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Cyrus Audio has launched its 40 Series – a new range featuring the 40 AMP integrated amplifier, 40 CD, 40 ST network streamer with BluOS streaming platform built-in and 40 PSU external power supply.

The 40 AMP (£4,000) boasts a claimed 100W per channel into 6ohm, comes in aluminium casing with a 5in hi-res, full colour TFT display and uses an electronic circuit designed entirely by the R&D team at Cyrus. The DAC is based upon the latest chipset from ESS – the ES9039Q2M – and the company says it has been reworked to provide an audio signal that replicates the artists’ original recording to a level not seen in a Cyrus product before.

As well as multiple digital and analogue connections, the 40 AMP has a low-noise MM phono stage, which inherits many of its design features from the company’s Editor’s Choice-winning Classic PHONO (HFC 520). Also featured is the latest HDMI eARC input, which provides opportunity to enjoy films or TV through your speakers.

Cyrus says the 40 ST (£3,000) delivers music at up to a claimed 24-bit/192kHz resolution, at: “lightning-fast speeds across your home network with minimal lag and zero loss in sound quality”.

It’s packaged with the new Cyrus remote, but is ultimately controlled using the intuitive BluOS app – available for iOS, Android, Kindle, Mac or PC. It provides direct access to over 20 natively integrated streaming services, thousands of radio stations from around the world and the user’s own music library on a network drive. The 40 ST also supports Roon, AirPlay 2 and allows for MQA decoding.

Cyrus says the 40 CD (£3,000) has: “a redesigned power supply to minimise interaction between the complex mix of signals, which includes fast digital audio, sensitive analogue audio, high current servo and system controls.

“By completely segmenting these circuits the digital control circuits run from a dedicated, high-efficiency supply, while other parts of the player are powered from an over-specified universal power supply. Nine individual stage regulators smooth and distribute power within the player according to demand, which has taken CD playback to another level.”

The 40 PSU (£2,500) incorporates its own on-board micro-processor and can be attached to all products in the 40 series. Providing multiple supplies, all the output voltages from the 40 PSU are digitally controlled internally, so Cyrus says they’re: “extremely stable and virtually noise free”.

The products in the 40 range feature an all-new design with an: “uncluttered” front panel, headphone connection and an edge-to-edge glass finish that hides a high-resolution TFT display, featuring full colour album art.

The main chassis is made from aluminium and finished in anodised brushed black. The volume control has been custom designed from five separate elements and engineered from solid aluminium plus there’s a new remote control for the series, which matches the 40’s finish. The display can be turned off and then comes back on when the unit is approached.

Available to buy now, you can find out more about the 40 Series from Cyrus here.