Climax to 500; solo – If you're feeling frisky or mono, Linn's new class AB 500W/4Ω amp called Klimax Solo 500 [€23.5K] will get you off the couch. It claims 85 x lower THD than its precursor, uses fan-assisted cooling when driven hard and auto-voltage rails plus FPGA-managed adaptive bias control over its eight output transistors to represent "a complete redesign" and Linn's "best compact mono-block amplifier we have ever made". Even the built-in Utopik power supply adapts to current demands to waste less energy.
