Benchmark - Lifted
The 6000A set the benchmark for the entry-level to audiolab’s award-winning portfolio. The 9000A set the standards at the higher-end of the range. The 7000A takes all of that pedigree and flexibility to a new price class, shaking up the expectations that a class-leading integrated amplifier should offer!
7 Perfect 10s
Using a new critically specified and custom-designed toroidal transformer, the 7000A steps up on the power output front. And that’s a genuine, totally verifiable 70W per channel. No inflation here!
Classes of A and B
Differing from the growing numbers of Class D options offered by rival brands, the 7000A maintains audiophile pedigree with a Class AB design. Offering high-efficiency amplification, the output stage of the discrete power amp circuits uses a CFB (Complementary Feedback) topology, ensuring superior linearity and excellent thermal stability, as the idle current is kept independent of the temperature of the output transistors.
Name Your Source
Multiple digital and analogue inputs will accommodate the most varied of hi-fi configurations. Bluetooth connectivity, which includes support for the sonically superior aptX codec, allows easy wireless streaming from smartphones, tablets, laptops and more. Bluetooth-paired devices also benefit from the quality of the amp’s DAC section and three digital filter options.
Tables Are Turning
A built-in phono pre-amp with precise RIAA equalisation offers exceptional performance for turntable users.
HD, Am I?
The 7000A offers an Audio Return Channel (ARC) for direct integration with screens and integration into AV systems.
Multiple Modus Operandi
Not just an integrated amplifier, the 7000A also offers three distinct operational modes, reflecting the amp’s discrete internal architecture and enabling it to adapt to its user’s evolving requirements.
DACs Like You Know!
The 7000A DAC is built around the ESS ES9038Q2M flagship 32-bit DAC chip, using the critically acclaimed patented HyperStream® II architecture and Time Domain Jitter Eliminator for the highest level of DAC performance.
Full Decode
The 7000A is a full MQA decoder. This means that the complete ‘three unfold’ decoding process is performed internally, as opposed to just the final unfold in the manner of an MQA ‘renderer’.
Putting it on Display
Improving on the class-leading and multi-award winning 6000A, the 7000A offers a 9000A-inspired full-colour display and GUI.
Specifications:
General Description: Integrated Amplifier
Inputs: 3 x Analogue, 1 x Phono (MM), 1 x Power Amplifier, 2 x SPDIF (Coax), 2 x SPDIF (Optical), 1 x HDMI ARC, 1 x PC USB (USB B - Windows / mac OS only), 1 x Bluetooth (aptX/aptX LL), 1 x 12V Trigger
Outputs: 1 x PRE Amplifier, 1 x Stereo Speaker, 1 x Headphone, 1 x 12V Trigger
Sampling Frequency: Optical / Coaxial: 44.1kHz - 192kHz;
PC USB: 44.1kHz-768kHz (PCM) / DSD64, DSD128, DSD256, DSD512
Preamplifier Section
Gain: +6dB (Line); +55dB (Phono MM)
Input Sensitivity: 820mV (Line, Volume = 0dB); 3.1mV (Phone MM, Volume = 0dB)
Input Impedance 10K (Line); 47K // 100pF (Phono MM)
Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) < 0.0005% (1kHz @ 2V, Volume = 0dB)
Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz (+/-0.1dB)
Output Voltage: 2.3V max. (Volume = 0dB)
Output Impedance: 100 ohms
Signal-to-Noise Ratio: > 110dB (Line, A-weighted); > 76dB (Phono MM, A-weighted
DAC
D to A Converter: ES9038Q2M
Total Harmonic Distortion (THD): < 0.0005% (1KHz @ 0dBFS)
Output Level (0dBFS, 1kHz): 2.1Vrms
Max. Sampling Frequency Optical, Coaxial: 192kHz;
PC USB: PCM768kHz, DSD512
Power Amplifier Section
Gain: +29dB
Rated Power Output: 2 x 70W (8 ohms, THD<1%); 2 x 110W (4 ohms, THD<1%)
Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz (+/-0.3dB)
Total Harmonic Distortion (THD): <0.003% (1kHz @ 40W / 8 ohms)
Input Sensitivity: 720mV
Signal-to-Noise Ratio (S/N): > 110dB (A-weighted)
Max. Output Current: 9A
Headphone Amplifier
Total Harmonic Distortion (THD): < 0.01% (1kHz, 50mW)
Output Impedance: 10 ohms
Load Impedance: 20-600 ohms
General
Standby Power Consumption: <0.5W
Net Weight: 8.4kg
Gross Weight: 10.7kg
Dimensions (mm) (W x D x H): 444 x 340 x 78
Carton Size (mm) (W x D x H): 500 x 455 x 140
Power Requirements: 220-240V ~ 50/ 60Hz;
Standard Accessories: Power Cord, Remote Control, User Manual, Antennas, etc.
