{"id":116807,"date":"2023-10-25T16:14:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T15:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=116807"},"modified":"2024-02-24T14:08:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T14:08:06","slug":"rogers-e20a-ii-tube-amplifier-oversized-output-transformers-and-optional-phono-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/rogers-e20a-ii-tube-amplifier-oversized-output-transformers-and-optional-phono-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Rogers E20a II Tube Amplifier &#8211; Oversized output transformers and optional phono stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The British company Rogers UK, known for its modern version of the classic BBC LS3 \/ 5a monitors, has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogers-hifi.uk\/rogers-e20a-ii-integrated-valve-amplifier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced an<\/a>\u00a0updated version of their Rogers E20a II tube amplifier.\u00a0The first appearance of the E20a was in the mid-90s.\u00a0The amplifier now features anodized metal body panels, including an 18mm bezel and a perforated curved grill.<\/p>\n<p>Together they protect the improved Class A circuitry with 6L6GT beam tetrode output stages.\u00a0The production of these lamps began as early as 1935.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"big\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"big\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cad69c04a407f8a44a5fefff6708e695.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The output power of the Rogers E20a II reaches 18W per channel. The amplifier received enlarged output transformers, silver-plated speaker cable terminals and mechanically decoupled fasteners of the internal parts.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"big\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"big\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/981af7815cc621eeabd5114091640f29.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The amplifier version can be selected from two options: with a built-in phono stage based on a pair of 12AX7 input tubes or without it.\u00a0In this case, there are three pairs of linear RCA inputs on board.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"big\"><\/figure>\n<p>Pricing for the Rogers UK E20a II has yet to be announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British company Rogers UK, known for its modern version of the classic BBC LS3 \/ 5a monitors, has\u00a0announced an\u00a0updated version of their Rogers E20a II tube amplifier.\u00a0The first appearance of the E20a was in the mid-90s.\u00a0The amplifier now features anodized metal body panels, including an 18mm bezel and a perforated curved grill. Together they [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/rogers-e20a-ii-tube-amplifier-oversized-output-transformers-and-optional-phono-stage\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10237,"featured_media":116808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-116807","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}