Audio Research Reference 80S

摘要

While this 70W-rated stereo power amp may well be a new model and, at £14,998, an 'affordable' step into the realm of Audio Research's Reference series, in practice its genetics can be traced back through a few generations of ARC thinking. The industrial design, which is dominated by etched-onto-acrylic 'GhostMeters', is a masterwork in its own right, while the frontal aesthetic and footprint of the REF80S is clearly modelled on the bigger REF160M and REF160S amplifiers [HFN Aug '18 a Feb '20].