Overview
The Linn AV5140 are extraordinary speakers. Period. For the money, they have no equals at this price point. In fact, when Linn launched these speakers (in conjunction with their AV51 system), they were part of this complex setup that included Linn’s AV processor/preamp, multiple amps and a variety of AV series of speakers that make up a $27,000 package. If you had a chance to listen this system when they were auditioning at the hifi shows, you would have walked out of that room with your jaw dropping on the floor. It was such a surreal experience listening to music and watching a movie in that room. This pair you see here comes with the highly desirable and rare AKTIV Crossover Tune Box. Unlike the other configuration where AKTIV cards are installed in the LINN amps, with this ATIV Crossover Tune Box, you are free to choose any amplifier to drive these speakers. Which in our opinion is the much better setup/option since the performance of the speakers are elevated with better amps (not that the LINN amps are no good!) and higher power output and you can “amp roll” and try the speakers out with different amps. The AV5140 is a true three way speaker with an 8″ woofer mounted on the rear. On the front sits the 4″ midwoofer and 3/4″ ceramic dome tweeter. Profile of the speaker is a narrow front (7″) that expands towards the rear (9.25″). Depth is 13″ and height is 39″ without the spikes. Collectively, the speaker has a frequency range of 30Hz to 20KHz with a nominal impedance of 4 ohm and a 90dB sensitivity. Minimum recommended power is 60W and we strongly recommend more if your budget allows because it made a whole lot of difference when driven at 60W versus 200W or more.
Cosmetically, the speakers look good. Minor scuff marks and tiny nicks here and there but nothing major. We don’t have the original boxes for the speakers so local pickup in the store preferred but can ship them if it needs to. Just contact us for a shipping quote. This is a three box setup so factor the shipping cost times three.
