When Musical Fidelity announced its M1 CLiC 'Universal Music Controller', combining a streamer, a DAC and a preamplifier, a matching power amplifier was the obvious follow up – now, with the arrival of the £799 M1 PWR, the M1 has its perfect partner.
The new power amplifier is exactly the same size as the M1 CLiC – and indeed the other products in the fast-growing M1 series – , meaning it's just 22cm wide and 10cm tall, plus 30cm deep.
However, at the push of a button – well, the slide of a switch on the rear panel, but you get the idea – the M1 PWR can be turned into a 100W mono amplifier, capable of 200W transient peaks into 4ohms. Add a second amp, and you have an instant upgrade.
Other facilities extend to 12V trigger in/out and 'loop out' signal sockets to allow amps to be daisychained, for example to biamp speakers.
The M1 PWR is scheduled for release next month, and will join a range including the M1 CLiC, M1 CDT CD transport, M1 DAC, M1 HPA headphone amplifier and M1 VNL phono stage.
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