Hello all, and welcome to the July blog from Audio T Brighton! This month, we’re looking at the fifth generation of a long-standing model in the range of all-in-one streaming/integrated amplifiers from Scottish manufacturer Linn products. What fairy dust have Linn sprinkled to entice new customers? Well, let’s have a look—and a listen—to find out!

Linn Majik DSM 5th generation...

Lovers of the French comic characters, Asterix the Gaul and Obelix, will know all about magic potions and Linn have certainly used their own majik in the production of the latest Linn Majik DSM. Fortunately, unlike the potions Asterix & Obelix consumed, the effects of the latest Majik DSM will be more than temporary, with Linn’s famed reliability, after-sales servicing and upgradability an attractive proposition when making a substantial purchase such as this.

The first thing to notice in the new Linn Majik DSM, now in its 5th generation, is a more substantial construction, with a more consistent, streamlined approach, akin to the Linn Selekt DSM Classic hubs higher up the Linn food chain.

All things to all men...

The Linn Majik DSM really is a one-size-fits-all machine, offering connectivity for a turntable with both MM or MC cartridges and the perfect match just so happens to be the Linn Majik LP12 or with either a Linn Adikt(MM) or Linn Koil(MC) cartridge. Other analogue connections include two RCA line inputs, an RCA line output and an output for a subwoofer.

Digital playback is also very well catered for; Ethernet or Wi-Fi connectivity, standard digital Co-ax SPDIF and Optical Toslink connections, more up-to-date flexibility with HDMI e-Arc when connecting TVs and Exakt-Link, running LInn’s Exakt-box for improvements to time-alignment/phase problems when doing so. The intricacies of Linn’s Exakt connectivity and Space Optimisation DSP are too long and complex for this blog, so I will link to Linn’s website for more information here, but it is nice to have an elevator in upgradability.

Another thing to consider before choosing the Linn Majik DSM, are the in-house options to enhance usability and sonics via the matching Linn 119 bookshelf speakers or Linn 150 floorstanding speakers.

Not so tragik - plenty of majik!

So how does the latest Linn Majik DSM sound? In all honesty, the latest Majik DSM is a noticeable step forward sonically, at least to our ears here at Brighton Audio T. Linns’s tweaking of DSP, Class D amplification, upgraded power supplies and in-house F.G.P.A. processor technology have pushed their sound into the limelight. The abilities of the Linn Majik DSM as an all-in-one system really make the argument for separates all the more difficult, with a clean, detailed and dynamic sound from one box, excluding speakers, of course!

Given the current trend away from boxed separates, with advanced sonics at its disposal and space-saving aesthetics to match, in the current hi-fi market it offers a convincing case. Maybe Getafix’s magik potion won’t be necessary after all, just get a Linn Majik DSM!

As always, the proof of the pudding is in the eating – so get in touch to book a demonstration and hear for yourself.

Thanks for reading.

Ade, John and Paul - Audio T Brighton

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