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Originally Posted by Feinstrom  I used to have a LinnDrum and really liked its sound.
A friend of mine used to have both and kept the LM-1, he says the LinnDrum sounds weaker in comparison. |
Classic internet hearsay. I've owned several Linndrums and a Linn 9000 and have heard the original LM-1.
The LM-1 and Linndrum share most of the same sounds! Therefore your friend is just silly. A few of them are different, such as the kick which is better on the Linndrum, and only a couple of sounds that are on one and not the other.
The main advantage with the LM-1 is individual tuning of each sound vs. a universal adjustment for most of the Linndrum sounds. Not a huge difference. I'll take the Linndrum it's still the best-sounding stand-alone drum machine ever made. It fell out of favor after the mid-1980s when cheap Rolands came into vogue, not because they sounded better.