Onkyo Introduces $600 High-Current Stereo Integrated Amp With AKM DAC

Onkyo bowed the A-9150 stereo integrated amplifier Tuesday with a high-current transformer, two custom filter capacitors, discrete output-stage transistors and a moving-magnet/moving-coil phono input. The $599 amp uses an AKM 768 kHz/32-bit digital-to-analog converter and has four gold-plated RCA line inputs, two gold-plated coaxial digital inputs, two optical digital inputs and gold-plated speaker posts with an A/B selector, said the company.