-in before they unleash they potential...
awesome! I will tell you more after a month or so. Many thanks indeed!

The following reaction is based on my experiences in the (classical) recording world.

After very careful examination I bought the LINK K50 as new reference monitor loudspeaker for balancing, mixing and mastering the recording
as a replacement for the Harbeth monitors.
The K50 immediately caught my attention by his neutrality and natural sounding.
Imaging and stereo imaging: the precision of the positioning of instruments and the incredible depth are amazing.
At no moment one gets the impression of listening to speakers. The uncritical positioning due to the closed cabinet construction is a major point for this.
Every single detail is resolved due to its high transparency, especially if the detail is of inferior quality.
It is not a dry analytical reproducer. At every moment one can enjoy the music cause its reproduction is so smooth and controlled although the K50 can be very 'fast' and dynamic!
I can only conclude that given the right source, cables and amplifier, that I have never been closer to the microphones.

(The studio is situated in an amazing rural setting within a 65 acre farm at the heart of the Pembrokeshire national park between Haverfordwest and Fishguard in West Wales)

The meeting with Yannick came about because about 30 soundscape users had a lively discussion on the forum about which nearfield speakers are best. I actually went out and compared a lot of nearfield speakers including Mackies, Genelecs, PMC, Adam, Event, Dynaudio.... the absolute favourates on that session were Dynaudio bm6a ...

it was also the choice of a lot of people on the forum discussion, however Yannick insisted that the LINK K50 speakers would be a lot better again and invited people to have a listen which is what we did when I was in Brussels the other weekend.

There were no other speakers to compare to when we listened to Yannicks LINK K50, so given that limitation we thought it was best to listen to a broad selection of CDs including heavy metal, folk, rock, and jazz.

We felt that we could really hear the differences between the CDs , what was good about them and what was bad. So the speakers are doing a great job in showing up problem areas in the mix you are working on. This is the most important thing that a studio nearfield speaker needs to do and the K50 does a magnificant job at this. I can't remember the Dynaudio bm6a being that good for this, but I would really like to compare the two.....as we also liked the bm6a sound for listening.

Our big problem at the moment are the monitors, we are working mainly on NS10 and we don't know what we are doing......since we upgraded to Soundscape 24bit and the magnificant TL audio valve console, we know that we have the potential to make great sounding records if only we knew what we are hearing....

cd player : Onkyo
preamp Aura CA200
amp B&W MPA1
LS cable : Monitor Cobra Cable Semi Silver 5 TDC

The nice thing about these speakers is the playfull way they reproduce each part of the musical spectrum. Especially the dynamics, the quick response do surprise me pleasantely . On percussion it is especially clear how every detail is reproduced. You don't have to look for details, they are thrown right in your face.
Marvellous speakers , the first small ones wich such a big sound that sound great .>>

<< The K50's with music..... I still have to break the spell >>

If you are up to new discoveries, without prejudices, go listen for yourselves. It is unbelievable, what I've heard is like waking up from a wet dream,
music enjoyment, no hassling with equipment.

I cannot find the words to describe it: suited both for stereo and multichannel .

I have never heard anything better, even from far more expensive equipment. One condition although: you have to know how a "live" instrument sounds in real,
THAT's what you will hear through this speaker.

I have listened for hours to very different musical genres and the K50 does it ALL! .
So, here no bullshitting about this or other musical genre will be played well: everything is reproduced as it is: Music in all its qualities.

One disadvantage: Cause of its razor sharp reproduction, every lesser recording is reproduced ruthlessly and every shortcoming will be exposed.

Go listen for yourselves: you can almost shake hands with the musicians, so "real life" is it.

A 'small' speaker, but what a big musical performance!! And then I even didn't hear the 'Big Ones' from LINK.
A Belgian product to be proud of...


recording session on location in De Singel, Antwerp