Cambridge Audio Edge A High-End Integrated Class XA Amplifier

Cambridge Audio Edge A High-End Integrated Class XA Amplifier – Cambridge Audio

Cambridge Audio’s most detailed integrated amplifier.
Edge A is made to celebrate musicality. Riffs, phrases, percussive rolls – take in every detail of your music thanks to its dynamic setup. Effortlessly powerful, but with incredible depth, the overall sound is breath-taking – like you’re sat in the recording booth with the musicians.

Breath-taking musicality
Edge A is designed to bring musical detail to life. It delivers a finely balanced sound with a depth and clarity that comes through with every note. Cambridge developed the system by ear, testing every component and only choosing those that blew them away. The end result is a ground-breaking arrangement that produces a much cleaner signal path and lets your music breathe. Edge A perfectly delivers our classic British sound – nothing added, nothing taken away.

More musical detail
Cambridge pioneered the use of toroidal transformers in amplifiers, which led to improved performance. In Edge they took this one step further, using opposing symmetry twin toroidal transformers. This cancels out electromagnetic interference whilst offering outstanding power and maintaining consistent tonality, no matter how loud it’s played.

Effortless power without distortion
Using standard Class A amplifier technology wasn’t going to be efficient enough for Edge A. Instead we added a bias voltage to a traditional Class AB design, reducing distortion to inaudible levels. This unique configuration also produces less heat and makes the whole system much more effective.

Hi-res Bluetooth
Pair any Bluetooth device to your Edge A to easily stream your music. With aptX HD support, you can play your audio at up to 24-bit/48kHz quality for an incredibly rich listening experience.

Sonic balance
Edge A was designed with a unique PCB. Our engineers replaced conventional capacitors with a DC coupled topology and also added a solid state volume control. The end result is a clean signal path that’s perfectly balanced at any volume.

Perfect partners
Edge systems are designed to work in perfect synchronization. Match the performance of Edge A with loudspeakers to make the foundations of a hi-fi system unlike anything else.

Features:

• CONTINUOUS POWER OUTPUT: 100W RMS into 8 Ohms; 200W RMS into 4 Ohms
• FREQUENCY RESPONSE: <3Hz – >80kHz +/-1dB
• CROSSTALK @ 1KHZ: < -100dB
• INPUT IMPEDANCES: Input A3 (balanced) 47k Ohm; Input A1-A2 (unbalanced) 47k Ohm
• OUTPUTS: Speakers, Preamplifier, Headphones (impedance of between 12 and 600 ohms are recommended)
• BLUETOOTH: 4.1 (Smart/BLE enabled) A2DP/AVRCP supporting formats up to aptX HD
• COAX S/PDIF INPUT: 16/24 bits, 32-192kHz
• STANDBY POWER CONSUMPTION: <0.5W
• WEIGHT: 24.4kg (53.7lbs)
• THD (UNWEIGHTED): <0.002% 1kHz at rated power (8 Ohms); <0.02% 20Hz – 20kHz at rated power (8 Ohms)
• S/N RATIO (REF FULL POWER): >103 dB
• INPUT SENSITIVITY: Input A1-A2 (unbalanced) 380mV RMS
• INPUTS: Balanced, Coax S/PDIF, TOSLINK, USB Audio, Unbalanced, Bluetooth, Audio Return Channel (ARC)
• USB AUDIO INPUT: USB Audio Class 2.0 supporting up to 32-bit 384kHz PCM, or up to DSD256
• TOSLINK INPUT: 16/24 bits, 32-96kHz
• MAX POWER CONSUMPTION: 1000W
• DIMENSIONS: 150 x 460 x 405mm (5.9 x 18.1 x 15.9″)
• IN THE BOX: Edge A Integrated Amplifier; 1.5M Power Lead; Edge Remote Control; 3 x AAA Batteries; Bluetooth Antenna; Edge Link Cable; Edge A User Manual
• MPN: C10972

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