Linn klimax solo vs klimax chakra twin

Hi

Its strickly 2 channel
and no active card with the wonderfull voiced cremonas.

speakers are Sonus fabers Cremona floorstander

I have heard the cremonas with the chakra 5 channel amp in a 2 channel setup with the linn undisk sc
the amp where 100 watt to each speaker.

The sound where so profoundly musical and amazing that i sat with open mouth and goosspots allover.

My source is the slimdevics Transporter wich have been moddified to the nighth degree.
Its very musical and it is as good as the cd12 to my ears is t better in every way.
I have actually not heard enything remotly close to its preformands but it took some work to get it there
It also has volume control so i dont need a preamp.

So the setup Will Transporter into poweramp/amps into cremonas

I have another amp the tact millennium wich i will never parden with and will use in anothet setup.

But when it was away for upgrades i hooked the Transporter up with a littel icepower power amp and used the volume conrol on the transporter just as i would with the klimax amps.
And it just sounded amazing.

regards

Money is also a factor but the solos can be bourgt now for a reasonble amounth of money.

My speaker are not very power hungry and the room is small 17sqm .

Why diddent linn upgrade the solos with chakra power like the klimax twin ?

Im the kind who likes to know that the product is have is the best in the companys line for my aplication that is
And the solos are 8 years old .
The are many other fine swichmode amps out there for much lesss mony with the latest parts and so on.

The klimax chakra twin still is still a new version amp and on the secondhand marked i could buy it for the same money as say the Nuforce ref 9 se or the kharmas matrix mp150

regards

This is a very timely issue for me. I bought a Chakra Twin last November and really loved it. The only concern was that I have a pretty big room and I really wanted more kick at the low end. So I found a relatively good deal on a pair of used Solos a few weeks ago. It does offer that extra kick, but I must say that the Chakra otherwise sounded just as good at half the price. I sometimes wonder if I should unload the Solos and save a few grand!

I do not know how true it is, I read a couple of times from a Japenese audio Magazine---Stereo Sound---that the Chakra Twin has the reputation in Japan that it sounds better than the Solos. It does make sense though, as you have pointed out, the Twin benifited from the new Chakra technolodgy.

I have been using a Chakra Twin along with a Kontrol for about a year, I love them. My reason for getting the Twin was mostly finacial, I have not tried the Solos myself.

Its kind of hard to find out the truth since i dont have the priveledge to test them side by side.

One guy here in denmark have the solos and the Linn Akurate 242

He keeps saying that the solos are better then the chakra hands down.

Reason he says is that the amps are just better made then the chakra twin .

But he is kind of a linn relegion fundamentalists and dossnt mind enyone calling him that
so i dont trust his words completly.

Maybe the Akurate 242 likes alot off juice and there for the solos are better sounding.

I dont know but if im buying the klimax amp it will be secondhand the retail price of the klimax amps is simply way over what i will ever pay for them even if it was 8 years ago so i do not have the chance to demo them at home before buying.

regards