With its two Wi-Fi aerials protruding from behind, allied to the skinny front control knobs, swish brushed aluminium fascia and three 'podular' feet, there's something very Jetsons about the look of the Primare 135 Prisma network-ready amplifier. It has the appearance -perhaps unintentionally - of a cutting-edge piece of technology from the late 1950s, a time of dramatic change as the world entered the Space Age. You can just picture yourself with it in a bijou 'mid-century' Californian bachelor pad, playing 'Telstar'. Okay, perhaps this is going just a little too far - but it is interesting that this £4099 integrated amplifier and its matching £2849 CD35 Prisma silver disc spinner both evoke such a mood. Refreshing when much of today's hi-fi is aesthetically bland, devoid of creativity or style...
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