There is a growing trend of very high end manufacturers releasing ‘All in One’ systems and Gold Note, of Italy, have launched their IS-1000 Super Integrated Amplifier.

The IS-1000 is a complete high-end stereo system enclosed in an aluminium chassis carved in their signature bold Italian style.

Gold Note told us more: “Our advanced Integrated Amplifier is the most complete audiophile solution available today on the market for quality audio featuring a Phono Preamp, an high-quality DAC fitted with BurrBrown’s PCM 1796 (optionally 1792), and a cutting edge Streamer that will allow you to play HQ music from the best streaming services.”

“IS-1000 is ROON Ready and features AirPlay, WiFi and our App available for iOS and Android: simply connect IS-1000 to your speakers, download the App and press Play. The Heart of IS-1000 is the powerful integrated amplifier that offers 125/250W @8/4Ω developed using only the best audio grade components specifically chosen to deliver the ultimate performance. The Mind of IS-1000 is the advanced streamer based on the latest technology to guarantee perfect connectivity and access HQ music on TIDAL, QOBUZ, SPOTIFY and DEEZER and also the HQ web radio with V-TUNER”.

Details

Int Amp: Class A/B High-Current Mosfet design 125/250W per channel @ 8/4Ω (opt. 150/300W @ 8/4Ω)
High-Res Streaming from on-line services
Controlled via App (available for iOS & Android)
Airplay & Roon Ready
UPnP & DLNA supported
DAC: high quality BurrBrown chipset (PCM1796, PCM1792A)
Phono Stage MM/MC: derived from the awarded PH-10
High-mass chassis designed and manufactured in Italy

Digital inputs

PCM up to 24bit/192kHz
3 optical (TOS)
1 Coaxial (COAX)
1 USB type A (DSD 64 native and via DoP)
1 Ethernet LAN & Wi-Fi (DSD 64 native and via DoP)

Analogue inputs

1 XLR balanced
1 RCA Line & Phono MM/MC
1 RCA Line & AV-Ind

Analogue outputs

1 RCA variable
1 RCA fixed
Speakers

Connectivity

Supported streaming services:

TIDAL & MQA via Tidal
Qobuz
Spotify & Spotify Connect
Deezer
V-Tuner

Supported audio formats:

AIFF (.aif, .aiff, .aifc)
WAV (.wav) packed/unpacked
FLAC
WmA Windows media Audio 9
WAX Windows media audio metafiles
ASX Advanced Stream Redirector (.asx)
MPEG-4 Advanced Audio coding File, .aac, .m4a including Apple lossless
MP3

Supported media servers:

Minim
Bubble UPnP
and all UPnP certified media servers