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Combining the best of valve (tube) and solid state technologies, the AIR utilises a regulated high tension supply powering the super linear triode gain stage. This drives a high power low impedance MOSFET output stage within a zero feedback circuit.
This results in very low distortion and a natural and transparent sound.



Specifications:
Valve line-up: PCC85 (7ES8) double triode. There is no substitute.
Supply voltage: 240V AC.
Input impedance: 68K ohm. Input sensitivity: 0.71 volt rms for full output.
Output power: 90 watts per channel rms into 8 ohms at rated supply voltage.

Introductory price: £550

Some testimonials of the AIR:

* It does this thing of plugging the music directly into your head, it carries a tune really well and lets you hear the "point" of the song.
* Its a very "organised" sounding amp, but not in an artificial way.
* Music is naturally spread out, everything in its right place.
* Its noticably quite detailed sounding too, but not at the expense of overall flow of the music.
* Midrange is particularly good as well, very open and transparent.

'I thought detailing and channel separation were particularly good, as was the sense that this was an amp on the smooth side, but in a good way - no loss of detail, but easy to listen to all day.'

'The AIR has a really transparent sound to it. There is good separation between instruments, imaging and soundstage are really good, with instruments appearing to come from way beyond the speakers.'