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LINN MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS
The Scottish company Linn has been producing high quality audio
systems for over thirty years. Since their first record player,
the Sondek LP12, up to the most recent Classik Music System, Linn
has been conferred many honours. The Prince of Wales officially
appointed Linn as the sole supplier of home entertainment systems
for the Royal residences and the company has also collaborated
with Aston Martin in the production of the multimedia system in
the hyper-technological Vanquish, the car used in the latest James
Bond film. In the boating sector, Linn can boast collaboration
with prestigious boatyards such as Sunseeker, Riva, Nautor's Swan,
Oyster and Wally Yachts. Luca Bassani, founder of Wally Yachts,
chose Linn audio systems for "Tiketitan" and Tiketitoo", just as
the owner of the fabulous "Shenendoah 2" entrusted this British
firm with the refitting of his multimedia systems.
Among Linn
products we find Kivor Tunboks, a high fidelity musical file on
hard disk, one of the most versatile multi-room audio systems
currently available on the market. The Kivor is capable of
recording and memorising thousands of hours of high-fidelity music
without digital compression and is equipped with interfaces that
enable independent access to 16 stereo music channels that can be
selected from each room on board using the Linn Knekt multi-room
system. Thanks to the latter you can select your favourite music
recorded on Kivor from no less than 128 different rooms and it can
also be controlled using a normal PC. Linn audio systems on the
market include the Sondek CD12 CD player and the Sondek LP12, a
record player with an Adikt stylus, offering high standards of
quality when listening to vinyl. Linn also offers complete audio
and audiovisual systems, like the Classik Music System and the
Classik Movie System, equipped with DVD/CD player, AM/FM radio and
with the possibility of linking up to a multi-room plug and play
system. The Movie System is compatible with the latest technology
in the home theatre audio sector, such as the Dolby Digital and
the DTS. For each system Linn can also provide high performance
amplifiers, Klimax Solo and Klimax Twin, combined with powerful
diffusers such as Komri and the Classik Unik. The latter are
reserved for the Classik Movie Systems and Classik Music Systems,
and can be used both for frontal channels or rear channels and
central channels.
This Scottish company also produces speakers for outdoors, among
which the Sweetspots, characterised by their easy installation and
the anticorrosive and waterproof properties of the materials used
to produce them. The latest apparatus in the range of Linn's audio
systems is the Unidisk 1.1, which thanks to its Silver Disk Engine
enables any format to be read, including Super Audio CDs, audio
DVDs and Video DVDs.
For further information: Linn Products Limited; Floors Road;
Waterfoot; Glasgow G76 OEP; Scotland (UK); tel. +44 (0) 141
3077777; fax +44 (0) 141 6444262; website www.linn.co.uk; e-mail helpline@linn.co.uk.
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