Product Description
Linn Klimax Solo 500: Small Amplifier, Big Credentials.
As an authorized dealer for Linn, we are thrilled to introduce the Klimax Solo 500 – a complete re-imagining of Linn’s most successful amplifier, the legendary Klimax Solo. This monoblock power amplifier stands as a testament to Linn’s relentless pursuit of audio perfection, pushing the boundaries of performance within a surprisingly compact and exquisitely crafted form factor.
The Klimax Solo 500 represents the pinnacle of Linn’s amplifier innovation, where cutting-edge technologies coalesce to deliver an unparalleled listening experience. Every cubic millimeter within its stunning, machined-from-solid enclosure has been meticulously optimized, resulting in an amplifier that surpasses its iconic predecessor in every conceivable way.
The Synergistic Power of Innovation:
The Solo 500’s remarkable performance is a result of the harmonious integration of Linn’s latest top-tier innovations:
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Adaptive Bias Control: This groundbreaking, in-house Linn technology, first introduced in the 360 Exakt Integrated loudspeakers and optimized for the Klimax Solo 800, is a critical element of the Solo 500’s prodigious performance.
- The Problem with Conventional Class AB: Traditional Class AB amplifiers rely on a manually set bias current at the output stage to minimize distortion. However, manufacturing variations, temperature fluctuations, and component aging cause this initial bias to drift, leading to increasing audible distortion over time.
- Linn’s Solution: Adaptive Bias Control continuously measures, samples, and digitizes the current supplied to each of the eight output transistors in real-time. A powerful FPGA processor then calculates the optimal bias at that precise moment and dynamically adjusts the current to maintain perfect bias. This ensures consistent, ideal performance regardless of temperature, volume, dynamic changes, or component age, leading to an astonishing eighty-five times lower total harmonic distortion and noise than its predecessor under typical listening conditions. This also guarantees flawless and consistently balanced performance across all amplification in your system, permanently.
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Hybrid Cooling Matrix with Intelligent Fan Management: The Solo 500 features a brand-new thermal management system that ensures optimal performance and whisper-quiet operation, even under the most demanding conditions.
- Efficient Heat Dissipation: All internal electronics are mounted directly to a highly conductive, hard-anodized aluminum sub-chassis with precision-machined fins. This innovative design naturally radiates heat upwards through gills in the amplifier’s upper casework during everyday listening.
- Intelligent Active Cooling: When the amplifier is driven harder, an intelligent fan management system, controlled by an FPGA processor, seamlessly activates two internal fans. Unlike conventional systems, the fan speed is determined by both the measured internal temperature and the input audio signal, ensuring the fans run at the lowest possible, inaudible speed while providing ample cooling. This maintains ideal performance, efficiency, and component preservation.
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Utopik for Solo 500: The effectiveness of the hybrid cooling matrix is further enhanced by a specially optimized Utopik power supply. Auto-voltage rails within Utopik adapt to the audio signal, delivering only the necessary power dictated by the music and volume. This minimizes wasted energy as heat, improving efficiency, lowering baseline internal temperature, and reducing overall electricity consumption.
Masterful Build & Design:
The Klimax Solo 500’s minimalist and sophisticated aesthetic speaks volumes about Linn’s dedication to craftsmanship. Its seamless construction, composed exclusively of three aluminum pieces (baseplate, enclosure, and rear panel), creates the impression of a single, congruous mass.
The face of the Solo 500 is a modern evolution of the signature Linn ‘smile’, featuring a completely flat lower half and a compound curve machined into the top. This precision detail creates a captivating play of light and reflection. A variable fillet cut in the aluminum grows towards a chamfered edge and culminates in an eye-catching centerpiece: a back-lit Linn badge within a miniature roundel, adorned with radial-grooved chrome trim and a steel outer ring. Gentle LED animations behind the mini-roundel elegantly communicate the amplifier’s status, adding to its characterful statement aesthetic.
A Staggering Upgrade:
Linn’s engineers have expertly miniaturized and arranged their flagship amplifier and power supply technologies within the Solo 500’s sleek casework, ensuring it’s a staggering upgrade for any system. Its compact size makes it an ideal drop-in replacement for existing setups featuring the original Solo or third-party amplification, and it’s particularly well-suited for active configurations where space is at a premium.
The holistic design approach of the Klimax Solo 500 ensures optimal performance from the moment it’s powered on and throughout its long lifespan. It’s an amplifier that can be driven hard for extended listening sessions of wildly dynamic material while remaining silently cool, boasting immense available power, a devastatingly low noise floor, and significantly lower distortion measurements than its predecessor.
The Klimax Solo 500: A small amplifier with truly big credentials. Contact us today to experience the pinnacle of compact monoblock amplification.
