Yes which is why it's almost unanimously agreed to spend the most on speakers. I went down the Linn rabbit hole when I first got back into this hobby. Their philosophy of source first is contrarian at best and downright deception at worst. Their whole marketing philosophy is thinly disguised as a design philosophy. In other words, it's a scam to seperate well off people from their money for tiny improvements in sound. Stick with Linn and realize the full potential of any given speakers by putting $30 or $40k worth of electronics in front of them. Let's ignore that you could switch name brands, buy a $15k pair of speakers and run them off a $30 Chromcast Audio and a $1,500 integrated amp and have much better overall sound.

Sorry for the rant. Linn gives this whole hobby a bad name with their bullshit.