LINN RELEASE THE NEWEST SONDEK LINN KLIMAX LP12 WITH RADIKAL AND EKSTATIK

Glasgow based Linn has announced the latest iteration of their flagship turntable, the Linn Klimax LP12.

The Linn Klimax LP12 now features the new Linn Radikal motor, motor control and power supply and the all-new flagship cartridge, Linn Ekstatik.

The new Linn Klimax LP12 with Radikal and Ekstatik

LINN KLIMAX LP12

Linn has designed, manufactured, and released more than forty upgrades for their Sondek LP12 in the course of its forty-eight year history; with each consecutive upgrade improving its performance. Linn claims that the new Linn Klimax LP12 sustains rotation closer to 33⅓rpm than any turntable

Gilad Tiefenbrun, Linn’s Managing Director, said: “Announcing Sondek LP12 upgrades is always an exciting time at Linn; but when they improve our very best version, the Klimax LP12, it’s doubly exciting. Between our new Radikal motor, motor control unit, and power supply – and our new reference cartridge, Ekstatik – we’ve achieved an astonishing leap in performance.”

The fluted plinth

The new Linn Klimax LP12 will make its public debut at the Dutch Audio Event, Eindhoven, this Saturday 30th October.

LINN SONDEK LP12

The new Linn Klimax LP12 is an equally exciting prospect for existing Sondek LP12 owners. Its announcement heralds the arrival of two new components Radikal and Ekstatik, available to order as upgrades to existing decks.

LINN RADIKAL

Linn’s new, Radikal reference turntable power supply, digitally (FPGA) managed motor control, and motor is accurate to five times tighter tolerance than its predecessor. The improved board design at the heart of new Radikal incorporates quiet power supply rails, coupled with the use of smaller, more modern components. An all-new, 6-layer board – designed and manufactured in-house – facilitates shorter signal paths, smaller componentry, and minimal overall noise, via dedicated ground and power planes.

Linn Radikal unit and motor

New Radikal has migrated to a precision reference voltage, served up by a new DAC derived from technology found in Linn’s network streamer range. An all-new acoustic motor housing decouples the motor from the deck more effectively. The motor itself features smaller, lower-noise components, making everything electrically quieter than ever too.

LINN EKSTATIK

The Linn Ekstatik is their all-new flagship moving coil cartridge Ekstatik’s unique construction forges a harmonious synergy with the Ekos SE tonearm; wicking away more unwanted resonances along the arm, and out through the suspended sub-chassis.

Linn Ekstatik on Ekos SE arm

In the search for ever better materials, Linn’s experiments led them to the implementation of aluminium-bronze inserts. With a custom honeycomb cut into the cartridge body, Ekstatik is skeletonised so that overall mass is reduced to Linn’s preferred sweet spot of close to 7g.

The honeycomb structure of the Ekstatik MC cartridge

A micro-ridge stylus on a sapphire cantilever makes for a responsive cartridge and the sapphire cantilever is far stiffer than boron or aluminium, resulting in less loss between the stylus and the generator.

Ekstatik box

LINN KLIMAX LP12 PRICING & AVAILABILITY

New orders of the Linn Klimax LP12 will ship with new Radikal and Ekstatik fitted as

Standard. New Radikal and Ekstatik are also available to order as upgrades to existing Sondek LP12s.

New Klimax LP12 (Complete Turntable) £21,795

New Radikal (Machined Enclosure) £6,500

New Radikal (Standard Enclosure) £4,250

New Radikal (Upgrade) £1,750

Ekstatik (MC Cartridge) £5,500

The new Linn Klimax LP12 can be experienced at HiFi dealers like Martins HiFi, during their special events

HiFi Pig Says: A new Linn Sondek LP12 is always a big event and it is exciting to see the continuation of one of the best-known products in HiFi.

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