Audiolab 6000A Integrated Amplifier

£649.00
Audiolab 6000A Silver
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Audiolab 6000A Integrated Amplifier

An amplifier remains the beating heart of any high-performance audio system, but in this day and age a truly versatile integrated amp needs to cover many bases – digital and analogue sources, wireless connectivity for portable devices, a phono stage to cater for vinyl playback, amplification for headphones as well as speakers… That’s a lot to pack in, whilst keeping performance high and the price tag affordable – and yet, that’s exactly what the 6000A delivers.

The Sound of Science

Outwardly, the 6000A bears strong resemblance to the 8300A with its rotary controls and large, central OLED display. Unlike its costlier, analogue-only sibling, it incorporates high-quality D/A conversion, enabling digital sources to be connected directly without an external DAC. It supplies four digital inputs, three line-level analogue inputs, an input for a turntable, wireless connectivity via Bluetooth and a dedicated headphone amp, in addition to its ability when driving loudspeakers.

Digital circuitry

Much effort has been made to ensure the 6000A’s digital circuitry delivers the level of quality one might expect of a high-performance standalone DAC. As ever, Audiolab has turned to the ES9018 Sabre32 Reference chip family to perform D/A conversion, utilising ESS Technology’s 32-bit HyperStream architecture and Time Domain Jitter Eliminator to deliver ultra-low noise and high dynamic range.

No company knows more about making the most of this technically excellent, but challenging, DAC technology than Audiolab.

Analogue circuitry

The 6000A’s discrete Class AB power amp stage delivers 50W per channel into eight ohms, with a maximum current delivery of 9 Amps into difficult loads. The output stage of the discrete power amp circuits uses a CFB (Complementary Feedback) topology, ensuring superior linearity and excellent thermal stability, as the idle current is kept independent of the temperature of the output transistors. A substantial 200VA toroidal transformer, followed by 4x15000uF reservoir capacity (60000uF in total), helps the amp to maintain firm control of the music whilst enabling excellent dynamic range.

The preamp section is kept as simple as possible to maintain signal purity, with line input signals passing to a precision analogue volume stage. The latter covers the range from -80dB to +8dB in steps of 2dB and 1dB (step resolution increases with volume position). Much effort has gone into the physical layout of the 6000A’s circuitry, protecting the sensitive preamp section from noise interference.

Gain (max.)

+8dB (Line)

 

+55dB (Phono MM)

Input Sensitivity

720mV (Line, Volume = 0dB)

 

3.1mV (Phono MM, Volume=0dB)

Input Impedance

10K (Line)

 

47K//100pF (Phono MM)

Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)

< 0.0004% (Line, 1KHz @ 2V, Volume = 0dB)

Frequency Response

20Hz-20kHz (+/-0.1dB)

Output Voltage

2.3V max. (Volume = 0dB)

Output Impedance

120Ω

Signal-to-Noise Ration (S/N)

> 110dB (Line, A-weighted)

 

>76dB (Phono MM, A-weighted)

DAC

 

D to A converter

ES9018K2M

Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)

< 0.0006% (1kHz @ 0dBFS)

Output level (0dBFS, 1KHz)

2.05V

Max. Sampling Frequency

192kHz

Signal-to-noise ratio (S/N)

> 112dB (A-weighted)

Digital Filters

Fast Roll-off , Slow Roll-off , Minimum Phase

Power Amplifier Section

 

Gain

+29dB

Rated Max. Power Output

2 X 50W (8Ω, THD<1%)

 

2 X 75W (4Ω, THD<1%)

Frequency Response

20Hz-20kHz (+/-0.3dB)

Input Sensitivity

720mV

Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)

<0.003% (1kHz @ 40W/8Ω)

Signal-to-Noise ratio (S/N)

> 110dB (A-weighted)

Max. Output Current

9A

Headphone Amplifier

 

Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)

< 0.01% (1kHz, 50mW)

Output Impedance

2.35Ω

Load impedance

20-600Ω

General

 

Standby Power Consumption

<0.5W

Power Requirements

240V ~ 50 - 60Hz

 

230V ~ 50 - 60Hz

 

115V ~ 50 - 60Hz

 

100V ~ 50 - 60Hz

Dimensions (mm) (W x H x D)

445 x 80 x 330mm including feet, terminals and controls

Carton Size (mm) (W x H x D)

512 x 467 x 146

Weight

7.8kg (Net)

 

 

A hugely capable stereo amplifier that’s good enough to worry the best in class
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