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Goes up to eleven
What Hi-Fi Sound and Vision India
|July 2025
We've picked 11 amplifiers that will bring the noise (in a good way) to your system of separates, comprising premium offerings between ₹1L and ₹5L
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A stereo amplifier is the MVP in any hi-fi team, being the beating heart of your separates system and the component that necessarily amplifies the audio signals from your source (CD player, turntable, music streamer, etc) to an output that your passive speakers can deliver. Quite simply, no amplifier means no sound!
Which stereo amplifier you choose will greatly impact your overall system performance, so you want a best-in-class performer - one that also offers the connections your sources need.
This story is from the July 2025 edition of What Hi-Fi Sound and Vision India.
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