Primare A35.8 eight-channel power amplifier

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Description

The beautiful Primare A35.8 multichannel amp brims with clean power across eight bridgeable channels housed in a deceptively slender chassis measuring just 430 x 400 x 145 mm (w x d x h) including connectors. Its bridging capabilities allow it to be used in a variety of two and multi-channel system configurations, in some cases with additional amplifiers, to suit most system requirements.

Brief specifications:

Amplifier module: Hypex NCore500
Power supply: Primare APFC
Speaker outputs: 8 outputs with each pair bridgeable.
Output power at 1kHz: 400 watts at 2Ω; 300 watts at 4Ω; 150 watts at 8Ω
Output power bridged at 1kHz: 450 watts at 2Ω; 750 watts at 4Ω; 740 watts at 8Ω
Analogue inputs per channel: 1 x RCA (L&R); 1 x XLR (L&R)
Frequency response: 20Hz – 20kHz +0.2/-0.5dB
Distortion: THD + N: < 0.005%, 20Hz – 20kHz
Signal to noise: >115 dB
General: Trigger in/out; RS232; Auto Sense: on/off
Dimensions: 430 x 400 x 145 mm (w x d x h) with connectors; 430 x 382 x 145 mm (w x d x h) without connectors
Weight: 15 kg
Colour: black or titanium

Reviews:

Primare A35.8 power amplifier, AVForums’ BEST AV POWER AMPLIFIER 2023/24 ORIGINAL REVIEW ON LINK BELOW

Primare A35.8 power amplifier, AVForums August 2023, BEST IN CLASS, READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE

EISA POWER AMPLIFIER OF THE YEAR 2022-2023, SEE REVIEWS AND DOWNLOADS

Primare A35.8 power amplifier, Hi Fi News May 2022, ‘Outstanding’, SEE REVIEWS AND DOWNLOADS

Primare A35.8 power amplifier, Home Cinema Choice June 2022, ‘Best Buy’, SEE REVIEWS AND DOWNLOADS

PRODUCT REVIEW, HI FI NEWS MAY 22 'OUTSTANDING'

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The beautiful new Primare A35.8 brims with clean power across eight bridgeable channels, as Hi Fi News magazine discovered in its May 22 issue. Awarding an ‘Outstanding’ badge reviewer Mark Craven says “Primare’s most powerful amp to date will service the most ambitious bi-, tri- or quad-amp loudspeaker solutions. “(It’s) a rare product that straddles the worlds of multichannel and hi-fi with aplomb. Its amp stage delivers scads of umblemished, responsive power, while its bridging ability is there to keep hungry loudspeakers well fed – and all this comes from a box no bigger than some monoblocks...”

PRODUCT REVIEW, HOME CINEMA CHOICE JUNE 22 'BEST BUY'

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Home Cinema Choice mag loves the versatility, quality and power on tap from Primare’s new A35.8 eight-channel power amp. In June’s issue just out, it says: “Primare marks a return to multichannel with a highly impressive, and cleverly configured, power amplifier that brings pure, potent, fleet-footed grunt to your movie room…(and) it brought a thrilling energy, plus revealing transparency, to a playlist ranging from blues and rock to electronica and jazz. It's an A-grade amplifier.”

EISA POWER AMPLIFIER OF THE YEAR 2022-2023

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Primare’s versatile A35.8 multi-channel power amplifier has been recognised as the world’s most accomplished amplifier by EISA, the Expert Imaging and Sound Association of sixty technology magazines, websites and social media commentators from 29 countries. The award citation says: “designed for both the home theatre audio and hi-ﬁ worlds, Primare’s multichannel 35 Series ampliﬁer deploys eight bridgeable channels of potent, dynamic Hypex Ncore ampliﬁcation, and then lets the user decide what to do with them. For a home cinema, the A35.8 can spread its output across a surround array, or be used to bi-amp the front LCR speakers; in a two-channel system, bridged pairs bring phenomenal power and grip, and all eight amps can be put to work on loudspeakers with a split crossover. This is a ﬂexible, innovative and imperious-sounding ampliﬁer, in a stylish, understated chassis typical of the brand.”