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We are delighted to have the first products from Naim’s New Classic 200 Series on demonstration by appointment in our Ascot showroom.

The NSC222 streaming pre-amplifier can handle digital signals with a bitrate of up to 32bit/284kHz, and has access to all the major streaming services such as Qobuz, Spotify and Tidal. It also has the facility to listen to radio stations from around the world via the internet.

A high quality Moving Magnet phono stage is built in, so you can connect your turntable and give your records a new lease of life. If you want to keep your music to yourself, a headphone output using technology derived from the award winning Atom Headphone Edition is included.

It can be partnered with the latest version of the iconic NAP250 power amplifier, delivering 100 watts of Class A/B power per channel to really get the best out of your loudspeakers.

Also newly available is the NPX300 power supply, which will enhance the performance of the NSC222 and many other Naim products past and present by virtue of the 6 Discrete Regulator (DR) technology.

Our favourite loudspeaker manufacturer, Kudos Audio, has today announced a eco-friendly finish for its Titan Loudspeaker range.
Liquid Amber veneer is responsibly harvested from the fast-growing Liquidambar styraciflua tree, native to the south-east USA, before being finished with a soft sheen and hard-wearing lacquer to ensure that the loudspeakers look great for many years to come.

Following on from the award winning Dione soundbar earlier this year, Devialet has today launched the Mania rechargeable speaker.
With up to 10 hours of playback on a single charge, the Mania features a unique adaptive cross-stereo system that ensures you hear stereo sound wherever the unit is positioned. Like Devialet’s Phantom, the Mania utilises Devialet’s push-push woofer configuration to deliver impressively powerful bass, and it is the first Alexa-compatible Devialet product.
Mania is available for you to try today by appointment at Hidden Systems.

Linn has replaced the Akurate LP12 with the new Selekt LP12. This deck features the new Arko 7075-grade aluminium gimballed tonearm and the Kendo moving coil (MC) cartridge, along with:

• Karousel single point bearing
• Kore aluminium sub-chassis bonded to a machined-from-solid armboard
• Trampolin suspended aluminium base board
• Lingo 4 power supply

The Arko and Kendo are both separately retro-fittable to any LP12, allowing you to take advantage of the recent developments in materials technology and engineering expertise no matter how old your LP12 is.

Call us to arrange your demonstration today.

The wait is finally over! The sublime performance of Organik DAC – first debuted last year in next-generation Klimax DSM – is now available as a retrofit upgrade across the established Klimax range. 

 

Organik forms the beating heart of new Klimax DSM – the ultimate streamer – and is largely responsible for its rave reviews, magazine front covers across the globe, and five Product of the Year awards (so far). 

We are pleased to announce that, from today, the Organik upgrade is available for all variants of Klimax DS and DSM – even those from as far back as 2007. 

Linn have set the new Organik upgrade to a flat rate of £5400.00, which covers all Klimax DS, DSM and Exaktbox products they have ever produced*

The benefits are two-fold. Through choosing to upgrade your Klimax DS or DSM with Organik, you will be bringing your cherished streamer up to the current, next-gen Linn standard; meaning you’ll be unlocking DSD256 and 24-bit/384kHz streaming capability! 

This is the latest addition to the list of products which can benefit from Linn’s groundbreaking, entirely homegrown DAC technology; joining Klimax Exaktbox and Klimax 350 integrated loudspeakers in the lineup. 

You’ll already be aware that, at Linn, nothing progresses beyond the prototype stage if it can’t conclusively answer one simple question positively: is this better than what’s available elsewhere? Designing and building their own DAC, from first principles, was no exception. It was only worth doing if the result would be significantly better than Linn’s previous designs utilising 3rd-party chips. 

With this novel DAC architecture, implementation, and realisation, they have finally completed the puzzle; Linn has achieved complete control over the entire signal chain – an ambition fifty years in the making. 

How does it sound? That’s not for us to say. Rest assured though, Linn doesn’t do anything unless they can do it better than what’s available elsewhere… 

Book your 1:1 appointment with us to hear the difference for yourself! 

 

Klimax DS/0, DS/1, DSM/0 and any Klimax DS to DSM conversions can still have the latest Organik upgrade but they must be sent off to the Linn factory and cannot be done in-store or in your home, however, this will incur no extra charge*

Intensely immersive

Devialet Dione is Devialet’s acoustic engineering applied to home cinema: a high-end, all-in-one Dolby Atmos® 5.1.2 soundbar that elevates all contents on your television.

Engineering excellence

Seventeen autonomous high-end drivers deliver dynamic midrange and crystal-clear treble, while eight built-in SAM®-powered subwoofers remove any need for additional equipment, making Devialet Dione a truly all-in-one soundbar.

Devialet Dione is all you need.

External subwoofer? No need to add what’s already built in. Devialet Dione soundbar boasts eight internal subwoofers, the highest on the market, making it a true all-in-one sound system.

Devialet Dione 8x high-excursion subwoofers are custom-designed to deliver powerful and deep low-frequency effects with improved sound wave directivity to greatly enhance bass restitution and immersion.

We now have the latest version of the Klimax LP12 available for demonstration, with the new Ekstatik cartridge and new improved Radikal.

The latest Flagship LP12 from Linn has arrived. The upgrades include a new design moving coil cartridge and improved motor control unit. The combination of these offer hyper accurate speed control, reduced resonances, which gives a more musical reproduction from your vinyl.

Ekstatik – flagship MC cartridge

• Skeletonised body to achieve ideal overall mass.

• Unique construction creates superb synergy with Ekos SE headshell – wicking away more unwanted resonances out through the sub-chassis.

• Micro-ridge stylus on sapphire cantilever results in less loss between the stylus and the generator.

New Radikal – motor control unit, motor and power supply

• Sustained rotation closer to 33 1⁄3 rpm than ever before, thanks to a hyper-accurate and responsive FPGA-managed motor control unit.
• New housing decouples the motor from the deck more effectively.
• All-new, 6-layer board design facilitates shorter signal paths, and yields Linn’s all-time lowest noise floor.
• Quieter, regulated supply rails have the added halo effect of making the Urika/Urika II internal phono stages sound even better.

Linn have launched their next generation of streaming products featuring their Organik DAC. To quote Linn:

“The beating heart of the new Klimax DSM is Organik, the ground-breaking all-Linn DAC. With Organik DAC on-board, Klimax DSM sets a new benchmark in music streaming for the ultimate musical experience.

Designed without compromise and manufactured entirely in-house, the home-grown all-Linn DAC combines FPGA processing with a discrete conversion stage, relentlessly optimised to work perfectly together as a system, enabling us to precisely control and optimise every stage of the digital to analogue conversion process for the first time.

Organik offers significantly lower noise and distortion, measuring better than anything we’ve achieved before. It expertly performs the digital to analogue conversion to achieve the most accurate re-creation of the original music signal, revealing even more of the tiny details that provide a closer emotional connection with the music.”

As with previous Klimax products this is the pinnacle of audio engineering, featuring a new form factor to match the Selekt DSM and Majik DSM, it is machined from solid Aluminium to provide acoustic isolation. Featuring a top mounted dial to match the rest of the family, beautifully crafted in glass and stainless steel.

Key Features:

• New all-Linn Organik DAC enabling Linns’s most natural sound ever

• Exquisite enclosure protects electronics from interference in the room or product
• Precision-cut glass dial, customisable smart buttons and large high-res screen for hands-on control, restoring the joy of physical interaction lost in the digital age
• Analogue, digital and wireless connectivity for performance and convenience
  • Adds 24-bit384 khz streaming and DSD256 as supported audio formats
  • New lowest distortion ADC gets the most from connected analogue sources
  • Exakt Link for Urika II connection
  • Option to connect directly to your computer for the ultimate stand-alone DAC
  • In addition, the AV variant offers HDMI connectivity for movie sources including eARC for Smart TV connection

We now have the new Majik LP12 in store, first impressions are that is very good.

Linn have partnered with Clearaudio and announced Krane as their new tonearm at Majik level. This new arm coupled with the addition of Karousel, adds significant performance to Majik LP12 compared to the previous configuration, and as a result raises the price of Majik LP12 to £3450. While the price of the product is going up, the increase is significantly less than buying the Krane tonearm and Karousel bearing separately, meaning Majik LP12 is even better value than before.

We are now taking orders order for Majik LP12 with the new Krane tonearm for contact free home delivery.

Please be advised that Krane will only be available at launch as part of a full Majik LP12 sale. Linn will make the Krane tonearm available as an upgrade for existing Majik LP12 owners in 2021.