Linn Selekt

Linn Selekt

Every so often, a new product comes along that redefines expectations and revolutionises standards; forging its own path in the name of innovation and ingenuity. Launched in 2018, and encapsulating Linn core values of modularity and upgradeability, Selekt DSM was developed with the express intent for it to grow into a broad ecosystem of ingenious, modular components.


It is our great pleasure to announce the option of a luxurious, superior-quality enclosure – Selekt DSM: Edition Hub – alongside the very welcome and hotly anticipated arrival of Organik DAC for Selekt, in both stereo and higher-performing, dual-mono variants.

We are also announcing a host of high-performance components that make Selekt DSM the undisputed king of configurability – in a class of its own.

Selekt DSM – the world’s first, fully customisable and future-proof digital source for hi-fi enthusiasts; a high performance offering unlike anything else on the market and the natural successor to the Akurate DSM – contact us to audition Selekt DSM and trade-in Akurate DS and DSM.

Make it your own…Arrange your demonstration with us and we can personalise your Selekt DSM to your exact requirements and provide and install future upgrades whenever you decide to expand Selekt functionality.

Now available in two variants – Selekt Classic Hub and the Higher Performance Selekt Edition Hub.

Selekt DSM is the most configurable digital music player ever.

Selekt DSM is versatile, upgradeable and, crucially, sounds exceptional.

Selekt DSM digital music player was conceived to accommodate Linn’s latest technological advancements — and those of the future — by virtue of its ingenious, modular design.

Whether you’re working your way towards the separates system of your dreams with Selekt DSM as source-only, or the highest-performance all-in-one-box product available with on-board amps, the heart of your home entertainment in partnership with your TV, or you seek a fully integrated 5.1 Surround Sound receiver… whether your wish is to bi-amp, or even tri-amp your loudspeakers from a single, luxurious, silver-anodised or black box – Selekt DSM accomplishes all with alacrity.


A Sound Investment.

Embarking on a journey through the Selekt DSM product ecosystem is a sound investment; one that delivers both musical pleasure and enduring value, today and tomorrow.

Your Selekt DSM can evolve with you as your desires and requirements change.


The Selekt DSM Upgradable Ecosystem:

Selekt Performance Levels.

Audition with us your Selekt enclosure model, your preferred starting performance level, Selekt Classic Hub, or the deluxe, higher-performance Selekt Edition Hub, and then set Selekt DSM to work in your choice of application — all from one box — with the ability to upgrade easily at any time.

The process of making Selekt DSM your own is simple:

Classic Hub, or the deluxe, higher-performance Edition Hub.


Selekt DSM DAC Performance Options.

Audition a choice of the three tiers of digital-to-analogue converter (DAC) performance for your Selekt DSM: whether it be the Standard option, upgrading to high-performance Katalyst, or specifying Linn’s reference-level DAC architecture – Organik.

Standard Linn DAC

The standard option; a stereo DAC module that performs beautifully.

Linn Katalyst DAC

Gain a deeper insight into your music; upgrade to Katalyst for astonishing levels of detail and musicality in all applications.

Linn Organik DAC

Designed without compromise, and engineered entirely in-house, Organik is the culmination of Linn’s over thirty years of digital technology expertise; it is undisputedly the highest-performing DAC architecture to ever bear the Linn name.

Organik is now available for Selekt DSM; in either stereo or, for maximum performance, dual mono. For maximum performance — the highest level of sublime sonic quality achievable from Selekt DSM – Linn has an exceptional, relentlessly optimised, dual-mono Organik DAC configuration available, with Line Out connections to feed your desired external amplification.

Selekt DSM: Edition Hub, featuring stereo Organik DAC, comfortably surpasses the performance benchmark set by previous-generation Klimax DSM with Katalyst. The top-performing, dual mono Organik in Edition Hub raises that bar higher still.

Selekt DSM is configurable to your chosen application, so you can truly make it your own:


Selekt DSM Configuration and Upgrade Options:

Once you’ve chosen your desired DAC performance level, choose the role for Selekt DSM in your home today — with the option to expand and upgrade its capabilities in future:

Source-Only

To replace the nucleus of your hi-fi separates system, Selekt DSM is a superb, high-performance source that will play beautifully with your external amplification.

Source + Integrated Amplifiers

The elegant convenience of a one-box system, Selekt DSM – with the addition of integrated amplifiers — becomes the highest-performing, all-in-one digital source on the market. Just add speakers.

For the hi-fi enthusiast seeking higher performance, your Selekt DSM can be expanded for bi-amping, tri-amping, and can even be Exakt-enabled to drive certain 3rd-party loudspeakers —all from a single box!

Connect to your TV

With its comprehensive array of digital and analogue connectivity, your Selekt DSM will receive, process, and deliver sumptuous sound, no matter the source. Connect to your television via the in-built HDMI ARC socket (or opt for the additional HDMI switching module featuring high-resolution eARC) to render movie, video game, and TV show soundtracks with stunning clarity and power.

Home Cinema

For home cinema devotees, Selekt DSM can be configured to form the high-performance heart of your multichannel setup. The addition of both a DSP and HDMI switching module facilitates home theatre output options ranging from 2.1 up to 7.2 Surround Sound – with all the required connectivity for satellite speakers and subwoofers on-board Selekt DSM.

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Linn Selekt Edition DSM Streaming Hub

Edition Hub is a superior-quality enclosure, featuring an all-machined construction for improved rigidity, interior isolation, and elevated aesthetic appeal – with sleek sight lines, concealed joins and understated luxury at the fore.

The Edition Hub chassis consists of four plates, rigidly bolted together. The side pieces are flawlessly aligned with the base using pins, with four long bolts subsequently torqued-in for an exceptionally rigid fix, with a pleasing, precision fit and finish.

Providing both requisite heat management and high design appeal, the primary vent of Edition Hub is precision-cut into its aluminium plate lid. The vent itself is evocative of a wave, with each aperture cut at an angle, and only every second one machined all the way through. When viewed from different angles, this wave motif morphs and ripples – with myriad reflections projected from its various finishes and surfaces.

Edition Hub features a much-improved, eye-catching control dial. Its precision, turned-stainless-steel bearing ensures silky, tactile rotation when adjusting volume; and the photo-etched steel halo around its edge allows cool, sharp light to emanate from the one hundred individual LEDs beneath.

The all-glass fascia of Edition Hub is composed of mirrored spy glass; with the large-format display concealed behind it displaying crisp, clear information when necessary, and fading to total invisibility when not.

A broad range of connections on Edition Hub’s back panel ensures that it can receive, process and expertly deliver audio from any source imaginable; with a high-performance, integrated, analogue-to-digital conversion stage accepting anything from turntables to CD players, and a host of digital connections allowing connection from video streaming devices, games consoles, and Blu-ray players – ensuring you get the best possible sound from anything you connect to your Selekt DSM.

Edition Hub features, as standard, Linn’s all-new, exceptionally efficient, highly responsive, and precision-regulated power supply design – our best yet – Utopik.

Available as Audio, Audio with HDMI or Exakt Hub variants, next-generation Selekt Edition DSM offers more options than ever before!

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Linn Selekt Classic DSM Streaming Hub

Selekt Classic DSM will revolutionise your interaction with digital music. It’s a tactile and beautiful musical experience, better in every sense. It will make your system sound better and it will help you fall in love with your music all over again.

As stunning to look at as it is to listen to, every element is precision engineered for the most authentic musical performance possible.

Feel the music you want to play. Selekt Classic DSM’s jewel-like dial and smart buttons are ready to be personalised just for you, giving you immediate access to the music you want to hear, no matter the source.

Just like Selekt DSM Edition, Selekt DSM Classic is designed to fit with your system and make it sound better, whatever your setup at a more affordable cost.

Selekt Classic Hub features, as standard, Linn’s all-new, exceptionally efficient, highly responsive, and precision-regulated power supply design – Linn's best yet – Utopik.

Choose from four configurations to find a model that suits your needs.

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Linn Selekt Performance and Connectivity options

Linn Selekt Edition and Classic DSM Hubs are fully configurable to your individual performance and connectivity needs through a range of slide in cartridges with three levels of DAC resolution options....

  • Dual mono line out cartridge
  • Stereo line out cartridge.
  • Stereo power amp cartridge.
  • Hybrid line out cartridge.
  • Dual Mono Organik DAC.
  • Stereo Organik DAC.
  • Standard DAC.

Plus there's also an HDMI module for video sources and a DSP Surround module for 5.1 Surround all from just the one box!

Contact us to see how Linn Selekt Edition and Classic hubs can make your hi-fi system sound better and take up less space!