Series 5 System
Impeccable sound & style, tailored for you.
Exquisite tailoring and precision engineering come together harmoniously in this stylish and customisable complete music system.
Series 5 System features speakers with intelligent Exakt electronics and on-board power amps, combined with hearty Isobarik bass. Paired up with Selekt DSM: System Hub, the Series 5 System renders all your streamed music in stunning quality, whilst also accommodating connection from all your audio and video sources.
Series 5 Loudspeakers
With custom-designed drive units and Isobarik bass system, Series 5 loudspeakers let you experience incredible musical accuracy with an energy that really lets the music flow.
Customise the look and place them where they fit best in your room - Space Optimisation+ takes care of optimising the sound for your room's characteristics and chosen speaker location.
Power and intelligence built-in
Linn's innovative integrated speakers have power and intelligence built-in. A specially designed module, suspension-mounted on the back of each speaker, houses the powerful amps and Exakt electronics that optimise performance. Now you don't need lots of hi-fi separates to make great sound.
Learn moreSelekt DSM: System Hub
Browse your digital music library, stream online music and video, and experience movie and game soundtracks – all rendered in exceptional detail by a Selekt DSM: System Hub. There is the option between two distinct enclosure models – Classic Hub or the luxurious, higher-performance Edition Hub.
Selekt DSM: System Hub features a broad range of digital and analogue inputs, in order to receive, process and expertly deliver audio from any source imaginable. The high-performance, integrated, analogue-to-digital conversion stage accepts anything from turntables to CD players, and a host of digital connections allows connection from video streaming devices, games consoles and Blu-ray players – ensuring you get the best possible sound from anything you connect.
Zero loss and perfect phase
Selekt DSM: System Hub is configured for use in conjunction with Linn’s own integrated Exakt loudspeakers, or 3rd-party loudspeakers via a Linn Exaktbox. Selekt DSM: System Hub is the perfect choice for those seeking an all-Linn performance solution from the outset, incorporating the sonic benefits of our groundbreaking Exakt technology.
Featuring Linn’s industry-leading DS technology, and with up to 24bit/384kHz and DSD256 streaming capability, every last musical detail is transferred to the speakers using our proprietary, lossless Exakt Link connection.
Technology
Each Linn product contains features and technology developed by our engineers across years of industry-leading research and development.
Space Optimisation
Using sophisticated acoustic modelling, Space Optimisation builds a complete picture of how your speakers, their placement, and the unique characteristics of your room interact to affect the sound you hear.
By removing the unwanted distorting effects of your listening environment, it reveals the true sound of the music. Now you can place your speakers exactly where you want them and still enjoy great performance.
Learn moreExakt
Until now, no speaker system has ever been able to synchronise all the elements that make up every note, including all the harmonics. Exakt ensures the perfect time alignment of every part of every note, so now you can enjoy the same sound that was recorded by the artist.
Learn moreFeatures
Every Linn speaker has been designed and built to include features guaranteeing sound quality of the highest standard without compromising on the style and elegance you expect for your home.
Integrated Exakt Modules
Each speaker has a module suspension-mounted on the back to acoustically isolate it from the cabinet. Packed inside are all the Exakt electronics and powerful amps needed to deliver the natural, effortless sound. Cooling is performed passively without any noisy fans, via the aluminium heat sink hidden behind the Linn Fabrik. Providing power and precision without any extra boxes, it’s our neatest integrated speaker design to date.
Integrated Exakt Modules
Each speaker has a dedicated digital crossover, volume control, digital-to-analogue converter and amplifier for every drive unit. So where are all the extra boxes and cables? That’s where Linn’s expertise in integrated speaker design comes in.
Precisely Crafted Cabinets
For Series 5, we used a layered composite of 3 mm sheets. Using multiple thin layers actually increases the tensile strength and therefore rigidity of the material, while still preserving its acoustically dead properties. Combined with the braced construction, this results in a cabinet that doesn’t add unwanted vibrations and doesn’t ring, but does give the drive units an incredibly stable platform to work from.
Precisely Crafted Cabinets
The foundation of any good speaker design is an enclosure that lets the drive units work with maximum efficiency, without colouring the sound.
Learn moreIsobarik Bass
By using two bass drive units working in tandem, positioned face-to-face at the foot of the speaker, bass is directed downwards and radiates out from the speaker through a precisely engineered air gap above the solid machined base.
Linn Fabrik
Linn's unique Exakt technology models the effects of each Fabrik’s characteristics on the frequency and phase response of every drive unit in the speakers. Exakt's digital crossover eliminates any unwanted distorting effects to ensure that no matter which Fabrik you choose, your speakers will produce the same breathtaking performance we designed here in the factory.
Linn Fabrik
To offer the unique style and customisation possibilities of Series 5, without affecting the performance, we came up with a new way to finish speakers — Linn Fabrik.
Custom-Designed Drive Units
The unique arrangement of tweeter and bass/mid driver on both models required customised drive units. The bass/mid driver uses a unique doped, dual-layer, sliced cone design and an anti-resonant chamber on the back of the high quality tweeter improves high frequency performance when used in conjunction with the familiar Linn ‘skoop’, producing outstanding dispersion characteristics. Furthermore, the 530 needed compact yet very long-throw, low-resonance units for use in the Isobarik bass system.
Custom-Designed Drive Units
The ambitious design of Series 5 led to a unique set of requirements for the drive units that couldn’t be met by any existing specification.
Technical Specifications
Customisable floorstanding loudspeaker system with Exakt technology and Selekt electronics
Features | |
Phono Stage | MM/MC (configurable) |
Surround Compatible | Yes |
Exakt | Yes |
Room Correction | Space Optimisation+ |
System Hub Specification | |
Audio Formats | FLAC, Apple Lossless, WAV, DSD (64/128/256), MP3, WMA (except lossless), AIFF, AAC, OGG |
Resolution | Up to 24-bit 384 kHz |
Integrated Services | TIDAL, Qobuz, Spotify Connect, Deezer, Airplay 2, Roon, airable, TuneIn, Calm Radio |
WiFi | Yes (802.11ac) |
Bluetooth | Yes (4.2) |
HDMI Spec | HDMI ARC (HDMI 2.0) supports; 4K @ 60 Hz, HDCP 2;2; HDR |
Optional HDMI Module Upgrade | x4 HDMI In + x1 HDMI Out (doubles as eARC) |
Ethernet | x1 |
Exakt Link | x2 |
Construction | Folded and machined aluminium |
Inputs | |
HDMI ARC | x1 |
Toslink | x2 |
SPDIF | x2 (x1 configurable in/out) |
USB Audio Class 2 Endpoint | x1 |
Line Level Phono (RCA) | x1 |
MM Phono (RCA) | x1 |
MC Phono (RCA) | x1 |
Optional HDMI Module Upgrade | x4 HDMI In + x1 HDMI Out (doubles as eARC) |
Outputs | |
HDMI 2.0 (optional upgrade) | x1 |
Exakt Link | x2 |
SPDIF (configurable in/out) | x1 |
RCA Subwoofer Out | x1 |
1/4" Headphone Jack | x1 |
Series 5 Loudspeaker Specification | |
Speaker Type | 3-way floorstander |
Crossover | Exakt digital |
On-board Amps | 3x 100 W |
Bass System | Isobarik |
Connections | |
Exakt Link | x2 |
Drive Units | |
Tweeter | 19mm Silk dome with anti-resonant chamber |
Midrange | 133mm Doped 2-layer slice |
Bass | 165mm 2x Isobarik |
Finishes | |
Selekt DSM: Classic Hub | Classic Black or Classic Silver |
Selekt DSM: Edition Hub | Edition Black or Edition Silver |
Standard Fabrik | Aubergine, Black, Blueberry, Butterscotch, Paprika |
Special Fabrik - Harris Tweed | Barley, Granite, Grouse, Peat, Spruce |
Special Fabrik - Timorous Beasties | Birdbranch Blueberry, Birdbranch Butterscotch |
Loudspeaker Stand & Top Plate | Black, White |
Dimensions | |
Selekt DSM: Classic Hub | |
Width | 355 mm |
Height | 122.5 mm |
Depth | 355 mm |
Weight | 8.05 kg |
Selekt DSM: Edition Hub | |
Width | 355 mm |
Height | 119 mm |
Depth | 355 mm |
Weight | 9.5 kg |
Series 5 Loudspeakers | |
Cabinet Volume | 30 litres |
Width | 232 mm |
Height | 954 mm |
Depth | 325 mm |
Weight | 30 kg |