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Oct 28, 2023

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The company says the speaker produces a performance with unprecedented clarity

The company says the speaker produces a performance with unprecedented clarity and realism, that is entirely absent of sonic colouration. Linn has paired drive unit and amplifier technology innovations with its established Exakt and Space Optimisation technologies to deliver its lowest ever levels of audible distortion and the cleanest possible dispersion characteristics.

The speaker has a 19mm Beryllium dome tweeter. Its midrange dome is crafted from thin-ply, woven carbon fibre, a cutting-edge composite originally utilised by Nasa for its Mars rover.

Both upper and lower bass drive units employ an aluminium-magnesium alloy. The pair of lower bass drivers have greater range and more than double the excursion of Linn's previous maximum.

The company's new Power DAC technology, which combines DAC and amp, allows the Bass System to deliver lower frequency sound with more efficiency and less distortion.

Adaptive Bias Control amplifier technology eliminates distortion from the amplifiers using real-time, dynamic management and correction.

The curvaceous front of each speaker tapers from bottom to top, with shaped radii specifically matched to each individual drive unit.

The speakers’ constituent drive units are placed perfectly flush within this undulating baffle, so that they emanate sound, out and away from the speaker, without obstruction. These elements result in a speaker which produces precisely the same tonality in every direction, reinforcing the sound-stage of the original recording.

The robust cabinet is built up from folded and formed 3D laminates to construct a fluid front baffle which reaches around either side of the speaker.

Machined into the 360 Array trim piece are a series of concentric arcs set adjacent to a tweeter protector. The engineered trim is machined in-house from 5754-grade aluminium, and incorporates waveguides to help facilitate optimum performance from the drive units which they surround.

Designed for 360, The Glasgow Collection is a range of curated cabinet finishes: Classic Collection, Piano Black and Alpine White.