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Linn monitors the current flowing in the output transistors and uses a digital algorithm to extract the bias signal from the music signal. “That allows us to control that parameter on its own,” Smith explained. “It’s something that you can only achieve by having good knowledge of traditional analog amplifier design, digital electronics, and digital signal processing. It’s a kind of marriage of two different worlds. Digital signal processing is my specialty, so that’s the part of the design I was involved in.”

He emphasized, though, that the audio signal is not digitized. “The signal path remains completely analog. But we have digital assistance to ensure the amplifier performs consistently and runs at its best. It’s almost like the engine-management system in a car. … We have a completely linear transistor amplifier with a digital engine-management system that is keeping operating conditions constant and ensuring that performance is always optimal.

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