Cyrus Audio is rounding off a comparatively busy yr with the discharge of but extra hi-fi separates. We had been handled to the arrival of two new music streamers earlier this yr, and now there are two new stereo energy amplifiers to accompany the model’s established strains: the Energy-XR and the Traditional Energy.
Conceived to bolster the Traditional and flagship XR ranges, each of those stereo energy amplifiers tease “ground-up engineering” alongside a decrease noise flooring than earlier Cyrus energy fashions which, says the producer, permits them to “retain extra of the wonderful particulars… with a excessive present drive to cater for extra demanding loudspeaker masses”.
Each the Energy-XR and Traditional fashions are Class A/B designs and, curiously, each have the identical energy output of 87 watts per channel into 8 ohms. The inner parts are totally different between the fashions, reflecting the vary every mannequin belongs in, and the 2 differ by way of bandwidth: the Energy-XR works from DC to past 100kHz, whereas the Traditional Energy is proscribed to round 50kHz.
Each amps persist with Cyrus’s well-known half-width chassis design, neatly matching the aforementioned new streamers and different present merchandise, such because the CDi-XR CD participant and i7-XR built-in amp.
The connections obtainable are an identical throughout each energy amplifiers as effectively, and it is an all-analogue affair with each unbalanced RCA line degree and balanced XLR inputs. There’s additionally a pair of speaker terminals and a daisy-chain enter that lets you join further energy amps.
The Traditional Energy features a port for the PSX-R2 energy provide, whereas the Energy-XR hosts a port for the newer, step-up PSU-XR provide which, says Cyrus, “raises the bar by sourcing at least 5 impartial regulated provides in a single field” and offers “ultra-smooth energy for the voltage amplifier”.
In line with Ceri Williamson, Head of R&D at Cyrus: “These new amplifiers characterize the very newest in energy amplifier design information and have been designed with the identical topology because the Cyrus built-in merchandise to make sure an ideal match of sonic signatures.”
Each new fashions can be found to pre-order now, with deliveries anticipated from the beginning of December. The brand new Cyrus Energy-XR energy stereo amplifier is priced at £2995, whereas the Traditional Energy amp prices £2395.
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