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PRIMO SETTANTA £675
Primo Settanta is the unit that establishes a new reference in the category of high-quality and high-versatility stereophonic products. Primo Settanta provides circuital solutions with no compromises and features capable to satisfy advanced users’ demands. Primo Settanta is a 70 Watt channels amplifier with line inputs and optional phono stage, high-performance
circuits with wide bandwidth and low feedback, separated circuit sections for each channel, linear analogic power supply with a toroidal transformer and five different stabilizing sections, highquality passive components, integrated-resistor network volume controls with no buffer for maximum sound transparency. Primo Settanta solutions make the unit a valuable and durable investment.
PRIMO CENTO VT £1050
Primo Settanta is the unit that establishes a new reference in the category of high-quality and high-versatility stereophonic products. Primo Settanta provides circuital solutions with no compromises and features capable to satisfy advanced users’ demands. Primo Settanta is a 70 Watt channels amplifier with line inputs and optional phono stage, high-performance circuits with wide bandwidth and low feedback, separated circuit sections for each channel, linear analogic power supply with a toroidal transformer and five different stabilizing sections, highquality passive components, integrated-resistor network volume controls with no buffer for maximum sound transparency. Primo Settanta solutions make the unit a valuable and durable investment.
PUCCINI SETTANTA £1445
The new Puccini 70 Integrated Amplifier represents a quantum leap for Audio Analogue’s composers line, in sound quality, manufacturing and assembly perfection, look & style and performances, yet retaining the famous family look and ease of use.
The elegant yet sober appearance of the Puccini 70 will allow for a discrete placement in every domestic environment, with both classic style or modern furniture.
The new, totally remote-controlled discrete components circuit deliver crystal-clear power up to 70W per channel on 8 Ohm, with impressive dynamic headroom. Very accurate protections save the power stage and the speakers from burn-outs, while allowing for full dynamic power delivery in every normal listening situation. The high-performance discrete components preamplifier circuit operates a perfect interface between the integrated bufferless resistor network potentiomenter and the power amp’s input, contributing to the balanced sound of the amplifier. Solid state input selectors allow for indefinite best quality performance (no sound detriment due to metallic contacts ageing and wear-out). An optional MM/MC phono board is available to turn Input 1 into a high quality phono input. A special bypass feature, selectable by remote’s “setup” option, allows the user to turn the Puccini 70 into a power amplifier on a specified input, to include the amplifier in a multichannel system as front speakers power amp, while using the same speakers for two channel listening using the stereo sources connected to the amplifier. The new seven-keys solid brass remote control allows for a more flexible control of the Puccini 70. Of course, all the main features of the amplifiers can be used by the front panel’s simple controls. Great care hasbeen used in the passive and active components selection, as usual for Audio Analogue.
BELLINI VB Pre Amplifier £2295
The Bellini is a very advanced, virtual battery powered preamplifier that raises the bar for the Composers range. The unique off-line virtual battery supply, an advanced version of the one introduced in the Aria phono preamplifier, ensures complete immunity to every disturbance that could come from the mains through the power transformer and regulator capacitance. One of the inputs can be easily changed to accommodate line or phono (both mm and mc) and there are balanced XLR as well as RCA outputs. The combination of very high quality components and design mixed with traditional Audio Analogue value for money makes this a very appealing audiophile product.
Audio Analogue built Bellini Virtual Battery with a preamplifier with line ins, a high-quality phono in, high-performance circuits and separated circuit sections for each channel. Bellini Virtual Battery solutions make the unit a valuable and durable investment.
Toroidal transformer analogical power supply and “Virtual Battery Off-Line” system. Analogical line circuits with discrete components, wide bandwidth and low feedback. Top-quality passive components. Integrated-resistance network volume controls with no buffer for maximum sound transparency.
DONIZATTI CENTO £2050
The Donizetti cento is an advanced 100 watt per channel solid state power amplifier. Featuring selectable balanced XLR and RCA inputs and a three stage dual-mono circuit. Again Audio Analogue use very high quality components for a genuine ‘high-end’ sound at a very sensible price.
Donizetti Cento establishes a new reference in the category of high-quality and high-versatility stereophonic products. Donizetti Cento provides circuital solutions with no compromises and features capable to satisfy advanced users’ demands. Donizetti Cento is a 100 Watt per channel amplifier with single-ended and balanced inputs, trigger input and output, high-performance circuits and separated circuit sections for each channel. Donizetti Cento solutions make the unit a valuable and durable investment.
Features
Analog power supply with a separated toroidal transformer and line for each channel, separated power supply for the trigger out. Large bandwidth and low feedback circuitry. High-quality unbalancer for the best connection to preamplifiers with balanced output. Low IMD, high slew rate power section. Calibrated and integrated electronic protections for electric overloads prevention to minimize sound distortion. Single-ended/balanced input selector located on the rear panel next to the input connectors.High-quality passive components
VERDI SETTANTA £1260
Verdi Settanta establishes a new reference in the category of high-quality and high-versatility stereophonic products. Verdi Settanta provides circuital solutions with no compromises and features capable to satisfy advanced users' demands. They equipped the Verdi Settanta with a hybrid 70 Watt/channel amplifier with line and phono in, high-performance circuits and separated circuit sections for each channel.
Toroidal transformer analog power supply with two separated lines, one for the solid section and one for the tube section. Analogical pre-amplifying section with tubes, large bandwidth and low feedback. High-performance preamplifier for the best connection between sources and the power section. Low IMD, high slew rate power section. Calibrated and integrated electronic protections for electric overloads and overheating prevention to minimize sound distortion. High-precision MM/MC phono section. Top-quality passive components. Integrated-resistance network volume controls with no buffer for maximum sound transparency. Microcontroller system control.
MAESTRO Settanta £2500
The new Maestro Settanta is a high quality 70 w per channel integrated that represents the entry level in the Maestro integrated amp range. It uses the new style solid aluminium chassis and thick extruded aluminium front plate for a stylish and functional design that is also built to last. The amplifier features fully electronic switching, a 100-step buffered resistor network volume and a port for RS-232 interface control. Of the five inputs, the first can be optimised, electronically via the stylish remote control, as either a line, MM or MC phono input. This feature indicates the advanced level of technology found in the new range of Maestro products perfectly.
Inside only the highest quality discrete components are found - such as low tolerance MIL standard metal layer resistors and high speed electrolytic capacitors - each being specifically selected for its sound quality. A large toroidal transformer is used for the analogue power section, with a supply section for each channel. The Maestro Settanta is a highly sophisticated design with a sound and look to match. It offers advanced detail and imaging that puts it right up with the best audiophile amplifiers on the market.
MAESTRO Reference Pre Amplifier £6250
Maestro Line Preamplifier IS THE unit that establishes a new reference in the category of high-quality and high-versatility stereophonic products. Maestro Line Preamplifier provides circuital solutions with no compromises and features capable to satisfy advanced users’ demands. We built our preamplifier with high-performance circuits, separated circuit sections for each channel, function-based and channel-based circuit sections and PC/ house-automation systems connection. Maestro Line Preamplifier solutions make the unit a valuable and durable investment Double-chassis to separate the line section from the digital and power supply section. 400Hz synthesis system analogical power supply with two thoroidal resistors and two different power lines for each channel.
Power plug for external phono amplifier. Analogical circuits with separated components, large pass band and low counter-reaction.
Highest-quality passive components; lowest-tolerance metalliclayered resisters (MIL standard); low-tolerance, non-polarized polyester/propylene condensers; high-speed, low-loss, highcapacity electrolytic condensers; organic-electrolyte, low-capacity electrolytic condenser. Integrated-resistance network volume controls with no buffer for maximum sound transparency. Offset-recovery circuit. Multiple source system control: front panel, IR remote control, RS-232 interface. Microcontroller system control. High-contrast PLED dot-matrix display. High-resolution selector encoder.
MAESTRO Reference MONO [PAIR] £13250
The basic structure of the amplifier Maestro MONOBLOCK is the same used in the precision balanced amplifier used in the laboratories.
It is made of three different amplifiers. The first two must amplify in tension the balanced signal and the third one must supply the necessary current amplification to drive the speakers. This kind of structure has two important benefits: the first one is a high immunity to the disturbs, while the second one is the possibility to improve each amplification stage. The separation between the gain in tension and of the gain in current permits to realize class A tension amplifiers made with low power components, so to obtain a frequency response up to about 500kHz. Such frequency extention gives the possibility to mantain the phase errors to a very low level. The power section has been designed to obtain a high gain in current and not in tension. Thanks to this solution, it is possible to keep the frequency response at full power around at 200kHz. Also the bass frequency extention has been realised with care applying an off-set recover circuit able to go down to 3Hz.
Due to its two stages configuration, the amplifier Maestro Monoblock does not have a global feedback between inputs and outputs.
The Maestro Monoblock’s nominal output power is of impedance. This power goes up to 800W@2ohms. The protections starts to work at around 1000W with a load of 1ohm(if your house system can support it!) To obtain these kind of power levels the supply section has been overdimensioned. In fact, have been used two toroidal transformers for a total of 1406W. Each power branch is rectified from a diode’s bridge, with 50A components and the filter section contains 8 electrolytic 15000F capacitors for a total of 120000 F. Furthermore, also the supply of the low power section has been realized one bridge for each branch and filtrated with two 15000F capacitors. To maintain a low output impedance has been realised 10 pairs of bipolar transistors whom low distortion level are guaranteed by the producer. Their polarization current permits to get a class A working up to about 10W. The current pass trough some copper bars. Each earth converges to a sole junction (star configuration) realised with a copper plate half a millimetre thick that has also a shielding function. Obviously, such big quantity of different parts is used to supply only one channel of your stereo system!
An amplifier able to supply more than 30 ampere must be well protected. The amplifier Maestro Monoblock has a section exclusively dedicated to this function. At the moment of the switching on, the filter capacitors are loaded trough two power resistors to limit the power comsumption. Once the supply voltage has passed the critical phase, the resistors are excluded by two 40A relè. These relay are able to stop the supply of the power amplifier and have been used to replace the fuses. The only existing fuse on the Maestro Mono is used to protect the control board and hasn’t any effect to the audio signal. There are also others protections that are used to control the presence of DC power on the speakers, the AC power voltage drop and the current absorbtion surplus.