Category: Klimax

Some may wonder about the above word but it’s not what you think (in that sense anyway!). ‘Klimax’ is a range of hi-fi components produced by Linn Products which are designed to produce the most satisfying and musical listening experience ever from any audio system. Last weekend I upgraded a customer Linn LP12 turntable to the latest Linn Klimax power supply (Radikal) and phono stage (Urika II). The power supply provides power to both the motor (24v DC single pole synchronous) and the Urika II phono stage. This phono stage is unique since it sits inside the turntable and converts the fractions of a millivolt analog signal produced by the phono cartridge into a 32-bit 384khz digital signal which is fed into the Linn Klimax DSM preamplifier/streamer using Linn’s proprietary Exakt communications protocol, thus ensuring that no information is lost. The digitalized signal is then converted back to analog by two Linn Klimax Exakt crossovers which feed eight (yes, eight!!!) Linn Klimax Solos amplifiers connected to a pair of Linn Komri speakers.

The customer’s system also has two Sonos music streamers feeding two Linn power amplifiers (LK2 and LK280) to indepedent music zones in the rooms and the terrace.

To ensure proper power is fed to this system independent 240v 50A electrical circuits feed two Torus Power conditioners.

The only thing I can say is that it is an ‘orgasmik’ experience listening to music, specially vinyl, in this system!

Vic