{"product_id":"quad-artera-mono-power-amplifier","title":"Quad Artera Mono Power Amplifier","description":"\u003ch3\u003eArtera Mono | Mono Power Amplifier\u003c\/h3\u003e\nQUAD gave its team of designers and engineers a specific brief for Artera: combine the qualities\nthat have made QUAD Britain’s most revered Hi-Fi marques for many decades with fresh\nindustrial design and the very latest high-performance audio technologies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe QUAD Artera Mono is the latest addition to be best-selling QUAD Artera series of hi-fi\ncomponents. It is developed employing the strongest design features derived from its siblings but\nexhibits updated internal audiophile-class components and multi-layer circuit boards. The design\nbuilds upon the classic QUAD sound, adding increased clarity and definition but foremost\nensuring that the integrity of musical performance is more accessible and that the artist’s message\nis distinctly conveyed despite deficiencies in the recording.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nKey to the Artera Mono’s design is QUAD’s patented current dumping technology developed by\nQUAD’s legendary founder Peter Walker. In the Artera Mono’s current dumping circuit, a very\nhigh-quality Class AB low-power amp provides the details of the signal, while a high-power\ncurrent dumping section provides the grip to keep the speakers under control. This technology\neliminates the problems of crossover distortion, thermal tracking and transistor matching.\nConsequently, there are no internal adjustments or alignments and the choice of power transistor\ntypes is less restrictive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nFollowing Peter Walker’s famous quote that the perfect amplifier would be 'a piece of wire with gain',\ninferring that the least complication to the signal path is desired, signal purity is imperative in any\nQUAD design, the Artera Mono takes this concept to a new level with the use of OCC cabling at\nthe output stage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nOCC (Ohno Continuous Cast) is derived from a process that was developed to help defeat\nannealing issues and virtually eliminate all grain boundaries in copper or silver with a unique\npatented process. The OCC casting method uses specialized heated moulds in order to draw a\nsingle crystal up to 125 meters in length. With only a single crystal in very long lengths, there is an\nunimpeded free path for the best possible signal transfer. Along with this superior, singular\ncrystal structure, OCC provides copper and silver with the least possible oxides and other\nimpurities.\u003cbr\u003e\nIn high contrast to OCC, the materials traditionally used in audio electronics is classed as\nOFC (Oxygen Free Copper). As impressive as OFC can be, by nature still has a multitude of\ngrain boundaries and other impurities. OFC has around 400 crystals per foot and despite its\nname, OFC typically has an oxygen content of about 10 ppm. Thus, the Artera Mono OCC design\nensures the purest of output signal offerings.\u003cbr\u003e\nDelivering 300 watts per channel (into 8 ohms) the QUAD Artera Mono is equipped to drive the\nmost demanding of systems. It offers instant overload recovery and full protection against\nover-driving without resorting to output line fuses or relays. It has the power to grip almost any\nspeaker with relative ease – but they do it in a confident, almost understanding way instead of\nattempting to impress with sheer brute force.\u003cbr\u003e\nLike the rest of the QUAD Artera components, Artera Mono is subtly understated and available\nin silver and black finishes. Artera’s crisp, clean aesthetic both evokes QUAD’s past and looks\nforward to the future. The housing provides a rigid structure that exudes quality and resists\ninterference from external vibrations, with a textured aluminium front panel, inlaid glass top and\nCNC-routed heat sink on either side.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eKEY FEATURES:\u003c\/h3\u003e\nQUAD’s patented current dumping technology developed by\nQUAD’s legendary founder Peter Walker\u003cbr\u003e\nArtera’s all-new ultra-low noise transformers and power supply components have been specially selected following extensive listening tests\u003cbr\u003e\nClass AB power amplification: 300 watts into 8 ohms\u003cbr\u003e\nOCC cabling for the purest of signal paths to the output stage\u003cbr\u003e\nDual operational modes: line and balanced\u003cbr\u003e\nSeparate pre-power sections for flexibility of operation\u003cbr\u003e\nAutomatic equipment activation via 12V trigger\u003cbr\u003e\nAuto standby function\u003cbr\u003e\nInputs: XLR (balanced) and 6.3mm jack (line) inputs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSPECIFICATIONS\u003c\/h3\u003e\nModel: Artera Mono\u003cbr\u003e\nRated Power Output: 300 Watts 8 ohm (THD=1%,1kHz)\u003cbr\u003e\nPower Requirement: 220-240V ～ 50-60Hz or 100-120V ～ 50-60Hz\u003cbr\u003e\nGain: 34dB\u003cbr\u003e\nFrequency Response: 0.98Vrms (Unbalanced) \/ 2.1Vrms (Balanced)\u003cbr\u003e\nInput Impedance: 10kohm (Balanced\/Unbalanced)\u003cbr\u003e\nMaximum Power Consumption: 750W\u003cbr\u003e\nStandby Power Consumption: 0.5W\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions(mm)(W x H x D): 320 x 158 x 338\u003cbr\u003e\nCarton Size(mm)(Wx H x D): 465 x 260 x 465\u003cbr\u003e\nWeight: 13kg (Net), 17kg (Gross)\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Quad","offers":[{"title":"Quad Artera Mono (each) - Black","offer_id":57415685472588,"sku":"QUADARTERAMONOB","price":1082.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Quad Artera Mono (each) - Silver","offer_id":57423972434252,"sku":"QUADARTERAMONOS","price":1082.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/6891\/2204\/files\/quad-artera-mono-black.jpg?v=1777557250","url":"https:\/\/www.stoneaudio.co.uk\/products\/quad-artera-mono-power-amplifier","provider":"Stone Audio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}