Knekt

KNEKT MultiRoom

What is Knekt

Knekt is the first Linn Products Multiroom. Originally designed to share the same music in a couple of rooms this was quickly expanded by the Design team for added control. Audio and control is designed shared to each room by a single CAT-5 cable, this was before Ethernet decided to use it and change the standard plug wiring arrangement!.

Knekt Driver system

The original Knekt system allows a Linn Pre-amplfier, with Knekt capabilities called the Main room.

This Main rooms shares the music the music it is playing, or with some Linn PreAmplifiers, Music from one other input, to other rooms with Linn Pre-amplfiers, with Knekt capabilities called Local Rooms.

Each local room had the option of listening, and controlling the Main room source selection and source control. Or listen to music in its own local rooms, such as TV, iPod etc.

The original Knekt system could support one Main room sharing to up to four local rooms. With some minor modifications this could be expanded to eight local rooms,
Control of what you want to listen to etc was performed using the KNEKT RCU, Room Control Unit. This was the size of a UK lightt switch, (although slightly deeper).The Knekt RCU could be programmed by your Retailer to match your system design and personalise your control.

Knekt Intersekt system

In 1995 the Knekt Intersekt was launched. This is a switch matrix replaced the Knekt Driver system and now will share upto 16 audio sources to upto 128rooms.

The Intersekt now also allow control via external control devices such as AMX and Crestron.

How was Knekt implemented?

The Knekt system is star-wired, one CAT-5 from the Main system to each Local room.

Each CAT-5 has 4pairs of cables:

pair1: Left hand channel wired as Balanced audio Hot & Cold

pair2: Right hand channel wired as Balanced audio Hot & Cold

pair3: Remote control OUT via a current loop system

pair4: Remote control response/reply via a current loop system