BAT VK-3500 Hybrid Integrated Amplifier

Categories: 2-Channel Amplifiers, Amplifiers, Balanced Audio Technology, Reviewed

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Description

Celebrating over 25 years of cutting-edge audio design, the VK-3500 marries a ‘SuperTube Unistage’ preamplifier with a solid-state power section generating a robust 150 watts per channel into 8-ohm loads, doubling into 4-ohm loads. As per the reference 6H30 SuperTube Unistage used in the flagship REX 3 preamplifier, the signal is transmitted through only one gain stage with zero feedback. The VK-3500’s output stage employs a zero-feedback symmetrical bipolar class AB design that perfectly complements the 6H30 tube-based preamplifier by providing high current capability as well as wide bandwidth for the ultimate in transparency and high-end extension.

Features:

High Current 6H30 Super Tube Unistage Design
Fully symmetrical wide-bandwidth bi-polar design
Zero global feedback
Second Generation Silver/Gold/Oil Signal Capacitors
Fuseless Channel Circuit Protection derived from the technology developed for the REX3 Amplifier system
Unistage Design: shares a single gain preamp section with our flagship REX3 reference products. This Unistage circuit provides the ultimate simplicity of amplifying the incoming signal only once, while using zero global feedback
Victor Khomenko designed MM/MC phono module included
Available in silver or black

Review Links:

Balanced Audio Technology VK-3500 Hybrid Integrated Amplifier, Hi Fi News Sept 2021, Outstanding Product. SEE REVIEWS AND DOWNLOADS

Balanced Audio Technology VK-3500 Hybrid Integrated Amplifier, Hi Fi Choice November 2021, Recommended. SEE REVIEWS AND DOWNLOADS

Balanced Audio Technology VK-3500 Hybrid Integrated Amplifier, Best In Class Award 2021-22, Hi Fi News. SEE REVIEW AND DOWNLOADS

PRODUCT REVIEW, HI FI NEWS SEPT 21 'OUTSTANDING'

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The Balanced Audio Technology VK-3500 marries a ‘SuperTube Unistage’ preamplifier with solid state A/B power to delight Hi Fi News. September’s issue says "BAT’s VK-3500 integrated amp ably serves as a celebration of the company’s 25 years in the ‘balanced audio’ business – offering an imperious blend of lush looks, audiophile engineering and stellar performance across all musical flavours."

PRODUCT REVIEW, HI FI CHOICE NOV 21 'RECOMMENDED'

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November 21’s Hi-Fi Choice magazine is positively glowing about the VK-3500 hybrid integrated amp, which balances tube finesse with solid state girth: “Paul Oakenfold’s 'Save The Last Trance For Me' taken from his second LP, 2006’s 'A Lively Mind' comes straight out the gate at full-throttle, a pounding drum track underneath waves of reverberant synths. Yet this slab of euphoria is peppered with surprisingly delicate touches, such as an isolated high-pitch woodblock that echoes serenely right-of-centre. And with a track where the lower frequencies are less prominent, the integrated is able to shift gear just as effortlessly…the recording sounding utterly spine-tingling throughout!”

BEST IN CLASS HYBRID AMPLIFIERS HI FI NEWS AWARD 2021-22

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"This all-analogue amp has the inherent power to handle even the most demanding of loudspeakers, and a sonic signature that makes every genre of music fly."