drive any given speaker optimally \u2013 even those that present difficult loads \u2013 under any conditions.
To achieve this, their electronic engineers returned to first principles with the goal of
achieving ultimate \u2018consistency\u2019 and \u2018accuracy\u2019 \u2013 because consistency and accuracy are critical to pure, power amp performance.
Solo 800 features novel and original Linn technologies which combine to produce staggeringly low distortion measurements, with superb signal-to-noise ratio, and incredible efficiency.
It delivers exceptional clarity right up to 800W into 4\u03a9, and 1.2kW into 2\u03a9.
The all-new Solo 800 is a whole new category of mono amplifier from Linn; it measurably outperforms its larger rivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nGilad Tiefenbrun, Linn\u2019s CEO, said:
\u201cAs this is our first foray into the high-power, passively cooled amplifier category, we\u2019re acutely aware that we have to outperform some strong, established incumbents. The challenge was to apply our unique expertise in both analogue and digital electronics engineering to set a new standard in audio amplification. The resulting distortion and noise measurements are lower than anything the industry has seen. Solo 800 drives even the most demanding loudspeakers more assuredly than its competitor amplifiers. We\u2019re confident that customers will hear the difference.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adaptive Bias Control Efficiency. Accuracy. Consistency. Klimax Solo 800 (priced per pair) \u20ac75,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n Linn announces the global launch of their reference mono power amplifier, Klimax Solo 800. It is a large, passively cooled amp; the first of its kind from Linn. With Klimax Solo 800, Linn has created a superior-performance amplifier which candrive any given speaker optimally \u2013 even those that present difficult loads \u2013 under any conditions.To […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2445,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,51,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-amplifier-news","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Klimax Solo is a Class AB amplifier and, as such, it requires a \u2018sweet spot\u2019 bias current to minimise transistor crossover distortion. In a conventional Class AB amplifier, biascurrent is usually set once only, by an engineer with a potentiometer, at the point of building the product. However, due to variations in individual transistors, changing temperatures during use, and age of the components, this bias current can, and does, drift quite far from ideal over the lifespan of the amplifier.
To circumvent this challenge in Solo 800, Linn has developed their original Adaptive
Bias Control technology (debuted in Linn\u2019s 2023 flagship 360 Exakt Integrated loudspeaker).
Linn establishes the optimum bias current dynamically and in real-time by measuring, sampling and digitising the current supplied to the transistors. This data is passed to an FPGA, which calculates the bias corresponding to these measured current levels, and implements a digital control loop to hold this measured bias point at its ideal for each individual transistor.
Using this method, Linn\u2019s Solo 800 ensures the optimum bias is applied and persistently adjusted to be ideal \u2013 at any temperature, regardless of volume or demanding dynamic changes in the source material \u2013 for the duration of the product\u2019s lifespan.
With Adaptive Bias Control, Linn has conclusively solved the traditional problems inherent to Class AB amplifier design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Klimax-Solo-800_Silver_3Q_WR.png\")
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Solo 800 as a whole is the epitome of efficient, consistent, and accurate circuitry
design. Linn\u2019s unique combination of digital and analogue expertise has allowed them to optimise and linearise every internal stage of the amplifier to produce exceedingly high performance consistently in all conditions.
Linn has employed novel techniques to drive distortion down as much as possible, through dynamic monitoring and error correcting in real-time via multiple digital and analogue feedback loops deployed throughout the amp.
The phenomenal analogue output stage of Solo 800 uses only the best transistors
available. Linn combines eight pairs of them, in parallel, to ensure linearity right up to and beyond the amplifier\u2019s impressive rating.
Solo 800 incorporates sixteen transistors for upper and lower devices \u2013 with their combined total producing the purest, ultra-linear signal for the loudspeakers which follow.
This array of top-performing output devices results in the the amp\u2019s output impedance being divided by eight, giving Solo 800 the ability to drive large speakers which present difficult loads, right across the audio band, and with no tail-off in performance as the volume is turned up.In fact, the louder it goes, the more astonishingly controlled it is, ensuring you get only the best from your loudspeakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Klimax-Solo-800_Rear_WR.jpg\")
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