Szkoci modernizują swoje odtwarzacze sieciowe DS wprowadzając do nich m.in. technologię Optimisation, która dostosowuje emisję akustyczną do warunków panujących w pomieszczeniach odsłuchowych. Jednocześnie proponuje układ Exakt posiadaczom kolumn B&W 802 D
Linn launches incredible new versions of its class-leading DS players including design enhancements that deliver the highest ever level of audio performance and introduces SPACE Optimisation, a unique new optimisation technology.
In 2007 Linn launched Klimax DS, bringing 24-Bit music into the living room for the first time and revolutionising the way music could be listened to in the home.
Quickly following this, Linn released Akurate DS, Majik DS and Sneaky DS in 2008.
Linn DS Players
Building on their pioneering approach, Linn today introduces a huge leap forward in audio performance that re-defines the DS category.
These significant enhancements are delivered in the new KlimaxDS, Akurate DS, Majik DS and Majik DSM players by an innovative new approach to clocking architecture and improved audio circuitry layouts, leading to a reduction in the number of components, shorter signal paths and reduced jitter.
SPACE Optimisation for all Linn DS owners
Space Optimisation
From 16th March, every Linn DS player will feature SPACE Optimisation technology – Speaker, Placement and Custom Environment Optimisation.
Adapted from the optimisation technology developed in their Exaktsystems, this innovative technology builds an acoustic model of the complete listening environment based on the choice of loudspeaker, the placement of the speakers and the unique characteristics of the listening room, regardless of the speaker manufacturer and type.
Using this model, performance is optimised, revealing the true sound of the music and offering an unparalleled level of personalisation.
Speakers
Every speaker is unique. The characteristics of the enclosure, drive units, ports and layout all influence the sound that is heard. SPACE Optimisation models the speakers based on all of these elements, to understand how the sound from the speakers interacts with the room.
Whatever speaker a customer chooses to use, their Linn DS player will optimise the sound.
Placement
The physical placement of speakers has a profound effect on what is heard. This is why Linn specialists establish the ideal position through careful listening – the Tune Dem method. However this ideal position is not always practical for everyone in the family. SPACE Optimisation enables a Linn DS to emulate the sound of the ideal speaker position from the preferred, practical location.
Now Linn DS owners can place their speakers wherever they choose and still enjoy great performance.
Custom Environment
Every room impacts on the sound of a music system. As sound waves reflect off the walls, ceiling and floor, they interact, leading to peaks of increased energy at specific low frequencies. These peaks sound artificially loud, and because their increased energy takes longer to decay, they mask the music that follows. SPACE Optimisation enables Linn DS players tooptimise the sound for a room by identifying these peaks and reducing their energy to reveal the music that would otherwise be hidden.
The furnishing and construction of a room also affect the sound. Hard surfaces like glass or concrete reflect more sound energy back into the room than absorbent surfaces like curtains or partition walls. SPACE Optimisation provides Linn specialists with fine-grained control to optimise the system for a room’s unique characteristics.
Now Linn DS owners can enjoy better sound without having to change the room.
With the ability to optimise for a customer’s speakers, their position, and their unique home environment, SPACE Optimisation ensures that every Linn DS player delivers a truly musical performance, personalised for every customer.
Every Linn DS player is Exakt-ready
Linn has always been committed to offering tailored and flexible upgrade paths to the latest levels of performance for all customers. All Linn DS and Linn DSM players now have Exakt Links to support future upgrade to the ground-breaking performance of Exakt, the ultimate destination for every customer seeking the best performance from their system.
Exakt support for Bowers & Wilkins 802 Diamond
Further demonstrating that Exakt technology’s ground-breaking performance can be delivered to loudspeakers from any manufacturer, Linn launches Exaktbox support for Bowers & Wilkins 802 Diamond model.
Exakt enables a wide range of performance- and personalisation-enhancing capabilities in design, in manufacture and in the home. Sources of noise and distortion that exist in the traditional analogue hi-fi chain are eliminated so what is heard is a more faithful reproduction of the music as it was recorded.
In a system using Akurate Exaktbox, the loudspeakers are run actively, with separate amplifiers for each drive unit. The original analogue crossover in the loudspeaker is bypassed and instead, the Akurate Exaktbox performs the crossover digitally, while applying Linn’s Exakt technology to eliminate distortion, correct for drive unit variation and optimise the loudspeaker’s performance for the room. Linn’s class-leading digital-to-analogue conversion then ensures each amplifier is fed the highest precision signal.
Products and pricing
Available from Monday 16th March, Klimax DS is priced at £13,300, Akurate DS is £4,750, Majik DS is £1,990 and Majik DSM is £2,965.
