Simaudio MOON 740P/860Av2 In one swipe, the long-awaited 860A v2 replaces Simaudio's 860A, 870A and 880A power amplifiers and promises 870A performance. We pair it with the 740P preamp Review: Andrew Everard Lab: Paul Miller

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There's something very 'old school' about Simaudio's latest MOON pre/ power combination: both units certainly look the part in their combination of black fascias and exposed metalwork, though you can also have them in all-silver or all-black, where they have an air about them of being stripped for action. The £7800 740P preamp, for example, eschews the current trend for digital inputs and network streaming capability, and is a simple, direct, all-analogue line-only affair. It sits in the middle of the Canadian company's range, straddled by the £4950 390 - which is one of those all-in-one network preamps, and even has a phono stage - and the flagship two-box 850P, yours for £28,500. Meanwhile the £16,750 860A v2 is a hefty - 40kg shipped - if not enormous power amp claiming a 225W output into 8ohm, and does its bit for simplification by replacing three earlier models in the company's lineup - the original 860A, and the 870A and 880A.