EDWARDS AUDIO RELEASE NEW INTEGRATED AMPLIFIERS
Following their move to the new factory, Edwards Audio are announcing what they say is “the first of many new products to be released this year”.
So first to market is the all-new Edwards Audio IA1 Integrated amplifier and its smaller, fully manual brother, the Edwards Audio Apprentice IA.
EDWARDS AUDIO IA1 AND APPRENTICE IA INTEGRATED AMPLIFIERS
The Edwards Audio IA1 and the Edwards Audio Apprentice IA are the results of three years of research and development. They are competitively priced and come packaged in multi-coloured options to match the Edwards turntables and phono stages. They have a backlit E logo which turns red when muted.
COMPACT FOOTPRINT
The new Edwards Audio Integrated Amplifiers have a compact 250mm square footprint. They have a a high quality dedicated MM phono input as standard with two other Auxiliary line inputs mounted on the rear. In addition, there is 3.5mm mini jack input on the front panel. They have a a fully discrete 30W into 8 Ohms power amp and a full size ¼” Jack for headphones which is driven via a dedicated high current output driver circuit.
OPTIONAL BLUETOOTH
The amps have an optional Pre-output to allow connection to additional external power amplifiers. There is also an optional Bluetooth AptX HD input card and an optional fixed output option.
The Edwards Audio IA1 has remote control of volume and mute.
EDWARDS AUDIO IA1 AND APPRENTICE IA INTEGRATED AMPLIFIERS PRICING
The amps are fully designed and manufactured in Wiltshire, UK.
UK SRP
Apprentice IA – £369.95
IA1 – £429.95
Available in Black, White, Red, Blue, Grey and Green
HiFi Pig Says: Very affordable little amps from British HiFi brand Edwards Audio.