Cyrus i9-XR Phantom Black Integrated Stereo Amplifier

Description

The i9-XR is one of the first wave of products, heralding the new XR series of Cyrus components.

With ground-up engineering inside, an all-new phantom black paint finish, touch sensitive controls and a higher resolution display that is customisable for brightness, contrast and polarity, the high-quality finish of XR makes a strong statement.

The DAC input stage of the i9-XR features a new 2nd generation version of our award-winning QXR DAC, but with an all-new high-speed analogue buffer stage.

Seven digital filter alignment options are user adjustable to suit the taste of the listener.

Input options include USB audio (to 768k sample rate) and DSD to DSD512, 2 x SPDIF digital and 2 x optical digital inputs.

For the i9-XR a pair of these are assigned to provide ultra-smooth power for the preamplifier, and a second pair to provide a huge dynamic boost for the power amplifier.

Derived from the new high-end Pre-XR preamplifier, the i9-XR analogue preamp features relay input selection and a new high-performance gain stage.

This short-path design makes the analogue preamplifier extremely transparent.

With four analogue inputs and phono MM, the i9-XR will cover just about any system requirement for analogue connectivit

The wideband power amplifier of the i9-XR responds from DC to beyond 100kHz ensuring ruler-flat frequency response and keeping any undesirable phase shifts out of the audio band.