Line Magnetic LM-845IA

INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER

- ALEX HALBERSTADT

[A]s we listened to the pounding groove laid down by drummer Billy Cobham and guitarist John MacLaughlin, the hairs on my neck were standing up.

If you’ve ever paused in front of a painting by Peter Paul Rubens, you may have noticed that the canvas seems to glow. Everything in Rubens’s paintings celebrates abundance. A golden light bathes his landscapes, and his figures are epitomes of radiant health—the women ample and voluptuous (a body type sometimes called “Rubenesque”), the men vigorous and athletic. Invariably, these expanses of rosy European flesh appear to be in motion, an effect Rubens mastered more thoroughly than arguably any artist of his age.

SPECIFICATIONS

Description Class-A, tubed, single-ended, point-topoint–wired integrated amplifier with remote control. Tube complement: two 845 (power), two 63P3 (driver), one 5AR4 (rectifier), two 12AX7 (input). Inputs: 3 pairs line-level (RCA). Input impedance: 100k ohms. Input sensitivity (integrated): 220mV; one pair amplifier (RCA). Output taps: 4, 8, 16 ohms. Power output: 22Wpc into 8 ohms (13.4dBW). Frequency response: 10Hz–50kHz, –1.5dB. Harmonic distortion: 1% at 1kHz (A-weighted). Signal/noise: 87dB (A-weighted). Power consumption: 320W.

Dimensions 17.75 (451mm) W × 9.85 (250mm) H × 14.25 (362mm) D. Weight: 77lb (35kg).

Finish Black

Serial number of unit reviewed LM19120170.

Price $4950. Approximate number of dealers: 20. Warranty: 2 years, 90 days on tubes, nontransferrable.