THE BRITISH HIFI BRAND LAUNCH NEW XR AND CLASSIC STEREO POWER AMPLIFIERS

It feels like the team at Cyrus has been very busy this year, with a number of recent product launches, so it comes as no surprise to announce the arrival of brand-new stereo power amplifiers for both the XR and Classic ranges.

CLASS A/B AMPLIFIERS

With ground-up engineering, these new Class A/B stereo amplifiers have a lower noise floor than previous power amps from Cyrus, but with high current drive to cater for more demanding loudspeaker loads.

“These new amplifiers represent the very latest in power amplifier design knowledge and have been designed with the same topology as the Cyrus integrated products to ensure a perfect match of sonic signatures, especially in systems where bi-amping is employed.”

Ceri Williamson, Head of R&D at Cyrus

CYRUS POWER-XR AMPLIFIER

With a power output of 2×110 watts into 6 Ω, the wideband power amplifier of the Power-XR responds from D.C. to beyond 100kHz. It has both unbalanced inputs (with daisy-chain out) and balanced inputs, a 12V trigger input, MC-BUS connection (control integration with Cyrus system) a PSU-XR upgrade connection and a firmware upgrade port.

SPECIFICATIONS

Power output 2 x 144W (161W with PSU-XR) into 4 Ω

Power output 2 x 110W (121W with PSU-XR) into 6 Ω

Power output 2 x 87W (95W with PSU-XR) into 8 Ω

THD+N (1kHz, 2/3 power) <0.002% 6 Ω

Input sensitivity (110W/6Ω) 450mV RCA / 900mV XLR

Input impedance 28kΩ

Frequency response (-3dB) <0.5Hz, > 100kHz

S/N ratio (unwtd) >100dB

Size (H x W x D) 75 x 215 x 355 mm (2.95” x 8.46” x 13.98”)

Weight 7.3kg (16lbs)

CYRUS CLASSIC POWER AMPLIFIER

The Classic POWER responds from D.C. to beyond 50kHz, It has unbalanced (RCA) inputs (with daisy-chain out) and balanced (XLR) inputs, 12V trigger input, MC-BUS connection (control integration with Cyrus system), PSX-R2 upgrade connection and a firmware upgrade port.

SPECIFICATIONS

Power output 2 x 144W into 4 Ω

Power output 2 x 110W into 6 Ω

Power output 2 x 87W into 8 Ω

THD+N (1kHz, 2/3 power) <0.002% 6 Ω

Input sensitivity (110W/6Ω) 450mV RCA / 900mV XLR

Input impedance 28kΩ

Frequency response (-3dB) <0.5Hz, > 48kHz

S/N ratio (unwtd) >100dB

Size (H x W x D) 75 x 215 x 355 mm (2.95” x 8.46” x 13.98”)

Weight 7.3kg (16lbs)

CYRUS POWER-XR AND CYRUS CLASSIC POWER STEREO AMPLIFIER PRICING AND AVAILABILITY

The Power-XR is priced in the UK at £2995 and the Classic POWER at £2395. Both products are now available to pre-order, with deliveries expected from the beginning of December.

HiFi PiG Says: Cyrus are being extremely active this year, giving their fans what they want.