Linn Sneaky Music DS review
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Verdict
Impeccable audio quality and beautiful design but undermined by truly awful control software.
Review Date: 18 Dec 2008
Reviewed By: Jonathan Bray
Price when reviewed: £865 (£995 inc VAT)
Overall Rating
Features & Design
Value for Money
| Details | |
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| Part Code | Not stated |
| Review Date | 18 Dec 2008 |
| Price ex VAT | £865 |
| Price inc VAT | £995 |
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| Features & Design |
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| Display | |
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| Display type | None |
| Screen size | N/A |
| Resolution | N/A |
| Software and OS support | |
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| Software supplied | None |
| Operating system Windows 7 supported? |
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| Operating system Windows Vista supported? |
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| Operating system Windows XP supported? |
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| Operating system Mac OS X supported? |
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| Operating system Linux supported? |
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| Physical | |
|---|---|
| Dimensions width | 345 |
| Dimensions depth | 274 |
| Dimensions height | 45 |
| Dimensions | 345 x 274 x 45mm (WDH) |
| Audio format support | |
|---|---|
| MP3 support |
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| WMA support |
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| AAC support |
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| OGG support |
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| FLAC support |
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| ATRAC support |
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| WAV support |
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| ASF support |
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| AIFF support |
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| Other audio codec support | ALAC |
| Video format support | |
|---|---|
| DivX support |
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| XviD support |
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| H.264 support |
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| WMV-HD support |
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| WMV support |
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| AVI support |
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| MP4 support |
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| Ports and communications | |
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| Remote control? |
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| UPnP media server? |
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| 802.11a support |
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| 802.11b support |
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| 802.11g support |
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| 802.11 draft-n support |
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| Ethernet interface |
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| Wired adapter speed | 100Mbits/sec |
| RCA (phono) outputs | 1 |
| 3.5mm audio jacks | 0 |
| Optical S/PDIF audio output ports | 1 |
| Electrical S/PDIF audio ports | 1 |
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