Primare Fronts Bang-for-Buck Bristol Show AV System

UK distributor Karma AV is readying to wow visitors to its room at The Bristol Hi-Fi Show 2023 with a 7.2.2 home cinema audio setup that promises jaw-dropping dynamics rather than heart-stopping price tags.

The centre of this system, and making its UK show debut, is the new Primare SPA25 Prisma Home Cinema Integrated Amplifier which will be suitably paired with a compact coalition of System Audio and SVS speakers featuring a SA saxo floorstanding LCR loudspeakers alongside super-slim saxo 16 and saxo 6 wall-mounted satellites. Bass duties are handed to a pair of SVS 3000 Micro subs; meanwhile, connecting everything will be In-akustik cables.

The Primare SPA25 Prisma is a nine-channel integrated amplifier and eleven-channel processor that supports the latest Atmos/DTS X processing, Dirac Live EQ. Additionally, it features 4K HDR switching, eARC, and Primare's proven Prisma network player technology and boasts 90 watts per channel, all channels driven. This makes the SPA25 Prisma the most powerful integrated amp Primare has ever produced.

The Prisma's adaptive power supply provides increased power output in stereo mode of 145/250 watts into 8/4 ohms and 290/405 watts into 8/4 ohms with four channels used in bi-amp stereo mode. The upshot is that the SPA25 can offer as many as seventeen customisable input pre-sets and five customisable speaker setup pre-sets, accommodating a wide variety of digital and analogue input and speaker/DSP configurations, including 5.1.4, 7.1.2, or 5.1.2 with bi-amped Front Left/Right channels, and 7.1.4 with the addition of a stereo amp for front speakers.

Visit Karma AV in Room 332 at The Bristol Hi-Fi Show