{"id":127355,"date":"2021-03-31T16:34:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T15:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=127355"},"modified":"2021-04-05T06:02:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T05:02:13","slug":"melody-pro88-mkii-classic-surface-mounting-and-remote-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/melody-pro88-mkii-classic-surface-mounting-and-remote-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Melody PRO88 MKII: Classic surface mounting and remote control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australian classic tube hi-fi company Melody International Holdings Pty Ltd. has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/melodyhifi.eu\/product\/melody-pro88-mkii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expanded<\/a>\u00a0its Pro series with the Melody PRO88 MKII integrated amplifier.\u00a0Traditionally for Melody, the novelty is assembled by hand, wall-mounted using quality components like Mundorf containers.<\/p>\n<p>The final stage of the PRO88 MKII is powered by four KT88 beam tetrodes.\u00a0In front of them are four XF184 vacuum pentodes and one Western Electric WE407 double triode.\u00a0In principle, the PRO88 MKII can operate with different output tubes &#8211; for example, the KT120.\u00a0In the basic configuration, the PRO88 MKII delivers 2 x 50 watts to 8 or even 4 ohm speakers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"big\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"big\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/5cd4272d58e7baa0369eaf433bdd5a9e.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The amplifier received a soft start system with a 30-second delay.\u00a0There is a bias regulator on the front panel, and the current is controlled by an analogue ammeter.<\/p>\n<p>The device is equipped with four RCA inputs and one balanced XLR.\u00a0You can control their switching and volume both from the front panel and from the standard remote control.\u00a0The &#8220;Mute&#8221; mode is accompanied by a smooth fading out.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"big\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"big\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/da220567565e409f19f04fa19a7ccb4f.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The amplifier was supplemented with a removable protective grille for the lamp transformers located in front of the casings.\u00a0The side panels of the case are made of mahogany.\u00a0The weight of the novelty with an almost standard width of 47.5 cm was 40 kg.<\/p>\n<p>In Europe, the integrated amplifier Melody PRO88 MKII will cost 4,900 euros.<\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian classic tube hi-fi company Melody International Holdings Pty Ltd. has\u00a0expanded\u00a0its Pro series with the Melody PRO88 MKII integrated amplifier.\u00a0Traditionally for Melody, the novelty is assembled by hand, wall-mounted using quality components like Mundorf containers. The final stage of the PRO88 MKII is powered by four KT88 beam tetrodes.\u00a0In front of them are four XF184 [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/melody-pro88-mkii-classic-surface-mounting-and-remote-control\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":127356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-127355","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127355","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\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}