News
Linn has unveiled three new audio products: the 119 and 150 speakers, and the Selekt DSM Classic Hub
Selekt DSM: Classic Hub
Selekt DSM: Classic Hub features powder-coated, folded aluminium casework mounted atop an 8mm-thick, machined-aluminium base. It is available in either a subtly textured black or flat silver finish.
Classic Hub possesses a tactile and eye-catching central control dial containing hidden LEDs that shine through with a silken glow to indicate volume. There is an array of six machined stainless-steel ‘smart’ buttons for one-touch access to favourite playlists, artists, albums, or inputs. With their intuitive operation, these interfaces encourage physical interaction with your system.
A broad range of connectivity ensures that Classic Hub can receive and deliver audio from any source imaginable; with a high-performance, integrated, analogue-to-digital conversion stage accepting anything from turntables to CD players, and a host of digital connections allowing connection to video streaming devices, games consoles, and Blu-ray players – ensuring you get tremendous sound quality from anything you connect to your Selekt DSM.Classic Hub has outputs dedicated to providing bass reinforcement to a subwoofer. There is also an integrated headphone amp with 1/4” jack output for personal listening sessions at home.
119 & 150 Loudspeakers (Combined Product Page)
119 is a modern and high-performance compact loudspeaker; 150 is its larger, floor-standing sibling. Both all-new Linn passive speaker models are energetic, conspicuously refined – and loads of fun!
Linn has a long history of designing and manufacturing compact loudspeakers with excellent performance that belies their size. 119 and 150 reflect this pedigree, with a new performance benchmark and the addition of peerless versatility when it comes to building a system.
With 119 and 150, Linn’s goal was to create fundamentally entertaining loudspeakers, but with refinement, sophistication and neutrality, so that they would play any source material equally well – and equally enjoyably.
119 and 150 are fitted with premium drive units, delivering excellent linear performance and excursion capability. Drawing from what Linn learned from the development of their flagship 360 loudspeakers, drive units are mounted at the very front of the baffle, with no grille, to minimise occlusion and improve excursion.
Component quality is high throughout. Lower-order crossovers in 119 and 150 are designed for signal purity and, as a result, lend the speakers speed and dynamism.
119 and 150 are available in Satin Black, White, Walnut, or Oak veneered finish. Inspired by Linn’s flagship 360 speaker is a magnet-mounted trim piece, featuring fine concentric grooves redolent of the surface of a vinyl record and an electro-formed Linn logo which serves as a tweeter guard.
Optional black or silver, mild-steel pedestal stands are available for mounting 119 speakers.
With 119 and 150 having 2- and 3-way designs respectively, it is now both easier and more attainable than ever to upgrade from passive to the extraordinary performance of Linn’s proprietary Exakt technology. 119 and 150 can be converted to Exakt in a matter of minutes, whilst all requisite amplification, DACs and Exakt digital crossover can be contained within Selekt DSM to create a simple and neat system with astonishing performance.
26.09.2024Back