{"id":154963,"date":"2023-02-10T04:03:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T04:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=154963"},"modified":"2024-06-19T16:00:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T16:00:13","slug":"quad-artera-stereo-review-extremely-powerful-power-amplifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/quad-artera-stereo-review-extremely-powerful-power-amplifier\/","title":{"rendered":"Quad Artera Stereo: Extremely powerful Power Amplifier"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quad Artera Stereo is part of Artera’s progressive and innovative series, which uses modern technology and guarantees Hi-Res format support.\u00a0The model was created literally from scratch.\u00a0The company’s engineers were faced with the task of developing a device that is characterized by high power, stability and impressive musical talents.<\/p>\n

The amplifier is capable of delivering 140 watts per channel into an 8 ohm load.\u00a0The patented proprietary Current Dumping technology allows you to combine two parallel amplification circuits in each channel of the ending.\u00a0One of them belongs to the A-class and allows you to get an exceptionally clean musical sound filled with nuances and details, and the second works in class B, provides high efficiency and reliable speaker control, copes with signals that have a large amplitude, and also delivers a large current in load.<\/p>\n

Both schemes are coordinated with each other with the help of additional circuits.\u00a0As a result, it is possible to get rid of the distortions characteristic of the usual AB-class and get a powerful dynamic sound with timbre accuracy, purity and excellent microdynamics.<\/p>\n

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Special attention deserves a strict industrial design of the case with an aluminum textured front panel and an unusual removable glass cover installed on its top platform.\u00a0Precision-machined ribbed sidewalls of the amplifier act as heat sinks, and also increase the rigidity of the entire structure and eliminate resonances.\u00a0The exit from the standby mode and the readiness of the Quad Artera Stereo to work is reminded by a stylish narrow indicator built into the center of the facade.<\/p>\n

Directly behind the facade of the amplifier is a large toroidal power supply transformer, behind which are four high-capacity electrolytic capacitors.\u00a0The boards of each channel are separated and fixed on opposite walls of the case to avoid mutual interference.\u00a0There are two inputs at the rear of the speaker – regular RCA and balanced XLR.\u00a0A button switch installed next to them is used as an input selector.\u00a0Two pairs of screw terminals are provided for connecting acoustic systems.<\/p>\n

The Quad Artera Stereo driver provides a high signal-to-noise ratio and is the perfect match for the Quad Artera Play CD player\/preamp.\u00a0The components of this bundle complement each other perfectly.\u00a0Nevertheless, this \u201cassistant\u201d is a universal device that will work perfectly with virtually any high-quality signal source.<\/p>\n

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