Harman Kardon Citation AMP, tinklo grotuvas- stiprintuvas HDMI ARC Harman Kardon

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• Galia: 2 x 200 W (prie 4 Omų).
• D klasės stiprintuvas.
• Multi-Room palaikymas.
• Google Home palaikymas.
• Apple AirPlay 2 palaikymas.
• Jungtys: HDMI (ARC), RCA.
• Matmenys 
  7.5 x 21.5 x 23 cm 

 

APRAŠYMAS

Citation is the name of Harman Kardon’s family of speakers and amplifiers with built-in music streaming. But where other multi-room manufacturers like Sonos and Bluesound use their own locked technology, Harman Kardon uses standardized streaming technologies like Google Home and Apple AirPlay 2.

This allows you to connect Citation products with other streaming products using the same technologies and control them with your voice via voice speakers or a smartwatch and also play music directly from the apps you know.

But Citation products also work particularly well with other Citation products. For example. the Citation Amp amplifier can be connected to a pair of speakers and with them drive the rear channels together with a Citation soundbar.

Cheap streaming amplifier

The Harman Kardon Citation Amp, which is the full name of this amplifier, is intended to power a pair of quite ordinary speakers. That means you can blow the dust off your old favorite speakers and include them in the modern home. The technology is provided by the amplifier.

Easy to connect

Many people find it difficult to connect and use a modern streaming amplifier. And it often is. But in this case it is very simple. Connect the Citation Amp to power, Download the Google Home app to your smartphone, if you do not already have it, find the amplifier name at the top of the screen and click on it. Then you go through the setup step by step, and you are good to go!

The amplifier is now connected and you can play music from your favorite service, tap the speaker symbol in one of the corners of the screen and select your amplifier. And play music in one go! If you find that Wi-Fi becomes too unstable, the amplifier can alternatively be connected to the network with an Ethernet cable.

The right connections

Citation Amp also has other connections, e.g. Bluetooth, and also an analog line input, where e.g. a turntable amplifier (RIAA stage) can be connected. Optical and coaxial digital input is also available, but perhaps the best thing is that it has HDMI input. If you connect this to the TV’s HDMI input marked ARC, you now have a stereo system that replaces the TV’s built-in speakers. It’s almost ridiculous how much better sound you get!

Many streaming amplifiers are controlled exclusively from the mobile phone, but here comes a remote control, which is smart to use when you want to change input or turn up or down the volume.

Sound quality

It is forgiveable to think that all small streaming amplifiers in this price range sound the same and that the only thing that matters is what can be connected and how it is to be used. But that is not true at all. On the one hand, not all amplifiers are created equally powerful, and on the other hand, some can focus more on air and harmonics, while others have better bass control.

Citation Amp has found an almost perfect balance between different abilities. Connected to the Bowers & Wilkins 606 S2 Anniversary Edition, it is a playful and entertaining presentation that the amplifier gives, e.g. on the electronic drum’n’bass number “Out of Sight, Never Out of Mind” with Bendik HK and Ary, where the deep bass tones emerge at the bottom and form the foundation for the soundscape.

The speakers do not go that deep, but that is not the fault of the amplifier. In the midrange, Ary’s voice sounds warm and nice, and the small drum’s synthetic edge beat slams through well.

 

TECHNINIAI DUOMENYS

SPECIFIKACIJOS

• Output power: 2 x 125 W in 8 ohms / 2 x 200 W in 4 ohms
• Amplifier principle: Class D
• Attenuation factor: (not stated)
• Inputs: RCA, optical, HDMI (ARC), Ethernet, IR in
• Outputs: AUX (3.5 mm), subwoofer, 12 V trigger
• Streaming technologies: Chromecast, AirPlay 2, Spotify Connect, Bluetooth (aptX)
• Dimensions and weight: 7.5 x 21.5 x 23 cm / 3.1 kg
• Colour: Black

 

DOKUMENTAI

INSTRUKCIJOS

User Manual (EN).