Nagra has expanded its Series II audio component range with the AMP II-S, a new prestige stereo power amplifier that combines high-end engineering with a fanatical focus on musical detail, dynamics and precision.
Delivering 120W per channel, the Swiss manufacturer’s latest amplifier is the natural partner for its PREAMP II-S stereo preamplifier, and sits between Nagra’s established Classic and HD product lines.
The AMP II-S made its world premiere in the UK at The Happening, organised by Absolute Sounds at Haycock Manor Hotel.
The AMP II-S succeeds the Nagra Classic AMP, introduced in 2015. That model became one of the company’s most successful high-end audio products, establishing a reputation for natural tonal balance, three-dimensional imaging and musicality. Nagra says the new model builds on those qualities, drawing on more than a decade of further engineering experience, including development work on its HD and Reference electronics.
High-end engineering with a fanatical focus on musical detail, dynamics and precision…
Spy missions, Oscar-winning soundtracks and journeys to the moon
Founded in 1951 by engineer Stefan Kudelski, Nagra has a heritage that reaches well beyond domestic Hi-Fi. Its portable recorders have served film crews, broadcasters, musicians and scientific teams. The company’s equipment has featured in Oscar-winning film productions, while its miniature recorders were used in Cold War intelligence operations and NASA’s Apollo programme. Nagra has also played a long-running role in music recording, including work at the Montreux Jazz Festival.
The AMP II-S carries that recording heritage into home audio, with a design that revisits the amplifier’s power supply, input stage, circuit layout, thermal management and mechanical construction.
Inside the Nagra AMP II-S stereo amplifier
On the front panel, the AMP II-S retains Nagra’s distinctive Modulometer, a visual signature inherited from its professional recording equipment. The meters underline the connection between the company’s studio heritage and its domestic audio components.
Under the hood, a substantial CNC-machined heatsink provides thermal inertia, while helping minimise unwanted vibration. Nagra has also developed a dedicated suspension for the transformer, intended to reduce the transmission of mechanical vibration through the chassis.
The amp also uses a new linear power supply built around a custom-made 800VA potted transformer. Nagra says this novel architecture provides greater energy reserves and increased voltage headroom, helping the amplifier handle demanding musical passages with greater ease and authority.
Output is rated at 120W RMS per channel (into 8 ohms), with the first 10W operating in Class A. The amplifier uses a high-bias Class AB design, with a single pair of MOSFET output transistors per channel. This relatively straightforward output-stage arrangement is intended to preserve circuit simplicity. The input board is derived from Nagra’s Reference AMP.
Made in Romanel-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland, the Nagra AMP II-S sells for £21,998. For more visit Absolute Sounds.
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Nagra has expanded its Series II audio component range with the AMP II-S, a new prestige stereo power amplifier that combines high-end engineering with a fanatical focus on musical detail, dynamics and precision.
Delivering 120W per channel, the Swiss manufacturer’s latest amplifier is the natural partner for its PREAMP II-S stereo preamplifier, and sits between Nagra’s established Classic and HD product lines.
The AMP II-S made its world premiere in the UK at The Happening, organised by Absolute Sounds at Haycock Manor Hotel.
The AMP II-S succeeds the Nagra Classic AMP, introduced in 2015. That model became one of the company’s most successful high-end audio products, establishing a reputation for natural tonal balance, three-dimensional imaging and musicality. Nagra says the new model builds on those qualities, drawing on more than a decade of further engineering experience, including development work on its HD and Reference electronics.
Spy missions, Oscar-winning soundtracks and journeys to the moon
Founded in 1951 by engineer Stefan Kudelski, Nagra has a heritage that reaches well beyond domestic Hi-Fi. Its portable recorders have served film crews, broadcasters, musicians and scientific teams. The company’s equipment has featured in Oscar-winning film productions, while its miniature recorders were used in Cold War intelligence operations and NASA’s Apollo programme. Nagra has also played a long-running role in music recording, including work at the Montreux Jazz Festival.
The AMP II-S carries that recording heritage into home audio, with a design that revisits the amplifier’s power supply, input stage, circuit layout, thermal management and mechanical construction.
Inside the Nagra AMP II-S stereo amplifier
On the front panel, the AMP II-S retains Nagra’s distinctive Modulometer, a visual signature inherited from its professional recording equipment. The meters underline the connection between the company’s studio heritage and its domestic audio components.
Under the hood, a substantial CNC-machined heatsink provides thermal inertia, while helping minimise unwanted vibration. Nagra has also developed a dedicated suspension for the transformer, intended to reduce the transmission of mechanical vibration through the chassis.
The amp also uses a new linear power supply built around a custom-made 800VA potted transformer. Nagra says this novel architecture provides greater energy reserves and increased voltage headroom, helping the amplifier handle demanding musical passages with greater ease and authority.
Output is rated at 120W RMS per channel (into 8 ohms), with the first 10W operating in Class A. The amplifier uses a high-bias Class AB design, with a single pair of MOSFET output transistors per channel. This relatively straightforward output-stage arrangement is intended to preserve circuit simplicity. The input board is derived from Nagra’s Reference AMP.
Made in Romanel-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland, the Nagra AMP II-S sells for £21,998. For more visit Absolute Sounds.
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