Linn DS Overview

Linn DS player

The Linn DS products first started in 2007 with the Klimax DS.

     Music sources

The Linn DS player is a stereo media renderer that can get its media streams from local or ethernet sources. This can be from your:

• from a local home network device such as iPad/iPhone using Airplay or UPnP media libraries on you PC/MAC or local network storage device, (NAS)
• from ethernet streaming services. For example Tidal, Qobuz, etc.
• from Internet Radio stations. Such as the BBC radio, Radio Paradise, Relax FM, SomaFM etc
• Recent changes now present the Linn DS as a Spotify Connect player

In 2011 we introduced Songcast. This allows you to share the Music that one Linn DS is playing into other rooms with Linn DS players. This will take the same audio stream and broadcast it, in the original quality, to the other Linn DS players.

Linn DSM player

This has the same core features of the Linn DS but with the addtion of external inputs.

External source (dependant on product)

• Analogue RCA and XLR,
• Digital Toslink & SPDIF and
• Video HDMI and HDMI ARC connections.

Product Family

This has grown into a family of Linn DS players

• Klimax: The BEST possible sound.
• Selekt: Configurable for ALMOST the BEST sound.
• Akurate The BETTER sound.
• Majik: The GOOD sounding system
• Kustom, Sneaky, Sekrit: Are a GOOD sounding systems for the custom market
• Kiko: A GOOD sounding integrated product with built in loudspeaker.

There are no restrictions, between families, of the quality of the streaming media they can accept.

The top level Klimax products can take lossy MP3 and provide the best sound.

The entry level Sneaky products can take Studio Master FLAC or WAV files and play these back in a good sound.