Linn Klimax Kontrol/1

NOTE: The Dual Mono upgrade cost about $2500! But It isn't an older model that has been modified. It came from the factory with this and the Dynamik power supply built in. The "slash 1" indicates that it was originally built with both the Dynamik power supply and the Dual Mono Boards. I have sent the serial number to Linn and they have confirmed that this is the most recent varient.
This is a very late production Linn Klimax Kontrol preamp.
This is the last, and greatest preamp that Linn has made or will ever make. The final price of this piece was $12,500 - no expense was spared in research and development, chassis construction and parts quality.
This is the Linn Klimax Kontrol/1 reference preamplifier. It was created and is built to be nothing less than the best preamplifier in the world at the time and is still one of the most musical available at any price. The Klimax Kontrol/1 was designed by Linn to extract the maximum of information possible from the any line level source connected to it while virtually eliminating noise. This particular Klimax Kontrol/1 is the Silver Anodized finish and, like all Linn Klimax products, it is machined from two solid billets of aluminum. The finish, as you can see in the photos, is one of the most attractive and satiny in the industry and is set off beautifully by the chrome buttons and feet.
As a reference piece it, of course, avoids unnecessary circuitry like tone controls and strives instead for the shortest and cleanest signal path possible. But this doesn’t mean that the Klimax Kontrol/1 is not flexible. As a microprocessor controlled unit Linn has included a large number of user programmable options. These allow you to name the inputs, vary the sensitivity of the inputs, disable unused connections, and set things like the speed of response of the volume control and muting switch, the brightness of the display and even the volume level to default to when brought out of standby. There are a number of other options as well detailed in the user manual.
All the standard controls you need are on the front panel: Standby, Source Selection, Volume Up & Down and Muting. With the included, remote control you can also access all the user preferences. The remote will also control Linn DS Streamers, CD players, UniDisk universal players and FM Tuners.

This Linn Klimax Kontrol/1 is exceptionally clean as you can see from the photos. Electronically this unit functions flawlessly giving the extremely musical sound from any source. In terms of musicality and ability to pick up the tiniest details of the music while presenting it with a natural flow the Klimax Kontrol/1 really brings things to life.
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The link to the rave review from Stereophile is here (and this was written before the Dynamik and Dual Mono boards were included as standard on the final version.)
www.stereophile.com/solidpreamps/863/index.html

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