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Hi-Fi Choice, UK, The Collection issue -
Klimax Kontrol
August 2004
\"It is one of the loudest, tightest and best controlled combinations?grabbing hold of any speaker and keeping it in absolute check. If you like a tight, precise and accurate sound, chock full of detail and yet essentially musical, the Klimax components are among the best products money can buy. These days Linn is often likened to B&O for the elegance of its product line, but the Klimax kit eclipses that. It has Porsche elegance and speed combined with Apple polish and the reputation of Rolex. You don\'t just buy the Klimax kit, you buy the dream too.\"

Positive Feedback Online, USA, Issue 11 -
Klimax Kontrol
January 2004
\"The Kontrol worked flawlessly from start to finish, never caused any problems, never overheated, never overloaded, and never sounded stressed. It didn\'t buzz, hum, or draw attention to itself, other than in its sculpted visual beauty. There was not one single moment of frustration, trying to debug some problem. For seven months it simply provided gain, switching, and stayed out of the way of the signal. I now add the Linn Klimax Kontrol reference preamp as the 2003 Brutus Award winner for solid state preamplification. Clean, clear, and neutral; beautiful to behold; wonderful to listen through, the Kontrol rates a \"Ye Olde Editor\'s Very Highest Recommendation. High purity, high utility. World class!\"

Stereotimes.com, USA -
Klimax Kontrol
December 2004
\"It is simply the finest preamp I have ever used. Strongly recommended if you can afford it. If you can\'t try harder.\"

Onsoundandmusic.com (USA) -
Klimax Kontrol
January 2004
\"The Kontrol is just that good at disappearing. It is \"not there\" at all when you send musical signals through it. No Linn, no preamp box. Just audio in and out. Sonic transparency. A bloody mystery this. A frickin\' marvel. Something on this side of magic and that side of the loony bin. I mean you try to figure it out, after decades of hearing great and near-great audio preamplifiers of this or that stripe or sheen, why this stupidly, beautifully, cleverly designed, highly innocent looking (not very big) audio box works so well. Which is to say, is so invisible in the work of audio signal delivery? That\'s the deal. You cannot hear what it\'s doing. You just know it makes your other components stand up and be counted.\"

The KLIMAX KONTROL is a two-channel analogue preamplifier, designed to deliver unsurpassed performance and styled in a slim and elegant compact machined-from-solid clamshell case to match other Klimax components.

Linn?s flagship preamplifier, combining technological and aesthetic excellence with pitch accurate sound quality
Cool running, sleek case machined from solid aluminium that isolates and screens the circuitry
Short, simple audio signal path designed to optimise the purity and accuracy of reproduction
Three line level inputs, one balanced input
Compatible with Linn Knekt multiroom system

Introduced
2002

Type
Reference quality preamplifier

Input connectors
Unbalanced: 3 sets WBT Phono sockets
Balanced: 1 set Female XLR

Pin connections
Phono - Inner: hot; outer: cold
XLR- Pin 1: OV; Pin 2: Hot; Pin 3: Cold

Output connectors
Balanced: 1 set XLR
Unbalanced: 1 set WBT Phono sockets

Fuse rating
T800mA anti-surge

Mains supply range
100V - 240Vac nominal

Audio inputs
Impedance (unbalanced) 10K?
Signal (unbalanced) 0dBV (nominal)
Impedance (balanced) 7.8k?

Audio outputs
Impedance (unbalanced) 300?
Impedance (balanced) 600?

Gain range
Minimum to maximum -95.5dB to +9.5dB in 0.5dB steps

Frequency response
2.3Hz - 200kHz

Distortion (harmonic)
0.0025% (1kHz @ 0dBV)

Dynamic range
115dB

Cross talk
Channel to channel -116dBv
Source to source -116dBv

Standby power 15W

Dimensions
W 350 x D 355 x H 60 mm
W 13.8 inches x D 13.9 inches x H 2.3 inches

Weight
9kg 19.84lbs