Leak STEREO 230 WOOD

Movie and music enthusiast at its heart, the Leak Stereo 230's all-round performance is engaging, detailed, and refined. Detail, timing, and dynamics excel, regardless of source or medium. Designed for the modern-day movie and music enthusiast with a nod to our heritage, the Leak Stereo 230 does not discriminate when it comes to the expression and enjoyment of your music and movie reproduction.

Turntable ready, traditional audiophiles will recognize the assured quality in the high-quality, low-noise turntable input of the Leak Stereo 230. Optimized for moving magnet cartridges, the JFET-based circuit offers precise RIAA equalization in accordance with industry standards for vinyl record playback.

For headphone users, the Leak Stereo 230 uses a dedicated amplifier circuit with current-feedback technology for the headphone output. Equal in performance to standalone headphone amplifiers beyond the price class of this complete system, the design offers high-speed output signal transition thanks to a high slew rate. The result is a dynamic, detailed, and engaging performance with all types of headphones.

Utilizing the acclaimed ES9018 Sabre32 Reference chip with ESS Technology's 32-bit HyperStream architecture and Time Domain Jitter Eliminator, the Leak Stereo 230 offers ultra-low noise and high dynamic range of digital audio files with a sampling rate of up to 384kHz (PCM) and DSD256.

Equipped with an Audio Return Channel (ARC) connection, the Leak Stereo 230 integrates perfectly for home AV applications, bringing the Leak Hi-Fi pedigree to your screen as well.

Specifications include: 2 x 75W (8ohm) / 2 x 115W (4ohm) Class AB, ST MOSFET TDA7293 Dual Parallel Amplifier, ES9038Q2M 32-bit DAC, MQA Full Decoder, Bluetooth 5.0 (aptX / aptX LL), MM Phono stage, 2 Analogue inputs, 1 SPDiF (coax), 1 PC USB, 1 HDMI ARC, and power consumption (standby) <0.5W.