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Linn releases new highend loudspeaker, klimax 360
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Unless there's a problem at my end, the link goes nowhere.
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You sure? I see double monoblock and regular speaker cables here (+ power one, so "semi active").
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There is apparently both a passive and an active version of this speaker .You sure? I see double monoblock and regular speaker cables here (+ power one, so "semi active").
More info , here :
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Linn has offered active speakers since the very beginning of offering speakers in the 70’s, so yes, we are sure.
The picture may or may not show the fully active configuration.
@Tangband already answered:
Like it is the case Klimax 350, both should be available at some point.
It does not show the fully active configuration, and that is for sure.
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Maybe, maybe not, if the 360 is anything like the 350, the amplifiers are in the speaker enclosure.
On-board Amps | 2x 100 W, 2x 400 W, 2x 1000 W |
It's official:
www.linn.co.uk
And they cost 55,000£ (semi-active) to 87,500£ (fully active).
360 | Speakers | Linn International
Linn 360 flagship speaker - unprecedented clarity and realism with innovative drive unit and amp technologies, and unmeasurably low distortion.
And they cost 55,000£ (semi-active) to 87,500£ (fully active).
The typical Absolute Sound reader will need to spend at least $100K on cables to connect those 4-way 'Aktiv' loudspeakers to their Linn amplifiers!
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It looks like the most diffraction free enclosure that Linn has ever made for a loudspeaker. I have listened to the Klimax organik streamer, and this active exakt model has organik dacs . My guess is that they will sound wonderful.It's official:
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360 | Speakers | Linn International
Linn 360 flagship speaker - unprecedented clarity and realism with innovative drive unit and amp technologies, and unmeasurably low distortion.
And they cost 55,000£ (semi-active) to 87,500£ (fully active).
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"K" stands for "Klimax", I guess... I don't know.
Linn's 'k' Fixation
Linn has always had a ‘thing’ about the non-standard use of the letter ‘k’ in naming its products, from the ‘Sondek’ onwards. I’ve often wondered how this peculiarity came about. Does anyone know where ‘Sondek’ came from, and why the ‘k’ tradition has largely kept going? (‘Sondek’ is...
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It started with the first product, the LP12 Sondek, then the Isobarik DMS and Isobarik Sara, after that all product had K in their name, as a full Linn system guy since the last 40 years, I like it, I think it is Kool.
Even the logo is playing along when turned 90 degrees.
Nearly but not quite true. For a while some of their lower priced products had an "x" rather than a "k" in their name eg Index, Nexus and Helix, all loudspeakers. I remember that it sometimes took almost as long to think of a suitable name as did to design a product
Few people realize that the 10 mm radius that many assume significantly improves baffle edge diffraction is only effective for frequencies above about 6 kHz. Jim Theil of Theil Audio was one of the first manufacturers long ago to put radii of up to 100mm that lowers this frequency to around 600 Hz.
When I designed the Linn Keltik (a precursor to this loudspeaker) I put an array of grooves of different lengths and orientations on the baffle to try to break up the edge diffraction effects. It was the best of various patterns I tried and had a very useful effect on imaging etc but I suspect not as good as large radii
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Rounded edges are always better, or does it depend on the speaker design? Or maybe it's not very necessary?
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So it was you who subjekted us to aktiv Kelitiks was it? ooooh the stories I could tellFew people realize that the 10 mm radius that many assume significantly improves baffle edge diffraction is only effective for frequencies above about 6 kHz. Jim Theil of Theil Audio was one of the first manufacturers long ago to put radii of up to 100mm that lowers this frequency to around 600 Hz.
When I designed the Linn Keltik (a precursor to this loudspeaker) I put an array of grooves of different lengths and orientations on the baffle to try to break up the edge diffraction effects. It was the best of various patterns I tried and had a very useful effect on imaging etc but I suspect not as good as large radii
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Nice to have you on this forum - I loved the sound of active Keltiks and also had active Kabers. I follow your speaker constructions at Legend acoustics with big interest. It seems that an active 4 way speaker is the way to go, without big compromises ?Few people realize that the 10 mm radius that many assume significantly improves baffle edge diffraction is only effective for frequencies above about 6 kHz. Jim Theil of Theil Audio was one of the first manufacturers long ago to put radii of up to 100mm that lowers this frequency to around 600 Hz.
When I designed the Linn Keltik (a precursor to this loudspeaker) I put an array of grooves of different lengths and orientations on the baffle to try to break up the edge diffraction effects. It was the best of various patterns I tried and had a very useful effect on imaging etc but I suspect not as good as large radii
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