Akurate Exakt System

SYSTEM INFORMATION

• Product Name: AKURATE EXAKT DSM & EXAKT AKUBARIK

• Date of Introduction: APRIL 2014

• Features EXAKT TECHNOLOGY

AKURATE EXAKT DSM/1

The Akurate Exakt system has NO headphone socket on the front panel. If you wish to use headphones we would suggest using a headphone amplifier that can take either Toslink or SPDIF from the Akurate Exakt DSM Toslink/SPDIF outputs.

Back Panel

1. MAINS INPUT - To connect to the mains electricity supply.
2. FALLBACK - To put the device into Fallback mode (used when reprogramming)
3. ETHERNET - To connect to a network (100Base-T)
4. EXAKT LINK - To connect to Exakt compatible devices (Exaktbox, Exakt Speakers, Urika II etc)
5. ANALOGUE INPUT 1 (XLR, line level) - To connect sources with balanced (XLR) outputs.
6. ANALOGUE INPUTS 2&3 (RCA, phono/line level) - To connect a turntable or line level³source with unbalanced (RCA) outputs¹. (Default MC phono)
7. PHONO GROUND - To connect to a turntable grounding terminal.
8. ANALOGUE OUTPUTS - Not available
9. ANALOGUE OUTPUTS - Not available
10. DIGITAL INPUTS (Spdif) - To connect sources with Spdif (RCA) digital outputs.
11. DIGITAL OUTPUT (Spdif) - To connect to an external DAC or computer that has an Spdif digital input.
12. DIGITAL INPUTS (Toslink) - To connect sources with Toslink (optical) digital outputs.
13. DIGITAL OUTPUT (Toslink) - To connect to an external DAC or computer that has a Toslink (optical) digital input.
14. HDMI INPUTS - To connect sources with 1.4 & 2.0² HDMI outputs.
15. HDMI OUTPUT - To connect to a display device with 1.4 & 2.0² HDMI inputs.
16. EARTH GROUND - To connect to an earthing terminal if no mains earth is available or to join to the earths of other products in the system to improve performance in areas of poor/noisy electrical earth conditions.

¹ Input 3 is a configurable input, which is factory set as a moving coil phono input for connection to turntables. This can be changed by a Linn dealer to a moving magnet phono input or a line-level input.
² Supports HDCP 2.2 up to and including 60Hz UHD. Linn recommend using Premium High Speed Certifiied HDMI cables for an optimal experience.
³ Input 3 can be adjusted for different Phono stages or Line level by reconfiguring a circuit board within the Linn DS.

LED Status

Each of the Exakt Link ports have two status LED's. The function of these LED's is given below:

LED	OFF	ON	Flash / Blink
LED0	Link Port Disabled	Link Port Enabled	n/a
LED1	No Link	Product Discovered	Activity

AKURATE DSM/3 (Mk3)

Back Panel Connections

1. MAINS INPUT - To connect to the mains electricity supply.
2. FALLBACK - To put the device into Fallback mode (used when reprogramming)
3. ETHERNET - To connect to a network (100Base-T)
4. EXAKT LINK - To connect to Exakt compatible devices (Exaktbox, Exakt Speakers, Urika II etc)
5. ANALOGUE INPUTS (XLR, line level) - To connect an analogue source with balanced (XLR) outputs.
6. ANALOGUE INPUTS (RCA, line level / phono) - To connect a line level or turntable analogue source with unbalanced (RCA) outputs.¹
7. PHONO GROUND - To connect to a turntable grounding terminal.
8. ANALOGUE OUTPUTS (XLR,variable level) - To connect to a preamplifier (or power amplifier when internal volume control is enabled) with balanced (XLR) analogue inputs.
9. ANALOGUE OUTPUTS (RCA, variable level) - To connect to a preamplifier (or power amplifier when internal volume control is enabled) with unbalanced (RCA) analogue inputs.
10. DIGITAL INPUTS (Spdif) - To connect sources with Spdif (RCA) digital outputs.
11. DIGITAL OUTPUT (Spdif) - To connect to an external DAC or computer that has an Spdif digital input.
12. DIGITAL INPUTS (Toslink) - To connect sources with Toslink (optical) digital outputs.
13. DIGITAL OUTPUT (Toslink) - To connect to an external DAC or computer that has a Toslink (optical) digital input.
14. HDMI INPUTS - To connect sources with HDMI outputs ²
15. HDMI OUTPUT - To connect to a display device with HDMI inputs ² and HDMI-ARC
16. EARTH GROUND - To connect to an earthing terminal if no mains earth is available or to join to the earths of other products in the system to improve performance in areas of poor/noisy electrical earth conditions.

¹ Input 2 is line level only. Input 3/PH is a configurable input, which is factory set as a moving coil phono input for connection to turntables. This can be changed by a Linn dealer to a moving magnet phono input or a line level input.
² Linn recommend using Premium High Speed Certifiied HDMI cables for an optimal experience. (supporting HDCP 2.2 up to and including 60Hz UHD.)

EXAKT AKUBARIK

Lower Back Panel

1. MAINS INPUT - To connect to the mains electricity supply.
2. EXAKT LINK - From Exakt Master OR from a Exakt Slave connected to the Exakt master
3. EXAKT LINK - To Exakt Slave product
4. EXAKT STATUS INDICATORS - Function of the LED's are given below:

EXAKT LED Status

LED	OFF	ON	Flash / Blink
0 Master Port	No Link	Link Discovered	Link Activity
1 Audio Clock	No Clock	Clock locked	Clock not locked
2 Slave Port	No Link	Link Enabled	Link Activity
3 Software Status	Not Configured	Running	Hardware Fault

Upper Back Panel

5 FALLBACK - To put the device into Fallback mode (used when reprogramming the unit).
6 SPEAKER STATUS INDICATORS - Combined RED/Blue LEDs showing the speaker function. See below:

Speaker status LED

RED LED	BLUE LED	STATUS
OFF	OFF	No Power
OFF	ON	Active
ON	OFF	Standby (Not implemented)
ON	ON	Invalid state
OFF	Slow flash	Discovering
OFF	Fast flash	Configuring
Fast flash	OFF	Hardware fault
Slow Alternating flash	Slow Alternating flash	Fallback mode
Fast Alternating flash	Fast Alternating flash	Reflashing

AKURATE EXAKTBOX

1. MAINS INPUT - To connect to the mains electricity supply.
2. EXAKT LINK- To connect to Exakt compatible devices (CAT-5 cables)
3. ANALOGUE OUTPUTS (XLR,variable level) - To connect to power amplifiers with balanced (XLR) analogue inputs. (300ohm Output impedance)
4. ANALOGUE OUTPUTS (RCA, variable level) - To connect to power amplifier with unbalanced (RCA) analogue inputs. (300ohm Output impedance)
5. FALLBACK - To put the device into Fallback mode (used when reprogramming the unit).

Note: Both XLR and RCA outputs are active simulatneously.

EXAKT LINK Connections

Cables

Exakt Link uses readily available network cables:

• CAT 5 UTP/FTP
• CAT 6 UTP/FTP

Note: There is no change in the audio performance of the Exakt Link between Cat 5 or Cat 6 Cables.

Configurations

Exakt Systems can be configured either a star from the system master or as a daisy chain configuration. Examples of each configuration is shown below.

Note: There is no change in audio performance between the star configuration or the daisy chain configuration.

EXAKT Setup and Optimisation

One of the beneifts of the Exakt system is that you can easily setup and optimise your listening environment. Simply download the latest version of Konfig (version 4.11.7 or higher) and follow the Space_Optimsation+ & Space Optimisation (Advanced)

EXAKT Trouble shooting

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