With over 30 years of audiophile engineering
experience, Arcam is one of the UK’s most respected audio companies. The new
A38 stereo integrated amplifier is the latest in a long family line of award
winning HiFi.
The A38 design team was given a simple goal; to
develop the best performing stereo amplifier Arcam had ever produced. Although
a huge task, the team dug deep into the basic structure of amplifier design
and the result was a remarkable improvement in fidelity.
An in-house research project yielded a wealth of
information concerning the influences of thermal conditions on power amplifier
performance. As a result the A38 features a number of new technologies which
practically eliminate thermal modulation of audio signals and ensure truly
dynamic and enthralling reproduction. New Sanken output devices and
dramatically improved thermal coupling provide an extremely stable device
temperature resulting in much improved linearity.
The massive torroid based power supply delivers
effortless power with a new low noise topology improving transient response. A
new pre-amplifier design, featuring hermetically sealed “reed” relays from
Arcam’s range topping C31 pre-amplifier; deliver a wonderfully transparent
signal to each power amplifier.
Reed relays offer extremely low contact resistance
and virtually infinite life span. An all new volume control (Burr Brown
PGA2320) gives unprecedented linearity and noise performance allowing fine
details to be reproduced in startling clarity.
