Plinius Hiato Integrated Amplifier

Benefiting from their tranquil location in the inspirational natural environment of New Zealand, our design team brings you products that faithfully reproduce the emotional touchstones of your favourite music. The holistic integrity of nature's designs inspire to combine wonderful sound, superb finishes and technical excellence to delight all our senses. Drawing on the cultural depth of the world's newest land, PLINIUS have adopted Te Reo, the richly connotative language of the Maori, to convey the multi-faceted richness of the product. Hiato, meaning literally, "to gather together," also implies "harmony." The Hiato amplifier elegantly draws together elements of design principles to achieve a design gestalt of stunning synergy. The power supply, preamp stage and amplifier in this integrated unit are carefully matched to deliver an unadulterated musical experience. The Hiato achieves levels of reproduction unachievable by most separate component systems on the market today. Exceeding the power output of previous integrated amplifiers, the Hiato uses design concepts from some of our most prestigious units. The simple user interface of buttons for source selection and the large, tactile volume control knob maintain our design goal of elegant ergonomic simplicity while preserving the listening experience. The full function remote control also operates the CD players. To paraphrase Leonardo Da Vinci, simplicity is the ultimate sophistication and the Hiato continues this approach in design thinking. The original and unique panel designs and stylish wrap-over casing match other products in the range. Lifting handles at the rear allow the unit to be easily manoeuvred onto a rack, despite the sheer mass that is a necessary outcome of this level of engineering. The Hiato respects the environment from which its design inspiration was taken by complying with the latest international standards for the elimination of substances that are hazardous to the environment. Having a comprehensive rear panel layout that includes four line level inputs and a user adjustable phono input. High quality WBT RCA connectors are used on all line level and phono inputs with additional balanced XLR inputs for CD and Line 1. For Home Theatre system integration the Hiato features the HT bypass input, remote IR input and 12V input/output triggers. A small, unobtrusive 3.5mm jack on the front panel allows a casual user to connect portable media without needing to access the rear panel. The output connections consist of four pairs of output connectors allowing bi-wired speaker applications, line level output for archiving and pre-out for bi-amping. Available without phono Available in black or silver