LINN NEXT-GENERATION KLIMAX DSM/3 DIGITAL MUSIC AV PLAYER

LINN NEXT-GENERATION KLIMAX DSM/3 DIGITAL MUSIC AV PLAYER

Linn Next-Generation Klimax DSM/3 Digital Music AV Player in excellent condition.

S/N 1534541

https://www.linn.co.uk/us/network-music-players/klimax-dsm

https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/reviews/linn-next-generation-klimax-dsm-review-r1082/

Local pickup available in Los Angeles. This is the HDMI stereo only AV version. It is Organik but does not have the recently available power supply.

Please contact us for a price or feel free to make your best offer.

While we do take trade-ins when we sell new equipment, our business model does not allow us to take trade-ins against used, consignment, or demo items for sale. We are not able to take trade-ins for this listed item. Thank you for your understanding.

Lowball offers and preposterous questions will be politely ignored.

ABOUT THIS PRODUCT

Next-generation Klimax DSM is the best yet, applying decades of audio innovation and digital technology learnings. With its extreme engineering and breathtaking sound, Klimax DSM is the closest you’ll get to streaming audio perfection.

Designed from the ground up, Klimax DSM is housed in an exquisite precision-machined new enclosure, providing vital acoustic isolation along with visual and tactile luxury.

On the inside, the beating heart is the groundbreaking home-grown Linn Organik DAC, enabling their most natural sound ever.

Organik DAC: the beating heart of Klimax DSM
Designed without compromise and manufactured entirely in-house, the home-grown all-Linn Organik DAC combines FPGA processing with a discrete conversion stage, enabling us to precisely control and optimise every stage of the digital to analogue conversion process for the first time.

Your space. The final frontier.
Any music system risks being compromised by the shape of the room it lives in. Until now. Linn’s pioneering Space Optimisation technology removes the unwanted distorting effects of your listening environment to reveal the true sound of the music.

Exakt
Until now, no speaker system has ever been able to synchronise all the elements that make up every note, including all the harmonics. Exakt ensures the perfect time alignment of every part of every note, so now you can enjoy the same sound that was recorded by the artist.

Rather than being a mere streamer, the DSM is more accurately described as a streaming preamplifier. It has the expected digital inputs – USB Type B, optical and a pair of coaxials (in BNC form) – as well as analogue equivalents in Balanced XLR and single-ended RCA (x2) form. Of course let’s not forget about the raft of HDMI connections that comes as standard on our AV variant.

The big technology highlight here is the introduction of the Organik digital-to-analogue circuitry. This is Linn’s first in-house DAC design and has been developed from first principles using the company’s three-decades' worth of digital experience. Organik combines FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) processing with a discrete conversion stage that allows the engineers to control and optimise every part of the conversion process for the very first time.

The FPGA processing employs bespoke algorithms for things like upsampling and signal modulation while the partnering conversion stage aims to minimise distortion through low jitter and short signal paths. It’s impressive that the company builds and populates these surface-mount circuit boards in-house rather than having them made elsewhere as most rivals do.

The Klimax DSM’s casework is equally impressive. It’s machined from solid aluminium, with precision cut partitions that separate the analogue, digital and power-supply sections of the circuitry. Doing things this way minimises any unwanted electrical and mechanical interactions that could degrade the performance. This casework is also carefully damped to reduce the impact of external vibrations. The hefty overall mass of 16.4 kg helps in that cause too.

The level of fit and finish is exceptional, just as it should be for the price. The Klimax DSM AV looks every inch the upmarket luxury product it is, and neat design touches such as the diamond-cut pattern on the top panel that echoes the grooves of a vinyl record – alluding to Linn’s enviable history in this area – are lovely. The precision-cut glass volume dial on the top panel looks classy too with its 100 segment indicator lights. This dial feels nice and responsive when turned to change the volume, but its mechanism feels a little vague when we push down on the appropriate edges to navigate the on-board menus or try to pause the music when streaming.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BH3NqDqAoI




SPECIFICATIONS

An introduction to the Audio Salon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtt4NEp2MzI