{"product_id":"nuprime-sta-9-power-amplifier-black","title":"NuPrime STA-9 Power Amplifier - Black","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"color:#484848;font-weight:bold;\"\u003e2019, 2022 Editors’ Choice Award - \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eThe Absolute Sound\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003chr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eNear Reference Quality at an Entry Level Price\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThe NuPrime STA-9 is a 2 X 120-watt Class A+D stereo amp that's bridgeable into a 290-watt mono amp. It's designed with enhanced even-order harmonic circuitry that mimics the most attractive features of tube amp sound without the drawbacks and limitations that tube gear is often prone to. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThe STA-9 won an Editors' Choice Award from \u003ci\u003eThe Absolute Sound\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, which noted, \"Producing 120wpc and weighing just under 10.5 pounds, the STA-9 uses a Class A input circuit along with a Class D output circuit… In monoblock mode, the STA-9 produced powerful bass, even with small KEF speakers.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThe compact footprint and stereo\/mono amp design makes the STA-9 a very versatile performer. It offers near reference class sound quality at an entry level price. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch4\u003ePure Musical Enjoyment\u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThe STA-9 is highly reliable under no-load condition and features enhanced short circuit protection. It isn't fussy about your choice of loudspeakers. It provides high output current drive capability for low impedance speakers as well as a 600 kHz switching frequency for accurate reproduction of the musical signal. The signal path avoids cross-linking capacitors, thus achieving a frequency response at DC level for pure musical enjoyment. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eA new linear power supply incorporates a high efficiency toroidal transformer. Benefits of this transformer are reduced high frequency noise and strengthened low frequency performance. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eConnections consist of one stereo pair of RCA unbalanced inputs and one stereo pair of XLR balanced input, plus stereo speaker out and mono speaker out. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NuPrime","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45982910873773,"sku":"NEW-NPSTA9-BLK","price":799.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Demo","offer_id":45982910906541,"sku":"DEMO-NPSTA9-BLK","price":598.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/3708\/1773\/files\/NPSTA9_BLK_02_2023__51857.1724182380.1280.1280.jpg?v=1778125754","url":"https:\/\/www.audioadvisor.com\/products\/nuprime-sta-9-power-amplifier-black","provider":"Audio Advisor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}