{"id":163392,"date":"2023-06-15T16:42:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T15:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=163392"},"modified":"2023-06-15T16:42:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T15:42:54","slug":"soulnote-unveils-the-a-3-reference-integrated-amplifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/soulnote-unveils-the-a-3-reference-integrated-amplifier\/","title":{"rendered":"Soulnote unveils the A-3 reference integrated amplifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Japanese brand\u00a0SOULNOTE\u00a0introduced\u00a0the SOULNOTE A-3\u00a0reference integrated amplifier in\u00a0<i>Series\u00a0<\/i><i>3<\/i>\u00a0.\u00a0<i>In fact, the novelty combined in one case the SOULNOTE\u00a0<\/i><i>P\u00a0<\/i><i>-3<\/i>\u00a0preamplifier\u00a0and two\u00a0<i>SOULNOTE\u00a0<\/i><i>M\u00a0<\/i><i>-3<\/i>\u00a0monoblocks &#8211; there are even three power toroidal transformers here &#8211; two large ones with a power of 700 VA each for power amplifiers and one smaller one for powering the preamplifier.<i><\/i><i><\/i><i><\/i><i><\/i><i><\/i><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/225_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In addition, the ground rails of the right and left channels are isolated from each other here.\u00a0Moreover, both for power amplifiers and for pre-amplification stages.\u00a0A similar solution was implemented in the SOULNOTE P-3 preamplifier<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/226_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The SOULNOTE A-3\u00a0integrated amplifier\u00a0will be offered in silver and black finishes.\u00a0The start of sales is scheduled for October 2023.\u00a0The recommended retail price is not yet known.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/227_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>The main technical characteristics of the integrated amplifier SOULNOTE A-3:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Rated power:\u00a0120W + 120W (4 ohm)<\/li>\n<li>Frequency response:\u00a02Hz to 200kHz (+\/-3dB, 1W, 8\u03a9)<\/li>\n<li>THD:\u00a00.27% (1 W, 8 ohms)<\/li>\n<li>Line input sensitivity:\u00a0480 mV<\/li>\n<li>Signal to noise ratio:\u00a0110 dB<\/li>\n<li>Gain:\u00a033dB<\/li>\n<li>Analog line inputs:\u00a03 x XLR, 3 x RCA<\/li>\n<li>Bypass\u00a0analog input\u00a0:\u00a01 x XLR, 1 x RCA (instead of one of the line inputs)<\/li>\n<li>Analog output\u00a0Rec\u00a0:\u00a01 x XLR, 1 x RCA<\/li>\n<li>Maximum power consumption:\u00a0180W<\/li>\n<li>Dimensions (W\u00a0x\u00a0H\u00a0x\u00a0D):\u00a0454 x 184 x 407 mm<\/li>\n<li>Weight:\u00a031 kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Japanese brand\u00a0SOULNOTE\u00a0introduced\u00a0the SOULNOTE A-3\u00a0reference integrated amplifier in\u00a0Series\u00a03\u00a0.\u00a0In fact, the novelty combined in one case the SOULNOTE\u00a0P\u00a0-3\u00a0preamplifier\u00a0and two\u00a0SOULNOTE\u00a0M\u00a0-3\u00a0monoblocks &#8211; there are even three power toroidal transformers here &#8211; two large ones with a power of 700 VA each for power amplifiers and one smaller one for powering the preamplifier. In addition, the ground rails of [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/soulnote-unveils-the-a-3-reference-integrated-amplifier\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":163397,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-163392","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\/163392","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=163392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}