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Audiolab 9000A

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Integrated amplifier | £1999 | whf.cm/Audiolab9000A

Audiolab’s first product was the 8000A. This hugely successful integrated amplifier was launched in 1982 and was instrumental in establishing the brand as a major force in the market. It was also a serious attempt to offer a sensibly priced, fully featured stereo amplifier that needed no excuses

While much has changed with the Audiolab brand since then, we can see strong parallels between that original and the 9000A. Apart from slim proportions and clean aesthetics, both amplifiers also share a common ethos, one that aims to please most of the people, most of the time and in a wide range of systems. No easy task. Both amplifiers look smart but understated, though the moment the 9000A’s 4.3in colour LCD screen fires up there is no doubt that things have moved on.

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