Klimax Solo 800 Monoblock Power Amplifier

Klimax Solo 800  £37,500 each

With Klimax Solo 800, Linn has created a superior-performance amplifier which can drive any given speaker optimally – under any conditions. To achieve this, Linn’s electronic engineers returned to first principles with their crosshairs trained on ‘consistency’ and ‘accuracy’ – because consistency and accuracy are key to pure, unadulterated, power amp performance.
Klimax Solo 800 features novel and Linn-original technologies which combine to produce staggeringly low distortion measurements, with superb signal-to-noise ratio and incredible efficiency.
Linn’s unique combination of digital and analogue expertise has allowed them to optimise and linearise every internal stage of this amplifier to consistently produce exceedingly high performance. As a whole, it is the epitome of efficient, consistent, and accurate circuitry design; and it measurably out-performs larger rivals.

The perfect partner to the Linn Klimax DSM

Utopik for Klimax Solo 800

Linn’s all-new, Utopik switch-mode power supply topology for Klimax Solo 800 boasts precision-regulated power rails. It provides the best of both worlds, generating 2kW maximum power output whilst retaining speed, responsiveness and consummate efficiency. It maintains extremely steady output voltage; the rails perform consistently in the face of dramatic loading changes. What’s more, if the mains input varies, the output won’t – remaining stable and ultra-pure at all times.
With a Utopik power supply stage, Linn has progressed a step further to minimise switching noise and improve efficiency by utilising a technique called ‘soft-switching’; a resonant tank circuit ensures that voltage across the switch falls to zero before the switch is thrown. Thanks to soft-switching, the power supply is cleaner, more efficient, and remains whisper-quiet over the full range of operating conditions.

Adaptive Bias Control

Klimax Solo 800 features Linn’s original Adaptive Bias Control technology. With it, the ideal bias current for each of the amp’s sixteen output transistors is established dynamically and in real-time by measuring, sampling and digitising the current supplied to them.
A digital control loop then implements and persistently adjusts this optimum bias current for each individual transistor specifically; negating crossover distortion at any temperature – regardless of volume or demanding dynamic changes in music – for the entirety of the amp’s life.

Cool-Running

Klimax Solo 800 features superb heat management; driving the most difficult of loads without compromising linearity or resorting to an internal fan.
Excellent heat coupling is achieved by mounting the amplifier and power supply circuitry directly to the critically efficient, large surface area heatsinks. This cool-running design is key to delivering exceptional clarity right up to 800W into 4Ω, and 1.2kW into 2Ω.
Temperature is minimised within the amp, ensuring that the properties of its internal components remain consistent during even the loudest and most demanding passages of music. It maintains consistency, efficiency and longevity at all times.

Klimax Solo 800 Specifications:

Output Power      400W 8Ω
800W 4Ω
1.2kW 2Ω

Nominal Gain      28.6 dB unbalanced
22.6 dB balanced

3db Bandwidth    150kHz 8Ω
140kHz 4Ω
130kHz 2Ω

Output Impedance 0.01Ω 1kHz

THD+N,               8Ω 0.0004% 1kHz, 400W
4Ω 0.0005% 1kHz, 800W
2Ω 0.0006% 1kHz, 1.2kW

SNR 98 dB Ref 1W, 20kHz A-wt

2-tone IMD (18kHz+19kHz) -115 dB 100W combined, 8 Ω

PSU 2kW Utopik
Power Requirements    100-120 Vac, 220-240 Vac
2kW Max
100W Idling

Inputs                            x1 RCA Phono
x1 Balanced XLR
Passthrough                  x1 RCA Phono
x1 Balanced XLR

Speaker Outputs x2 Banana/Binding posts Furutech FT-816 (R)

Dimensions 268mm (H) x 350mm (W) x 412mm (D)
Weight 27 kg