{"id":151095,"date":"2023-10-26T08:48:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T07:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=151095"},"modified":"2023-10-26T21:11:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T20:11:15","slug":"pro-ject-stereo-box-s3-bt-compact-integrated-amplifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/pro-ject-stereo-box-s3-bt-compact-integrated-amplifier\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Ject Stereo Box S3 BT: Compact integrated amplifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pro-Ject Audio Systems\u00a0has introduced a compact integrated amplifier\u00a0Stereo Box S3 BT\u00a0, equipped with a\u00a0Bluetooth\u00a0adapter supporting the\u00a0aptX HD\u00a0codec , which allows you to stream music from mobile gadgets to it with the highest possible quality today.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, for connecting sources, the novelty offers two analog inputs on RCA connectors.\u00a0There is even a pre-amplifier output here, implemented on a 3.5 mm minijack connector.\u00a0The amplifier develops 21 watts in each channel when operating on a load with a nominal resistance of 8 ohms and 40 watts at a load of 4 ohms.\u00a0High-quality screw terminals are provided for connecting acoustic systems.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/186_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Pro-Ject Stereo Box S3 BT amplifier is dressed in a metal case with an aluminum front panel, on which there is a large volume control knob, a power button and an active input switch button with LED indicators.\u00a0The power supply of the device is external 20V\/3A.<\/p>\n<p>The novelty is expected to go on sale in the very near future.\u00a0The suggested retail price\u00a0 of the\u00a0Pro-Ject Stereo Box S3 BT\u00a0in Europe is\u00a0399 euros\u00a0.<\/p>\n<h3>Specifications:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bluetooth version:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 5.0 with support for aptX, aptX HD, A2DP<\/li>\n<li><strong>Output power<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2 x 21W (4 ohms) \/ 40W (8 ohms) at 1% THD<\/li>\n<li><strong>Frequency response:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 20 Hz &#8211; 20 kHz (-1.5 dB)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Signal to noise ratio:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a096 dB<\/li>\n<li><strong>Channel separation<\/strong>: \u00a0\u00a0-67 dB @ 10 kHz<\/li>\n<li><strong>THD<\/strong>: \u00a0\u00a0 &lt;0.12% at 5W\/4\u03a9<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gain<\/strong>: \u00a0\u00a032.5 dB<\/li>\n<li><strong>Line inputs:<\/strong> 2 x stereo RCA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Input impedance:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 25 kOhm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Preout<\/strong> : \u00a0\u00a0 3.5mm mini jack<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dimensions<\/strong> (W x H x D): \u00a0\u00a0 10.3 x 3.7 x 11.5 cm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Weight<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0450 g (without power supply)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro-Ject Audio Systems\u00a0has introduced a compact integrated amplifier\u00a0Stereo Box S3 BT\u00a0, equipped with a\u00a0Bluetooth\u00a0adapter supporting the\u00a0aptX HD\u00a0codec , which allows you to stream music from mobile gadgets to it with the highest possible quality today. In addition, for connecting sources, the novelty offers two analog inputs on RCA connectors.\u00a0There is even a pre-amplifier output here, [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/pro-ject-stereo-box-s3-bt-compact-integrated-amplifier\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":173471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-151095","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\/151095","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=151095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}