Copland's CSA70 integrated amp is its most affordable

Danish audio brand Copland has launched the CSA70, which sits in the visitor'southward line-up as its most affordable integrated amplifier.

Although strictly speaking, this entry-level amp incurs a rather premium price at £2988, and then you lot'll demand to open upward that wallet.

And if you do, and so Copland say you'll exist getting "exceptional sound performance that belies its power rating and price".

In terms of connectivity, the CSA70 boasts four digital inputs, iii counterpart inputs, a line-out function, as well equally pre-out terminal and forepart facing 6.3mm headphone output. A Bluetooth module is optional, priced at £198.

Likewise included is a phono pre-amplifier for connecting to a turntable, while Copland says the CSA70 tin deliver 70W of ability per channel (2x 70W into 8ohms), enough to supply power hungry speakers.

Unlike its recently released bigger brothers in the CSA100 and CSA150, the CSA70 does not get in the direction of using tubes in the line stage, with the preamplifier section making use of solid phase compages that offers very low baloney. The DAC inside is the Wolfson WM8740.

However, it does share the aforementioned power amplifier engineering every bit the CSA100 and CSA150, utilising a feedback structure that Copland claims to be inherently faster than conventional amplifiers, with a wide large-point frequency response.

Elegant and minimalist in appearance, the CSA70 is designed to cope with even the well-nigh "bad-mannered of dynamic loads" that a loudspeaker pair could present. The amplifier has a precision audio-course motorised book control, while the amplifier is protected against several fault conditions that could cause problems either to the amplifier or continued speakers, including DC offset, overcurrent conditions and thermal overload.

Available with a blackness or silver front panel, the Copland CSA70 integrated stereo amplifier is shipping to the United kingdom now for the price of £2998, distributed exclusively by Absolute Sounds.