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Item: Audio Research GSi75 Integrated Amp/DAC
Location: Douglas HiFi - 3/116 Mounts Bay Rd, Perth
Price: $25999 $18500
Item Condition: Ex-Shop Demo - Cosmetically As New w/Full Warranty and all Original Packaging and Accessories.
Reason for selling: Recently Discontinued Model
Payment Method: Cash, Paypal, Direct Deposit, Master, Visa

Shipping available Australia Wide
Extra Info: 

With its gorgeous artisan style the Audio Research GSi75 shows off a welded chassis, thick front plate and the combination of new and old ARC cues.  

As the name suggests, the integrated is a (2x) 75W design, using the KT150s (first used in the GS150 power amp) and now featuring throughout Audio Research’s lines. 

In addition to being a good quality integrated amplifier, the Audio Research GSi75 sports a very fine phono stage, an outstanding upsampling DAC, and even a very high performance headphone amp. 

The physicality of the GSi75 is not something to be sniffed at either - It’s a large, sophisticated integrated amplifier for the modern music lover: it does everything you could think of, does it all well, and exudes a sense of absolute class in the process. It’s a tube amp for people who like the sound and the idea of tube amps, but don’t like all the fuss and bother they sometimes cause.

Insert, bias, play… it’s all made extremely simple. The onboard phono stage is quiet and dynamic, a perfect match for the rest of the amplifier.

Rather than just sounding nice – something many valve designs actively aim for – this one majors on insight and agility. It reveals the harmonic richness in the sound of a piano and renders it with a subtlety of dynamics... equally, when asked to rock out it does a wonderful job of dynamics and slam without ever sounding either harsh or soft and wooly.

The DAC – which can be set to upsample to 24-bit, 352.8/384kHz (depending on original sampling frequency) also supports DoP DSD replay – there is also ‘fast’ and ‘slow’ digital filters which help cope with the vagaries of modern (and especially online) digital sources. The DAC allows you to access whatever files you have on hand; 16-bit/44khz all the way up to 2x DSD, so you won’t be left out in the cold. There are a bevy of digital inputs as well; RCA, Toslink and USB all help make the GSi75 the hub of your digital music world.

 

There are also (3x) standard RCA Line Level inputs to complement the aforementioned Phono and DAC inputs.

 

 

Reviews :

http://www.tonepublications.com/review/audio-research-gsi75-integrated-amplifier/

http://www.hifiplus.com/articles/audio-research-gsi75-integrated-amplifier/?page=1

 

We have all original packaging and remote control.

AudioResearch suggest that the tubes sound best after approx. 500 hours - It has been used for 482 hours so far  :)

 

Technical Specifications

Type: Integrated tube amplifier

Valve complement: 2× 6H30 drivers, 4× KT150 power tubes

Analogue inputs: 3× RCA stereo

Phono stage: MM/MC, adjustable input voltage and impedance

Digital inputs: S/PDIF digital (coax RCA and Toslink), USB (driver required for Windows PC)

Sample rates supported: 44.1kHz to 192kHz, S/PDIF and USB 2.0 HS, DSD USB 2.0 HS

Input sensitivity: 0.55V RMS rated output. (32.5dB gain into 8 ohms.)

Input impedance: 52.5kΩ

Maximum input: 10 volts RMS

Power Output: 75 watts per channel continuous from 20Hz to 20kHz.

Frequency Response: 1Hz-70kHz (–-3dB, 1 watt)

THD+N: Typically 1.5% at 75 watts, .05% at 1 watt (1kHz)

Power Bandwidth: 12Hz to 70kHz (–3dB)

Overall negative feedback: 4dB

Output polartity: non-inverting

Output taps: 4Ω, 8Ω

Dimensions (W×H×D): 48.3×26.3×51.8cm

Weight: 25kg

 


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