Linn klimax solo vs klimax chakra twin

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

In my 2 cents, your Cremonas are already sweet sounding speakers, matching them with the Chakra Twin would give you even more sweetness and musicality, on the other hand, with the solos you would get extra speed, weight, and control. By direct comparison, the advantage of the solos would be more apparent, but it may not necessarily be the better choice.

In case you want more opinion, you may seek them on a Linn's forum: http://lists.topica.com/lists/linn/read

Wenrhuang

Thanks for the link i have allready moved the questian over there.

The sound i heard with the cremonas and the chakra c2200 was not sweet as it many times is with other amps and the cremonas.

What i heard was somthing i have never heard before
very neutral and light at first .

What blew me away with that combo was that songs i have heard plenty of thimes started out soundig a littel as i recalled them but more emotinal and then out of nowhere when the music swiched in to Another gear (klimax) a massiv explosion of beatiful music and sounds came out at me in a way that left me speechless.

Many amps out there have a tendesi i think so sound dynamic all the time and even more tend to be bass heavy all the time thats a good thing when you listend to trash metal
But the chakra to my ears in that setup with the cremonas was xtremly neutral and light feeted when the music was but as describd above it pulls you in and blosoms when the music peaks .


Have enyone else had that experince wihe linn amps ?

regards