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Sync Link™.
The Sync Link is a simple system which we have used since we made our first CD player (the Karik) and separate DAC (the Numerik) in 1991, to minimise the jitter introduced by the SPDIF interface commonly used to connect digital audio components. In a sync link equipped CD transport and DAC, the DAC instead of having to recover its clock signal from the incoming SPDIF stream contains its own free running low noise master clock, connected directly to the D/A chips. A low frequency (almost DC) signal is fed back to the CD transport to adjust its speed, making it supply digital audio data at the rate the master clock in the DAC requires. The DAC therefore becomes the master, and the CD transport the slave.
There are other systems which try to achieve this goal, but they invariably involve sending a high speed (and high noise) clock signal from the DAC to the CD transport. The Linn sync link is unique in its silent effectiveness.
However, as mentioned above, the performance of the Ikemi and Genki is so good that the Ikemi on its own
Knekt.
Knekt is the versatile, flexible and powerful Linn multiroom audio system. Both the Ikemi and Genki are fully Knekt compatible making it easy to enjoy their performance all round your home. See your local installer or our website for more information.
