Fundamentally, it's a large, powerful integrated amp that delivers a claimed 150W RMS per channel into 8 ohms or 300W into 4 ohms. In addition, it offers lavish Japanese 'battleship' build quality, a built-in digital conversion, plus an excellent MC/MM phono stage. But what really sets the SU-R1000 apart is the role digital plays in the design. Technics' Chief Technical Officer, Tetsuya Itani, calls this a 'full digital amplifier' rather than just regular Class D. While it does feature a switching output stage, it works in the digital domain throughout, without the need for a traditional DAC.-..

Get off my lawnFull disclosure: I own one of those jam-packed, gee-whiz components. My upstairs system consists of Estelon YB speakers powered by a Hegel Music Systems H120 integrated amplifier–DAC. It’s a great little amp and the high-quality DAC receives digital signals via USB from a Logitech Squeezebox Touch, so I’m taking advantage of all the H120’s features. The H120 makes sense for its current usage. It sounds great and works perfectly with my crusty Touch streamer that might as well be coal-powered, given the speed with which computer technology has advanced since I bought it.-----The ..

Inside: it's solidUnder the hood of the ATC CD2, the playback mechanism is a model specifically adapted to Hifi and not a computer model. Note the presence of a toroidal power supply transformer of significant dimensions. The conversion is provided by a 32-bit/768 kHz type AKM chip ( AK4490EQ ). The output stages are of symmetrical topology, all in surface components and, what is more, discrete since with real transistors, without op amps.The ATC SIA2-100 is advertised for 2 x 100 watts into 8 ohms. The internal layout of its circuits is surprising. The power stages and their power supplies ar..

The new SU-GX70 streaming amplifier is the first Technics product since the brand revitalization in 2014 with a HDMI ARC port. There has been strong demand for high-quality amplifiers allowing easy integration of a TV into the home hi-fi system for superior sound without the hassle of a complex multichannel system. Consequently, this new amplifier realizes very high sound quality at the HDMI ARC connection by using the parent company’s (Panasonic) comprehensive experience of video signal treatment, allowing the full potential of the noise and distortion-free sound generated by Technics’ propri..