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Linn Tukan Bookshelf Speakers
Beautiful Condition
Working Perfectly
Condition is Used
(Please Note : The speaker stands are not included in this sale)
The Tukan Speakers are beautifully finished in real-wood veneer. Both drivers are mounted flush with the baffle, and the driver mounting bolts are recessed to further reduce diffraction. The rear panel has two pairs of recessed banana jacks for bi-wiring or bi-amping, and a small port.
These particular Tukans are fitted with white wall hanging brackets on the rear, these can be used with an existing bracket system, left on or removed.
In its most basic configuration, the Tukan can be single- or bi-wired. The separate bass and treble input terminals also allow passive bi-amping (two amplifier channels driving the Tukan through the Tukan’s passive crossover), or active bi-amping. In active bi-amping, an external electronic crossover splits up the frequency spectrum before the power amplifiers, eliminating the need for passive crossover components (capacitors and inductors) in the signal path. All Linn amplifiers, including the Majik integrated, can be upgraded to actively drive the Tukans. If you have a Linn Majik and a pair of Tukans, you can take their performance to the next level without selling them and starting over.
Another unusual feature of the Tukan is the ability to fine-tune the treble balance with an adjustment inside the cabinet. This treble level control must be performed by a Linn dealer: you must take home the Tukans, listen to them to decide if the treble level is suited to your room, then return them to the Linn dealer for adjustment.
The Tukan’s 5.1″ bass/midrange driver and 3/4″ dome tweeter appear to be of high quality. The bass/midrange unit, custom-made for Linn, is also used in Linn’s AV5140 and Keltik. The driver has been refined over several years, and is currently in its seventh revision. The magnet structure’s size (it’s as big as the cone) was limited only by the size of the baffle opening. The magnet is supported by a cast (not stamped) basket.
Similarly, the tweeter is the same unit found in all Linn loudspeakers, even the top-of-the-line Keltik. The custom tweeter uses a ceramic-coated diaphragm to push its first breakup mode high in frequency. A wire-mesh cover protects the tweeter from prying fingers. (Why do people always want to stick their fingers into dome tweeters?)
The impedance is specified at a nominal 4 ohms, although the impedance never drops below that. Sensitivity is rated at a moderate 87dB for 1W of power measured at 1 meter at 1kHz (footnote 3).
The Tukan has a solid, dense feel and weightsuch a small cabinet is easier to make rigid and inert. The enclosure is vented in the rear with a very small port. One danger of small ports is the high air velocity they create, which can cause a “chuffing” sound (although I heard no problems in the listening). The Tukan is designed to work well very close to a back wall, such as on a bookshelf; the design emphasis seems to have been on optimizing their performance for how most people will use them, not the minority of us who put small speakers on stands a third of the way into the room. Consequently, I tried the Tukans in places I’d normally never consider for reviewing loudspeakers: on a high bookshelf, on my desk a few inches from the back wall, 18″ from the back wall on the desk, and on stands 42″ into the room.
Listening to the Tukans
When I first set up the Tukans and played music through them, I was surprised at how good the sound was without any placement tweaking. In fact, the Tukans were only roughly set up, without precise measurements of each speaker to the rear wall, or identical toe-in. Nonetheless, these little loudspeakers threw a huge and focused soundstage with a captivating immediacy and clarity. With some attention to placement, the Tukans really sang. Their big, open sound was surprising from two such tiny enclosures.
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Category: Sound and Vision:Home Audio and HiFi Separates:Speakers and Subwoofers
Location: Glasgow