Linn 530 System with Selekt DSM Edition Hub

Designed to be seen

Ten Linn Fabrik colour options

The Linn 530 loudspeakers are available in Spruce, Grouse, Peat, Granite, Barley, Black, Butterscotch, Paprika, Aubergine and Blueberry.

The full-height textile covering softens the sculpted loudspeaker cabinet while allowing the system to become a distinctive part of the room. Each Fabrik colour can be partnered with either Black or Silver speaker stands, creating a broad range of coordinated and contrasting combinations.

Forty possible combinations

Coordinate the speakers, stands and Hub

Ten Fabrik colours can be combined with Black or Silver speaker stands and a Black or Silver Selekt DSM Edition Hub. This creates forty possible system combinations, from understated tonal pairings to more expressive colour and metalwork contrasts. Rococo Systems can help select a combination that complements the room, furniture and other connected Linn products.

Digital from Hub to loudspeaker

Exakt Link system architecture

Selekt DSM Edition Hub connects to the Linn 530 loudspeakers using Exakt Link. The connection carries digital audio and system-control data to each loudspeaker, avoiding the conventional arrangement of sending an amplified analogue signal through long lengths of speaker cable.

This allows the player, digital crossover, conversion stage and amplifiers to operate as coordinated parts of one Linn system.

Processing inside each speaker

Exakt digital crossover

The incoming music signal is divided into its required frequency bands using Linn’s Exakt digital crossover processing. This takes place before the signal reaches the amplifier channels, rather than relying on a conventional passive crossover positioned between one amplifier and several drive units.

The approach gives Linn precise control over timing, phase and crossover behaviour for the specific drive units fitted within each 530 loudspeaker.

Dedicated onboard power

Three amplifier channels in every Linn 530

Each Linn 530 contains three channels of onboard amplification rated at 100 W per channel. Dedicated amplification is applied to the loudspeaker’s treble, midrange and Aktiv Isobarik bass sections after the signal has been separated by the Exakt crossover. Across the matched pair, the complete system provides six amplifier channels and 600 W of integrated power.

Bass with control and depth

Aktiv Isobarik low-frequency system

The Linn 530 uses a pair of bass drive units arranged in an Aktiv Isobarik configuration. This provides substantial low-frequency performance from the relatively compact floorstanding cabinet while maintaining dedicated electronic control over the bass section. The bass system is further supported by Exakt processing and Space Optimisation+, allowing the loudspeakers to be configured for the acoustic characteristics of the room.

Designed around your room

Linn Space Optimisation+

Space Optimisation+ models how the loudspeakers, room boundaries and listening position interact at low frequencies. The configuration can account for room dimensions, construction materials, speaker placement and the principal listening position.

This allows the Linn 530 System to be configured around practical furniture layouts rather than relying on the speakers occupying theoretically perfect positions.

Streaming and connected sources

A flexible Hub for the wider system

Selekt DSM Edition Hub supports compatible high-resolution network music, internet radio and supported streaming platforms. Its physical inputs allow compatible televisions, digital transports, computers and analogue source products to become part of the same system.

Separate moving-magnet, moving-coil and line-level analogue inputs also allow a broad range of turntables and traditional sources to be integrated.

Built for system development

A modular Linn source platform

Selekt DSM Edition Hub is built around Linn’s configurable Selekt architecture. Its modular design allows the internal specification to be selected for the needs of the system and developed later when compatible Linn technologies become relevant.

Rococo Systems can advise on the appropriate Hub configuration, source connections and future system options before the order is placed.

A cleaner installation

No external power amplifiers required

The Linn 530 loudspeakers contain their own amplification and digital crossover electronics. The standard system therefore does not require separate power amplifiers, an external Exaktbox or conventional speaker cables between an amplifier and the loudspeakers. Each loudspeaker requires mains power and an Exakt Link connection to the Selekt DSM Edition Hub.