I saw a demo of the Linn Klimax at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest in Denver, Colorado last weekend. The presenter spent most of his time demonstrating how it sounded the same as Linn's $20k cd player, playing one track with the cd player, and then again with the Klimax. He described it as a high-end DAC with an Ethernet port. He also, at one point, hyped the Klimax as the only network-attached audio player capable of natively handling 24-bit audio - which is false, as I understand. Granted, the SB3 can only go to 24-bit/48khz, and the Klimax apparently goes to 192khz. But as I recall, the SB3 handles 24-bit conversion at the unit, as does the Transporter.
The Klimax has a big, cool remote. And it damn well better, for 20 grand. The audio quality was not nearly as impressive as billed, although (to be fair) that could have been due to a variety of factors (room acoustics, etc.). These audio shows are a crapshoot in that regard. Incidentally, my favorites of the show (in no particular order) included: the Dehavilland tube amps with Wilson Benesch speakers; the E.A.R. display; Musical Fidelity (one of the few decent solid state setups, to these ears); Pass Labs; Electrocomponiet (sp?); and the Manleys with the Joseph Audio speakers. There were others, but those spring to mind. Chris in Santa Fe -- benthos ------------------------------------------------------------------------ benthos's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2556 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38815 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
