Audio
Innovations has a long established range of high quality audio equipment. The
marque has founded its reputation on a range of widely acclaimed valve
amplification. It has always been the ambition of Audio Innovations to
manufacture products with the best possible performance at any given price. To
date, this has precluded the use of transistor circuitry as it was not felt to
offer equivalent performance to similarly priced valve designs.
In recent
years there has been widespread demand for an entry level Audio Innovations
amplifier that would combine the performance for which the company aesthetic
elan. The Alto is the response to that demand. It is an affordable high quality
amplifier dedicated for use with Line Level sources. The experience gained
during the evolution of the highly regarded L2 Line pre-amplifier emphasised
the importance of handling these higher level signals with particular care. It
is vital that the input selection, attenuation and following gain stage are
designed to minimise compression and corruption of the signal while at the same
time allowing it to be coupled with unrestricted bandwidth to the power stages
of the amplifier.
Audio
Innovations places great emphasis on reproducing music with a high level of
tonal and dynamic coherence. This consistency, regardless of level or pitch, is
fundamental to the accurate reproduction of instrument timbre and is absent in
almost all transistor electronics. The Alto circuit configuration addresses the
key areas where problems occur while its inherent simplicity allows a more
faithful representation of the music to be presented to the loudspeakers.
Internally
the Alto is constructed to the same exacting standared as our more expensive
valve amplifiers. The circuit boards is CAD "in house" designed.
Close tolerance metal-film resistors and high quality signal coupling
capacitors are used throughout. Input sockets are gold plated and the
bi-wireable speaker terminals are heavy duty binding posts which will accept
banana plugs, spades or bare wire.
The Alto
ofers the facility to operate up to four line inputs as well as two tape
recorders, and will therefore integrate easily into most domestic audio
systems. With looks and performance that belie it's price the Alto represents a
genuine alternative for the style conscious audio enthusiast.
Specifications
Output Power
(at 1 kHz , 8 Ω ): 35 watts
Input
Sensitivity (full Power): 265 mV RMS
Input
Impedance: 47 k Ω
Frequency
Response: 20 Hz - 100 kHz (-3 dB)
Speaker
Impedance: 4 to 16 Ω
Inputs (Line
Level): 4
Tape Loops:
2
Max. Power
Consumption: 400 watts
Dimensions
(W x H x D): 430 x 300 84 mm
Weight: 6,5 kg (shipping)
