Item Description

The Tour de Force

The new X circuits brings a major improvement on transparency and micro dynamics over its predecessor the Model IS. The Model ISx will definitely bring you closer to the music and give you a purity and clarity that no other amplifier,even those far outside its price range, can achieve. Its extreme transparency, over the full bandwidth is in contrast with midband focused transparency of the best tube amplifiers.Its micro dynamics, never aggressive, clumsy or confused is in contrast with almost all transistor and digital amplifiers.

By design, Lavardin Technologies amplifiers are the less load sensitive amplifiers ever made.Consequently, virtually all speakers will be driven at their best what ever their size and technology.This fantastic power handling allows to measure over 104W per channel on 2 ohm loads out of the Model ISx and 50w on 8ohm.

During shows we have experienced gorgeous musical results with speakers such as Avalon, Sonus Faber Guarnery hommage, Quad electrostatics, Rogers LS3/5A, Living Voice, Harbeth, Focal Utopia, Lecontoure Airline and many others…

Specifications

Inputs: 4 on gold plated high quality hand mounted cinch connector
Input impedance: 10Kohms
Input sensibility: 330 millivolts
Bypass input: factory option on input 1
MM phono input: factory option on input 4
Remote Volume control: factory option
Input selection: sealed relays
Relay contact: gold, silver, palladium alloy
Output power: 2×50 W RMS on 8 Ohms / maximum 2×104 W on 2 Ohms
Output impedance: nominal 8 Ohms
Harmonic distortion: 0,005% @ max output
Technology: High Speed and low Memory Distortion Solid State Circuits, Lavardin Technologies Design
Size (mm): H 80 L 430 P 340
Case material: non magnetic aluminium 3mm chassis 6mm front face
Finish: Black anodised and painted high-grade aluminium
Weight: 6,5 Kg net (13 lbs)
Power consumption: 32 watts idle ; 180 watts maximum