Audio Emporium Newsletter 11-1-24 Atoll Streaming Integrated Amplifiers Atoll makes two dynamite streaming integrated amps. First and foremost, these are fabulous sounding integrated amps! They just happen the have Atoll’s outstanding streaming app built it. The streaming app has proven to work quite well in our time with it. Of more importance is the magnificent integrated amp within which it is housed. These SDA (streamer on board) models have dual, powerful transformers that Atoll has built to spec for them in Spain. The filter caps are also of Atoll design, built specifically for them in Japan- not China. Both models
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10.2024
Atoll IN400 Evo Integrated Amp, $7000 (160×2) {5.11h, 17.3w, 14.6d, 43 lbs) Atoll has just updated its flagship integrated amp. IN400 is built like a Mac truck. Don’t worry about the modest power claim. That’s just Atoll being conservatively French. When an amp is built with massive transformers and power supply caps, it produces a much weightier sound than its wattage rating would imply. Atoll builds this big boy like a brick out house. It can crush virtually any speakers you’ll ever own. IN400 has a silky smooth sound but wields Thor’s hammer just in case you ask for it.
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