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Since they launched in January 2024, the CARBON edition integrated amplifiers have become the best-selling products in our line-up. The global interest from customers prompted us to look at how it could apply this material to other products.

“A number of customers have asked whether we were planning to produce CARBON versions of our pre-amps and power amps. They spoke and we listened!”, says JAVA Hi-Fi Founder and CEO, Martin Bell.

Like the CARBON editions of the integrated amplifiers, the JAVA CARBON pre-amplifiers and power amplifiers feature several notable innovations that elevate the JAVA listening experience to new heights. These include:

    • Carbon fibre outer casework (9mm thick) for superior vibration damping and to mitigate the influence of RFI and EMI on circuitry

    • ETI Research Silver RCA connectors

    • ETI Research Kryo speaker binding posts (both models of GaN FET Power Amplifier)

    • IsoAcoustics Gaia IV feet for improved vibration isolation of circuit boards and other internal components


Expanded and Refreshed Integrated Amplifier Range

We've also added several new models to our integrated amplifier range.

The JAVA Single Shot 400 doubles the power of the current Single Shot integrated amplifier from 200W/8ohms to 400W/8ohms. Meanwhile the Double Shot 200 keeps the fully-balanced configuration of the Double Shot integrated, but delivers 200W/8ohms (compared to 400W/8ohms for the existing Double Shot) at a lower price point.

“These new models plug an important gap in our amplifier range and provide customers with the ultimate flexibility in terms of input options, power and price”, says Bell.

The other notable feature of the refreshed integrated amplifier range is a new high-performance R2R ladder DAC driven by its own dedicated linear power regulator.

Replacing the current Burr-Brown-based DAC, the new USB DAC features dual AD1865 chips from Analog Devices. These 18-bit non-oversampling chips can play files up to 768kHz and are renowned for their natural, organic and non-fatiguing sound. Digital glare, begone!

MSB adjustment is handled natively on the AD1865 DAC, fine-tuning the most significant bit (MSB) to improve the DAC's linearity, particularly around the zero-crossing point. This ensures smooth transitions and allows any residual distortion error to be eliminated.The Double Shot models feature a dedicated DAC board for each channel in a fully balanced configuration to eliminate cross-talk and further improve measured performance.

The new and updated models are available now.

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