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Arcam SA30

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Streaming system | £1999 | whf.cm/SA30

Not everything is desperate to be seen for what it really is. Some go to great lengths to conceal their true identity–speakeasy bars, masked singers, Bruce Wayne–while others, such as this Arcam SA30, simply don’t feel compelled to show it off.

Based on its appearance, the SA30 could well slip into a line-up of Arcam amplifiers from the past few years. But, while there are few aesthetic clues, this Arcam is actually a fully fledged streaming system, a just-add-speakers product in the same vein as the Naim Uniti Atom.

Complementing its widely heralded Class G stereo amplification (120W per channel) with streaming architecture as well as digital and analogue inputs, Arcam has further satisfied the ‘complete stereo system in a box’ concept

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