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Category: Linn DS

24 Oct

WHAT HI-FI? AWARD KIKO ‘BEST STREAMING SYSTEM’

It seems like only yesterday that we launched our latest network music system, Kiko, but we are delighted to announce today that it won ‘Best Streaming System, £2,000 +’ in the prestigious What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision Awards 2012. After months of deliberation and thousands of hours spent testing the ‘best of the best’, What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision have picked Kiko as ‘best-in-class’. Check out their 5 star review where they declare Kiko ‘bang on the money.’ Everyone’s raving about Kiko, with 5 star reviews streaming in from tech experts and music fans across the globe, including Mail on Sunday, What Hi-Fi?, Slashgear andStuff. More praise for Kiko Kiko was awarded ‘Product of the Month’ in the Gramophone Awards 2012. Praising the ‘neat Setup Wizard’, Gramophone noted that ‘Kiko was up and running in about 10 minutes flat’, making it the ideal hi-fi for the modern customer. Convenient and compact, Gramophone explain that this ‘seriously cute system’ can play ‘everything from bargain-basement MP3 right up to 192kHz/24-bit hi-res audio’. Hi-Fi Choice have also offered a superb 5 star review, selecting Kiko as Editors Choice. After rigorous sound testing, they declared Kiko ‘a genuine success’ that is both ‘spellbinding and a true pleasure to listen to’ and makes ‘any song compelling and involving to hear.’ And it’s not just music that sounds incredible with Kiko. Tech magazine T3 love our latest network music player, describing it as an attractive and versatile system that ‘can also beef up your TV’s sound output, connecting via HDMI’, while Stuff have written another impressive 5 star review stating that Kiko is a great ‘hub for a cinema system as well as just a hi-fi.’ Everyone loves Kiko With so many fantastic reviews, Kiko is the perfect system for attracting a host of new customers.  

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21 Sep

Linn Kinos – The Heart Of Your System

Google Derived from Linn’s flagship Kisto System Controller, the Linn Kinos gives outstanding audio performance from stereo or surround-sound music, making the most of your CD collection and bringing you the benefit of improved sound quality from high-resolution formats such as Super Audio CD or DVD-Audio.   With the Linn Kinos System Controller at the heart of your home entertainment system, controlling your system is simple. Partner Kinos with Linn’s latest Kinik control interface and you can operate your system wirelessly from your Pocket PC. The simplicity of this rich graphical touchscreen interface helps you to access and control your audio and video sources from the comfort of your armchair.   Supporting stereo, 5.1 and 7.1 processing, Kinos is also the perfect solution for the finest home-theatre systems. It precisely decodes and processes a comprehensive range of surround-sound formats.   Linn’s Kinos supports both PAL and NTSC and Composite, Component (YPbPr), RGB and S-Video.   When the Linn Kinos is used with Linn’s Unidisk range of multi-format disc players, an RS232 link can be used to enable automatic pre-selection of the most appropriate decoding algorithm or analogue channels, determined by the disk type being played and the signal received.   Linn’s Kinos can also be programmed to control other elements of your system for the complete home-theatre experience. Your projector powers up, your cinema sized screen drops into place, the light dim for that theatre like experiance and even your popcorm maker can spring into action.   Concealed sockets on the front panel of the Linn Kinos provide a user-friendly, quick access solution for less frequently used products increasing the range of uses of the Kinos. For example, a games console, video camera or headphones can easily be connected.   The Kinos from Linn also benefits from ‘silent power’ delivered by a Linn Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS). Where conventional power supplies operate through the standard audio bandwidth, Linn high-frequency Switch Mode Power Supplies (SMPS) instead convert power at frequencies well outside the audio bandwidth ensuring the audio signal is unaffected by this conversion and all you hear is the music.   Like all Linn pre-amplifiers, Kinos incorporates Knekt technology which means you can also enjoy music throughout your home as part of a Linn Knekt multi-room system.   The Kinos system controller is designed and precision-engineered to complement other Linn components and makes a perfect partner for Linn’s Unidisk multi-format disc players, Akurate power-amplifier range and the Akurate loudspeaker system. Add more power amplifiers with internal Aktiv cards to enjoy the improved performance of an Aktiv system.  

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18 Jul

LINN Renew DS comes to Akurate owners

Make your Linn Renew DS sound even better and get a 2nd Linn DS player for your home at the same time! For a limited period, Linn Akurate DS owners can enjoy a very special upgrade offer which not only improves the sound of your existing system but lets you share great sound with another room of your home too using Songcast. Linn Renew DS for Linn Akurate is a special upgrade package that lets you update your system with the latest Linn Akurate DS audio performance and turns your old audio board into a second working Linn DS player. The upgrade package comprises: · a latest Linn Akurate DS audio board which fits into your existing Linn Akurate DS player and improves the sound quality · a new product that contains a power supply and your old Linn Akurate DS audio board, giving you a Linn Renew DS player for a second room of your home – just add power amps and speakers. What’s more, you’ll automatically receive a new Linn 5 year parts and labour warranty on both Linn DS players from the date you upgrade. The latest Linn Akurate DS audio board was introduced in November 2010 and offers improved audio performance over the original audio board thanks to: · a new lower jitter master clock · an improved DAC power supply and layout · a new lower distortion output circuit Why not contact us today to find out more and audition the new, higher performance Akurate system. Please note that the Linn Akurate DS audio board can also be purchased separately as an upgrade. This offer applies to Linn Akurate DS built between Dec 2007 and November 2010

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9 Jul

Rococo Systems Linn Kiko review

It’s arrived! We knew our Linn Kiko was coming today and for some reason that made the coffee this morning here at Rococo Systems taste much better.  The anticipation and debate on what time the courier would arrive started about 07:30 and didn’t stop till the doorbell rang at just minutes before 11am. I’ve never known the staff here so eager to answer the door, so well done Kiko for staff motivation before we even get our hands on you. The Kiko comes in Linn’s new white packaging, very slick and extremely strong, as you would expect such an item to arrive.  Tape cut and flaps opened the smell of new hi-fi filled the air and there was a combined “aaahhh” heard all round. Once out the box we knew we had a winner on our hands Linn really have stepped out the zone with the Kiko.  It’s sleek, shiny and right away you start to picture all the places it could be placed round the home or office. The next surprise was the weight of the speakers, “wow” no messing here with these small but well built active speakers.  Again, they compliment the design of the Kiko perfectly.  By this point the excitement was really buzzing lots of “ooo’s, aaa’s” and head nodding going on. Just when we thought that was it for surprises we got a hold of the new K40 speaker cables, approx 2m long and silver.  The weight of these cables dictates the quality and becomes another exciting part of the Linn Kiko set up. We eventually stopped drooling long enough to set the Kiko up, which will easily fit on a shelf and has been designed as a true lifestyle piece at home in any room and 99% of room locations.  Our Kiko is white, which gave it an even more contemporary and desirable look. Ethernet cable plugged in and power on, our first choice was Barb Jungr, Walking in Menphis…………………………………WE CAN’T BELIEVE HOW GOOD THE LINN KIKO SOUNDS!  Crisp, rich depth even at low level, turn it up though and in return your ears will be rewarded with a punchy wholesome experience that you can’t help by smile with. The Kiko may be little but it misses nothing, it’s a real contender in the marketplace.  As Linn people to the core, we knew it would be good, but we honestly didn’t expect it to be this good, it’s excellent!  Take every component above described, put it all together, which is a simple plug and play job even for the most inexperienced person and you really have something terrific. The Kiko knocks spots off similar priced, lifestyle competition on the market right now.  For too long customers have been asking for such a product from Linn and now it’s arrived, they won’t be disappointed. The price point of £2500 now seems really keen and super value in comparison to other less impressive “lifestyle” systems.  If you’re in the market for a lifestyle system for you home, office, holiday home, boat or cabin, then giving the Linn Kiko houseroom is probably the best Audio decision you can make this year! Read more on the Linn Kiko at our online shop order yours today and start to enjoy your music, as it should be wherever you want. https://rococosystems.com/ecom-prodshow/Linn-Kiko.html  

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9 Jul

Linn News: 6 ways to love your Linn

  The launch of Kiko has got everyone at Linn thinking about the best ways to use a Linn system. We all have our favourite control apps and music services – the great thing about a Linn system is you can keep using these and still make everything sound better. Get more from your Linn – release the potential of your digital music and listen to movies, games, TV and radio in high quality for the first time. > See what our systems can do Play music wirelessly Play music wirelessly on your Linn system by sending sound from iTunes, Windows Media Player etc. using our Songcast app – anything you normally listen to on your computer can be played back in higher quality through your Linn. Stream online music and movie services such as Spotify, Netflix and BBC iPlayer – get more from the latest songs, shows, films and hear them sound amazing through your Linn. Or use AirPlay to send sound from an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch – Linn systems play nicely with AirPlay so you can instantly enjoy your mobile music played back on a real hi-fi. Connect your living room Connect it all together with a Linn system and get better sound from your HD TV, Blu-Ray player and Xbox, PlayStation and Wii. Hear what you’ve been missing from your favourite TV shows, film soundtracks and multiplayer games. Network music system If you have broadband at home, you already have a network. Add a Linn system to your home network and get wireless control over your entire music collection. Escape the computer and control all your music from anywhere using a smartphone, tablet or laptop. Computers are great for storing music but you need to hear a real music system to feel the difference. Enjoy classic albums and internet radio from around the world through a music system that combines the convenience you love with brilliant sound quality. Add a Linn system to another room and bring great music to the places you enjoy spending time. Create your own multiroom system and give each room its own playlist or sync them together for parties. All Linn systems work seamlessly together so you can mix and match from our range , choose exactly what you want for each room and share your music library and controllers around the home. Turn the quality up A Linn system will open the door to a world of high resolution music , with more and more new releases and classic albums available to download in 24-bit quality. Recent 24-bit Studio Master releases on linnrecords.com have included some all-time greats – Bob Marley’s Legend , John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme , Steely Dan’s Gaucho and Solti’s recording of Mahler: Symphony No.8 , as well as some fantastic new releases from the Linn Records label too – Claire Martin’s Too Much In Love To Care , the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique and Richard Tunnicliffe’s J.S. Bach Cello Suites . Listen to the original studio recording – the best version of an album that will ever exist – on a music system designed for Studio Master. Try a system Drop by a Linn shop near you and try a system for yourself – get hands-on and have a listen to some of your favourite artists on an extraordinary music system. Find out more about Linn’s range of network music players and discover how digital streaming works . Everything sounds better with Linn.

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2 Jul

Linn Kiko

  Linn Kiko is the latest music system from Linn. It offers the great sound quality that is the hallmark of Linn, delivered in a sexy new package that meets the needs of the modern music fan. We have all got used to accessing music and video content over the internet. We love the convenience of logging on and downloading new music, exploring recommendations and watching the latest YouTube phenomena. But listening through the computer means compromising on quality. What is Kiko? Kiko is a network music player that allows you to play all your digital content and control it all using your smartphone, tablet or laptop. It combines the convenience you love with brilliant sound quality. It provides a hub for all your music – a single source for amazing sound in any room. Beautifully designed, sleek and compact, Kiko is small enough to find a place in any living room, kitchen or bedroom. But Kiko is optimised for a great music performance so you don’t have to settle for computer sound. If you have broadband at home, you already have a network. Add Kiko to your home network and get wireless control of your entire music collection. Play iTunes on your laptop and Kiko will transform the sound into something fabulous. The same for Spotify and Napster. You’ve never heard music from the computer sound this good. More than music It’s the same for your Netflix movies and programmes on BBC iPlayer, 4OD etc. Also your digital or satellite TV, Blu-Ray player and games consoles. Connect them all to Kiko and whatever you’re watching or playing you’ll get brilliant audio and a soundtrack to blow you away. The Kiko system comprises a network music player with integrated amplification and a pair of outstanding speakers. You can download a control app for your smartphone, tablet or computer. It’s all compatible and incredibly easy to use. The smart little Kiko comes in six different colours – from low-key Back to Black to funky Blue Monday. So there’s something to suit every modern music lover. Liberate your music from the computer. Connect to Kiko. Because everything sounds better with Linn. Features & Specifications 7 Inputs including 3 HDMI, 1 SPDIF Coax, 1 Toslink, 1 Analog, DS Ethernet. Available in White, Light Blue, Champagne, Dark Blue, Black. Can be positioned Horizonally or Vertically Contains Linn DSM Network music player Supported File Types: FLAC, Apple Lossless, WAV, MP3, WMA, AIFF, AAC, OGG Kiko Dimensions: HxWxD 2.95″ x 11.02″ x 10.63 “, 5.3 lbs Kiko Speaker Dimensions: WxHxD 10.23″ x 5.75″ x 7.35″, 6.8 lbs UPnP Media compatible  

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15 Jun

Integrating Linn DS in a Knekt system

  The Linn DS products can only act as sources (like a CD player, Radio etc) within the Knekt system. The Linn DS or Linn DSI products CANNOT replace any Linn Knekt preamplifier products within a system as they do not have any Linn Knekt control sockets (Remote IN/OUT) and can only be controlled by IR. (Early versions on the Linn Sekrit-DSI had Remote IN/OUT connectors, but never incorporated in to the internal software for use) The Internal volume control of the Linn DS products must be disabled. Otherwise you will have two volume controls in the system. One within the Linn DS player and one in each room controlled by the Linn Knekt-RCU. This means that you could have the Room volume quite high and the Linn DS volume quite low. If you switch to another source, like the TV, this is now playing at a high volume control! Using the Linn DSI products can confuse things even further as you may not be listening to a media streaming source and/or you cannot disable the internal volume control: Linn Room Control Unit (RCU) Linn BASIK-3(-IR) RCU The Linn Sneaky-DS and Linn Sekrit-DSI are the only products with Linn RCU- Accessory sockets. These ACC sockets are designed for use with ONLY the Linn Basik3 and Linn Basik3-IR RCU use. The Linn Basik3 RCU allows Standby and volume up/down control. The Linn Basik3-IR RCU has the additional IR control option of the Linn Sekrit-DSI and Linn Sneaky-DS.  

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30 May

MAJIK DSM WITH HDMI PACKS A POWERFUL PUNCH

Now with HDMI, the new Majik DSM is a genuine room-filling music system that improves everything you listen to at home. Make music, movies, games, TV and radio sound incredible and connect all your sources together with Majik DSM. Enjoy all the benefits of Linn DS from a music system that packs a powerful punch thanks to Dynamik and Chakra technology. Making everything sound better with Majik DSM With all the inputs you need to connect your turntable, Blu-Ray player, HD TV, games console…just add speakers and anything you listen to at home will sound better. Songcast simplifies how you listen at home, letting you listen to iTunes, Spotify, YouTube and Netflix from the comfort of your sofa and also share great sound all round your home. As well as getting you away from your computer, Majik DSM plays nicely with AirPlay too – send any sound from your iPad or iPhone to your system to instantly enjoy your favourite music in glorious Linn quality. Now with HDMI, the new Majik DSM is a genuine room-filling music system that improves everything you listen to at home. Make music, movies, games, TV and radio sound incredible and connect all your sources together with Majik DSM. Enjoy all the benefits of Linn DS from a music system that packs a powerful punch thanks to Dynamik and Chakra technology.

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29 May

EVERYTHING SOUNDS BETTER AT LINN’S SPECIAL EVENTS

With so many different sources of sound in the modern home, you need a music system that gets the best out of everything you listen to. Hear the difference Linn can make to your favourite music, movies, TV and games at a special music event near you. Enjoy iTunes, You Tube, Spotify, Netflix and other online services through Linn’s new range of DSM systems. Come along to any of the events below and hear for yourself how Linn makes anything you listen to at home sound better. Find your nearest event below and contact the retailer directly to book your place. Events 30th May Scala HiFi Aarhus, Denmark 30th May Audio Projects Leeds, UK 31st May Rococo Systems & Design Ongar, Essex, UK 31st May What You See & Hear Beaconsfield, UK 1st Jun PJ HiFi Guildford, Surrey, UK 1st & 2nd Jun Hoert-Sich-Gut An Bielefeld, Germany 5th & 6th Jun Brian & Trevor’s House of HiFi Manchester, UK 7th Jun Boxen Gross Berlin, Germany 7th Jun Peoples & Schmidt Gothenburg, Sweden 7th & 8th Jun The Sound Organisation York, UK 8th Jun Speakers Corner Kiel, Germany 8th & 9th Jun Beter Beeld & Geluid Hilversum, Netherlands 12th Jun AVCS Israel 14th Jun Castle Sound & Vision Nottingham, UK 16th Jun Konnectiv Sheffield, UK 19th Jun Douglas HiFi Perth, Australia 26th Jun Global Audio Singapore 28th & 29th Jun HiFi Corner Edinburgh, UK 29th Jun Radio Ferner Braunschweg, Germany

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