Any knowledge on LINN's Class V technology?
If you've read my post "Up In Smoke" you know that I am currently using a LINN 5125 power amp in my HT system to replace the Arcam I had. I vowed to post on this amp but cannot seem to find much information on what Class V is. I know it's a digital switching power supply and this amp runs very cool with no amp hum or noise. But how does a 11 pound amp deliver 125 wpc into 8 ohms and 230 into 4 ohms? I didn't expect to like this amp as well as I do, I noticed a big difference in sound immediately but after watching a couple of familiar movies I began to realize the dialog was more understandable and the rear sound effects had more realism, as well as an overall improvement in steering of sound effects or audio queues. This was surprising because I didn't think a power amp would make much difference in how effective the sound effects were. I played a couple CDs in PLII/m so the majority of the sound would come through the center channel which is powered by the LINN, my impression was the midrange is very good, the highs were not harsh but did have like a digital brightness to them, this could also be from the preamp as well, the bass was there and you get a physical feel from it but it's still different from my Krell or Arcam. the LINN seems to be much leaner in the midbass area. I hope to be able to hear this LINN amp in a 2 channel configuration. I need to borrow some BFA connectors , that's all the LINN has for speaker connections. I'd like to know how to daisy chain the channels and if this increases power output, I know the amp allows this but that's all that was said.
If anyone has any further knowledge about the 5125 or class V technology I'd appreciate the help.