Perreaux was formed in 1974. The first product produced was the “GS 2002”, an integrated transistor amplifier capable of a whopping 22Wrms per channel. Over the next two years the company continued developing its products and was then producing preamplifiers, power amplifiers and loudspeakers for both the domestic and professional local markets.
The Audiant 80i is a stereo integrated amplifier equipped with an asynchronous USB DAC and is capable of delivering 80W of pure, distortion free power per channel.
Incorporating an upsampling 24-bit/96kHz digital to analogue converter (DAC), Audiant 80i uses ESS Technology’s Reference Sabre ES9006 DAC for accurate sound reproduction of all your digital sources.
- Eloquence 150i
The 150i is a compact integrated amplifier with big attitude. It has been designed with precision engineering using the latest in technological advances to ensure seamless integration into any system. The 150i won’t disappoint.
Optional internal 24-bit/192kHz Digital to Analogue Converter (DAC) and Moving Magnet/Moving Coil (MM/MC) Phono Preamplifier modules ensure complete integration of digital source components (such as network music servers and set-top digital receivers), as well as turntables, into a high-performance system.
Rated Power Output (per channel):
150W into 8Ω
300W into 4ΩMaximum Power Output (prior to clipping, per channel):
190W into 8Ω
310W into 4ΩTotal Harmonic Distortion + Noise
Typically: 20Hz to 20kHz:
0.002% @ 1kHz, 150W into 8Ω
less than 0.040%, 150W into 8ΩDamping Factor: 800 @ 1kHz, 150W into 8Ω
Digital Inputs:
2 SPDIF Coax (BNC)
2 SPDIF Optical (Toslink)
1 USB (Type B)Input Sample Rate:
32, 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192kHz (Coax, Optical)
32, 44.1, 48kHz (USB)Input Word Length (maximum): 24-bit (Coax, Optical)
16-bit (USB)
- Eloquence 250i
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The 250i is Perreaux’s most powerful, most sophisticated integrated amplifier. It’s performance and specifications are truly impressive, but hearing the 250i is when you will truly appreciate the quality engineering, design and craftsmanship. The 250i is the most advanced integrated amplifier Perreaux has ever produced.
Optional internal 24-bit/192kHz Digital to Analogue Converter (DAC) and Moving Magnet/Moving Coil (MM/MC) Phono Preamplifier modules ensure complete integration of digital source components (such as network music servers and set-top digital receivers), as well as turntables, into a high-performance system.
Rated Power Output (per channel):
250W into 8Ω
500W into 4Ω
Maximum Power Output (prior to clipping, per channel):360W into 8Ω
530W into 4Ω
Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise
Typically: 20Hz to 20kHz:
0.002% @ 1kHz, 250W into 8Ω
0.010%, 250W into 8ΩDamping Factor: 800 @ 1kHz,
BENCH TEST HiFi News:
Those manufacturers who insist on specifying their amplifiers
rather too closely to the wind could learn a thing or two from
Perreaux. This ‘250W’ Eloquence 250i integrated will, in fact,
deliver far closer to 2x420W/8ohm
2x670W/4ohm
with a thundering 545W and 1kW, respectively, under dynamic
conditions.
Protection circuitry limits its maximum current
delivery to 28.5A at 1% THD (Perreaux suggests a 45A ‘short
duration’ capability) which is sufficient to maintain 1.2kW/2ohm
and 810W/1ohm - Prisma 350
The Prisma 350 is a 350W per-channel stereo power amplifier. The high power output allows the 350 to effortlessly drive any loudspeakers with the precision, detail and authority that Perreaux products are renowned for.
The ability to extend deep into the lower octaves with control and finesse delivers instruments and voices with lifelike heft, body and scale. Sonic transparency is deep at the heart of the 350, allowing the musicians artistic prowess to be realised in its entirety and as intended by the mastering engineer.
www.I-Fidelity.com test results
Observations Amplifier: Perreaux 350P
Power:
Rated power @ 4 ohm (1% THD): 780 W
Rated power @ 8 ohms (1% THD): 440 WDistortions:
(THD + N, 10 watts @ 4 ohms): 0.0034%
IM distortion SMPTE (5 watts @ 4 ohms): 0.018%
CCIF IM distortion (5 watts @ 4 ohms): 0.0005%
SNR:
Foreign voltage (- 20 kHz): -92.2 dB
Signal to noise (A-weighted): -98.1 dB - Prisma 750 Monoblocks
Ultra Stiff Power Supply
The 750 incorporates a massive custom designed, toroidal power transformer, employing unusually heavy gauge wire that reduces copper losses to a minimum. An electrostatic shield prevents AC line borne interference from entering the signal path. The power supply filter capacitors, totaling 60,000uF, have exceptionally low inductance and internal resistance. They charge and discharge in response to load demand far more rapidly than conventional storage capacitors and are capable of delivering the instantaneous current required by the output stages, providing optimum dynamic range and transient response. The wiring from the power supplies to the output boards is designed for unimpeded transmission of the required current and voltage and utilizes heavy gauge, tinned copper wire cables. Since power supply leads radiate at signal frequencies, all wiring is carefully loomed to minimise this effect.
Hybrid Class-A/AB
The bi-polar transistors used in the 750 are operatin in Class-A. This avoids the crossover notch distortion and the resulting odd-order harmonics present, to some degree, in all other classes of operation. The devices used in the 750 output stage are MOSFETs, which with high quiescent current circuitry, are run in the equivalent of Class-A to 10 watts. Beyond this point the output class is technically Class-AB (hence the hybrid nomenclature), but with a major difference. The combination of MOSFET characteristics and their application in this circuitry, result in crossover distortion so minimal that it is virtually non-existent.
Continuous Power Ouput:
750Wrms into 8Ω
1300Wrms into 4Ω
Total Harmonic Distortion (THD+N):
Typically 0.008% @ 1kHz in 8Ω
20Hz to 20kHz <0.04% into 8Ω Maximum Current Output: 160A Damping Factor: >700 @ 1kHz into 8Ω