Linn Klimax LP12 Updates
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“Stop throwing your vinyl records away; you haven’t heard what’s on them yet!”
– Linn’s founder, Ivor Tiefenbrun MBE (c. 1989)
Linn has recently announced 2 new exciting Linn Sondek LP12 upgrades for the Linn Klimax LP12. The first upgrade is to the Radikal. And the second is a brand new moving coil cartridge called Linn MC Ekstatik.
Linn’s Radikal’s cutting-edge DC motor design generates negligible electromatic interference, effectively eliminating it as a source of distortion. To make things mechanically quieter than ever, an all-new housing decouples the motor from the deck more effectively. The motor itself features lower-noise voltage regulators, and smaller components, making everything electrically quieter than ever too.
Linn Ekstatik Moving Coil cartridge – Linn’s all-new signature cartridge.
“Stop throwing your vinyl records away; you haven’t heard what’s on them yet!”
– Linn’s founder, Ivor Tiefenbrun MBE (c. 1989)
Linn has recently announced 2 new exciting Linn Sondek LP12 upgrades for the Linn Klimax LP12. The first upgrade is to the Radikal. And the second is a brand new moving coil cartridge called Linn MC Ekstatik.
Linn’s Radikal’s cutting-edge DC motor design generates negligible electromatic interference, effectively eliminating it as a source of distortion. To make things mechanically quieter than ever, an all-new housing decouples the motor from the deck more effectively. The motor itself features lower-noise voltage regulators, and smaller components, making everything electrically quieter than ever too.
Linn Ekstatik Moving Coil cartridge – Linn’s all-new signature cartridge.
In order to design a cartridge better than the Linn Moving Coil Kandid, Linn looked further afield, and at more varied materials. Linn conducted extensive experiments; auditioning different materials and configurations for the body, inserts, cantilever, suspension, windings and leads. The result is Linn Ekstatik – the new jewel in the crown of the Linn cartridge range.
This new Linn signature cartridge sets a new bar for arm/cartridge synergy; its unique construction forges an harmonious synergy with Linn Ekos SE; wicking away more unwanted resonances along the arm, and out through the sub-chassis. With a bespoke honeycomb machined into the cartridge body, Linn has skeletonised Ekstatik, so that overall mass is reduced to Linn’s preferred sweet spot of close to 7g.
In Linn’s search for even better materials, Linn’s experiments led to the implementation of aluminium-bronze inserts. Now a feature of Linn Ekstatik, these inserts allow Linn to reap the sonic benefits.
A micro-ridge stylus on a sapphire cantilever makes for an extraordinarily responsive cartridge. The sapphire is far stiffer than boron or aluminium, eliciting less loss between the stylus and the generator. The result is an agile, responsive moving coil cartridge, with the added performance yielded from specifying these materials; masterfully matched in unique configurations.
For further information on these LP12 upgrades contact Rococo Systems on 01277890888 or 02074541234.
