Linn klimax solo vs klimax chakra twin

I do not know how true it is, I read a couple of times from a Japenese audio Magazine---Stereo Sound---that the Chakra Twin has the reputation in Japan that it sounds better than the Solos. It does make sense though, as you have pointed out, the Twin benifited from the new Chakra technolodgy.

I have been using a Chakra Twin along with a Kontrol for about a year, I love them. My reason for getting the Twin was mostly finacial, I have not tried the Solos myself.

Congratulations on the purchase of Solos!

Since you have already heard the Charkra Twin in your system, when you receive your Solos, you will have a good reference to compare with. I would be really interested to find out your take of the difference and improvement. Please let us know!

In my 2 cents, your Cremonas are already sweet sounding speakers, matching them with the Chakra Twin would give you even more sweetness and musicality, on the other hand, with the solos you would get extra speed, weight, and control. By direct comparison, the advantage of the solos would be more apparent, but it may not necessarily be the better choice.

In case you want more opinion, you may seek them on a Linn's forum: http://lists.topica.com/lists/linn/read

Tda 2200,

I feel the same way as you do about Linn's amps, they are more about refinement than brute power, but when required, they provide the goods too. My Chakra Twin gives better control, and sounds more powerful than my previous amp of which rated at double the Twin's power on paper.

It would be interesting to see what you end up getting. Let us know if you will.

TDA2200,

My experience with cables was different from yours. When getting my Linn Kontrol and Charkra Twin, a Linn dealer recommended me to use another brand of interconnects, at the time, I thought he was trying to sell me extra cables and disregarded it, I chose to use Linn’s silver interconnects that came with the amps, and I noticed a sound that was typical Linn's, natural with little color, and a bit on the lean side. Later on, after a few months of initial purchase of Linns, I thought about upgrade and decided to try different brand of interconnects, I went through Nordost Valhalla, Argento Serenity Reference, and eventually, settled on Vitus' Andromeda cables. I noticed very large difference in each change. In my current set up, with Vitus interconnects from source to Linn Kontrol, and in between Kontrol and Twin, I regard the difference is like night and day comparing to using the Linn’s silver. Of course, change does not necessarily mean improvement, but in my case, I felt the Vitus cables provide my system with a much fuller, much more dynamic, and more resolute sound without losing any speed or naturalness.

I know the above comments sound like it is from a cable salesman, but it was my personal experience with my system.

Still looking forward to hear from you after you get the solos!

Re your experiece with cables, it looks to me that although not at first, but you eventually found that the tara labs worked better for your existing system. For your new Solos, you may also need to try different brands to find out what works.

I think getting the Linn's Silver is still a good idea, after all, it was designed by Linn for use on its gears, it should be a better match with Linn amps than most others. My suggestion is to use the Silver as a starting point with the Solos, and then you can try other cables in the future to see if they work any better.

By the way, you may check into if your Solos come with Silver interconnects.

Although not at one time, I ended up brought altogether 4 Andromeda's power cords, 2 pairs of interconnects, and 1 pair of digital interconnects. My Local Los Angeles dealer gave me a good discount off retail, I could send you my paying price over a private email.

I met Vitus in the last CES show, he and Anders--the cable designer---are so very nice. Actually, I discussed with them about my problem in using the Andromeda power cord, which is there is a hood on top of the back panel of Linn Klimax Kontrol that restricted the access space, and prvented the Andromeda power cord---or any cord using wattgate type of IEC connector---to be plugged into it; Anders told me he could find a good quality slim IEC and make a power cord for use on the Linn Kontrol. I appreciate his help, although I have not taken up on his offer yet.

Congratulations on the purchase! I wish you are local to me, I would really like to be able to compare a pair of Solos to my Twin first hand.

Robert