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What Hi-Fi Sound and Vision India
|May 2025
Cyrus One and Two. These were excellent, and proved successful enough to establish strong foundations for the brand.
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They also set the half-width physical template it has become synonymous with.
That first generation of amplifiers remained on sale for the best part of a decade before they were replaced by the Cyrus 3 in the early '90s. This was a more sophisticated and upmarket design, but it is arguably most notable for its use of an unusual inverted die-cast casing design. This classy and clever casework has been used on pretty much all of Cyrus's core hi-fi products since then, including in the current Cyrus Classic series.
While there is nothing wrong with the casework itself- it is distinctive, rigid and nicely made - it is also true that three decades on, improved manufacturing techniques and technology allow the company to do better. The new 40 Series marks a new beginning for Cyrus, giving it a fresh, forward-looking range of products for the first time in years.
Currently, the 40 Series consists of four components; the 40 AMP integrated amplifier we have on test here, the 40 ST music streamer and a CD player are the primary pieces. The final member of the quartet is the 40 PSU outboard power supply, which in traditional Cyrus fashion offers an upgrade path for the other three units. The company’s products have always tended to be upgradeable and we are pleased that Cyrus has continued to offer such an option.

We have already reviewed the 40 ST streamer, and very good it is too, but we also have samples of the CD player and PSU in our test rooms and the reviews will follow in due course.
This story is from the May 2025 edition of What Hi-Fi Sound and Vision India.
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