Cayin CS-100A Integrated Valve Amplifier

Description

Cayin have released their new CS-100A integrated valve amplifier, an update to the very popular A-100T from a couple of years ago.

Chinese manufacturers have come a long way in recent years, delivering some high-quality products at very affordable pricing. Cayin is no exception rating quite highly in the opinion of many audiophiles.

“The CS-100A is a updated version of the popular A-100T we had a couple years ago. This has been totally reworked and now offers on-board Bias meter, can run KT-88 or EL Family tubes (KT-88’s factory standard) offers high power output 80wpc, and uses Silver internal wiring just to name a few features”.

CS-100A offers 80w per channel in Class AB Ultra-linear mode, or 50w per channel in Triode mode.

Features:

• 6SN7 voltage amplification stage, 12AU7EH phase invertor and voltage amplification, 12BH7EH voltage amplification and driver stage, KT88 or EL34 output tubes.
• Three pairs of line inputs, one pair of Pre-In and one pair of Sub Output.
• Remote Volume Control
• 4 ohm and 8 ohm speaker impedance.
• Triode or ultra-linear mode switches, EL34 or KT88 selection, external bias adjustment with meter monitoring.
• Anodized aluminum front, fully vented chassis with excellent finish.
• Hand-made construction with the finest point-to-point wiring.
• Soft-start circuit.
• Premium Parts: Alps volume control, Audio grade capacitors and carbon film resistor, Toroid transformer for power supply, Wide bandwidth EI output transformer, Ceramic tube sockets, etc.

Specifications:

• Power Output: 50W+50W (Triode), 80W+80W (Ultra-linear)
• Frequency Response: 8Hz～75kHz (-3dB)
• THD: 1%(1kHz)
• S/N Ratio: 92dB
• Input Sensitivity: 450mV (Integrated)
• 1300mV (Pre-In)
• Input Impedance: 100kΩ
• Output Impedance: 4Ω, 8Ω
• Inputs: Line 1, Line 2, Line 3, Pre-In
• Output: Sub Out
• Vacuum Tubes: 6SN7×1, 12BH7EH×2, 12AU7EH×2, KT88/EL34×8
• W×D×H: 420mm×394mm×200mm
• Net Weight: 30kg
• Power Consumption: 480W