Linn klimax solo vs klimax chakra twin

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

I have the chakra twin, klimax kontrol, unidisk 1.1 and magico minis. I have pondered the same thing but did not want to buy an 8 year old amp. My system sounds awesome and is very wife friendly, so I have stopped looking and spent my money buying more CDs. My dealer told me that aside from more power, that the difference would be subtle changing to the solos. Further, he told me Linn has no plans to update the solos or the klimax line for a while--except for a cd-12 replacement of which they are very tight lipped about.

Thanks for the replays it sounds like for my application the klimax chakra twin sounds like the way to go.
Would still like to hear from people that have heard them side by side.

Enyway the chakra amps
have enyone compared them to the klimax twin chakra or the solos.

The chakra c2200 is the 200 watt mono amp.

I have infact heard the klimax chakra twin with unidisk 1.1 and unknown preamp and linn speakers.
i was no way nere as impressed as i was with the chakra amp and the unidisk sc and the cremonas as described above.

I know it was a different room diffrent speakers and so one
i also know now that 60% of the magic i heard was the cremonas thats why the are in my room know.

Should have the chakra 2200c on my list if soundkvality is more important then money ?

regards