{"id":163357,"date":"2023-06-14T12:47:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T11:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=163357"},"modified":"2023-06-14T12:47:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T11:47:10","slug":"music-hall-unveils-two-new-components-in-the-budget-segment-of-audio-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/music-hall-unveils-two-new-components-in-the-budget-segment-of-audio-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Hall unveils two new components in the budget segment of audio equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The American company\u00a0Music\u00a0Hall\u00a0introduced two new components in the budget segment of audio equipment &#8211; an integrated amplifier\u00a0A\u00a025.3\u00a0with a DAC unit and a Bluetooth adapter and a CD player\u00a0CD\u00a025.3\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>The output transistor stages of the integrated amplifier\u00a0Music\u00a0Hall\u00a0A\u00a025.3\u00a0operate in class AB and develop up to 50 watts when driven into an 8 ohm load in each channel.\u00a0When the resistance is reduced to 4 ohms, the output power increases to 75 watts.\u00a0The power supply of the amplifier is based on a powerful toroidal power transformer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/219_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Music Hall A25.3 Integrated Amplifier is equipped with a phono stage capable of working with moving magnet (MM) cartridges.\u00a0In addition, there is a DAC unit with an optical input and a Bluetooth adapter for wirelessly streaming music from mobile gadgets.\u00a0To connect analog sources, there are two line inputs on RCA connectors, as well as a pre-amplifier output for use with an external power amplifier or active acoustics.\u00a0On the front panel of Music Hall A25.3 there is a 6.3 mm jack for connecting headphones and an analog input on a 3.5 mm mini jack for working with a portable player or smartphone.<\/p>\n<p>An organic partner for the Music Hall A25.3 integrated amplifier will be the new Music\u00a0Hall\u00a0CD\u00a025.3\u00a0CD player\u00a0, although the novelty can also be connected to an amplifier from another manufacturer.\u00a0The player is based on the Sanyo HD850 optical disc transport and ESS Technology&#8217;s ESS9018 audiophile DAC chip capable of processing PCM digital streams up to 32bit\/384kHz.\u00a0The Music Hall A25.3 CD player is housed in a rigid metal case with vibration-proof mounts that guarantee reliable reading of information from an optical disc.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/220_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Music\u00a0Hall\u00a0A\u00a025.3\u00a0integrated amplifier and the\u00a0Music\u00a0Hall\u00a0CD\u00a025.3\u00a0CD player\u00a0are already on sale.\u00a0In the US, the suggested retail price for each component was\u00a0$649\u00a0.<\/p>\n<h3>Music Hall A25.3 Specifications:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Output power:\u00a050W into 8 ohms, 75W into 4 ohms<\/li>\n<li>Frequency response:\u00a020Hz to 20kHz (-0.5dB)<\/li>\n<li>Signal to noise ratio:\u00a0more than 90 dB<\/li>\n<li>THD:\u00a0less than 0.02% (20Hz &#8211; 20kHz)<\/li>\n<li>Analog inputs:\u00a02 line RCA, 1 Phono, 1 minijack on the front panel<\/li>\n<li>Digital inputs:\u00a01 optical, 1 Bluetooth<\/li>\n<li>Line Input Sensitivity:\u00a00.65V<\/li>\n<li>Phono\u00a0Input Sensitivity\u00a0:\u00a05 mV<\/li>\n<li>Line output:\u00a00.65 Volts<\/li>\n<li>Dimensions (W x H x D):\u00a0430 x 90 x 321 mm<\/li>\n<li>Weight:\u00a06.5 kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/221_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Music Hall CD25.3 specifications:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Frequency response:\u00a020Hz to 20kHz (+0dB\/-0.5dB)<\/li>\n<li>Signal to noise ratio:\u00a0100 dB<\/li>\n<li>Dynamic Range:\u00a0More than 95dB<\/li>\n<li>Channel separation:\u00a0more than 80 dB, 1 kHz<\/li>\n<li>THD:\u00a0Less than 0.005% (A-weighted)<\/li>\n<li>Output level:\u00a02.0 V, 1 kHz<\/li>\n<li>Dimensions (W x H x D):\u00a0430 x 50 x 295 mm<\/li>\n<li>Weight:\u00a05 kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American company\u00a0Music\u00a0Hall\u00a0introduced two new components in the budget segment of audio equipment &#8211; an integrated amplifier\u00a0A\u00a025.3\u00a0with a DAC unit and a Bluetooth adapter and a CD player\u00a0CD\u00a025.3\u00a0. The output transistor stages of the integrated amplifier\u00a0Music\u00a0Hall\u00a0A\u00a025.3\u00a0operate in class AB and develop up to 50 watts when driven into an 8 ohm load in each channel.\u00a0When [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/music-hall-unveils-two-new-components-in-the-budget-segment-of-audio-equipment\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":163358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-163357","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\/163357","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=163357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}