Advance Paris X-i50 BT
The Advance Paris X-i50 BT delivers smooth, naturally detailed sound with the texture, timing and expansive staging that make music feel alive. Hi-Fi Choice highlights its sophisticated balance, vocal subtlety and impressive value, while High Bias, aptX Bluetooth and an MM phono stage create a richly equipped, analogue-friendly integrated amplifier.
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Deliciously Crispy
Sound Quality
92/100
Build Quality
88/100
Features Connectivity
86/100
Value for Money
96/100
Pros
Smooth, natural presentation combines unforced detail, tonal subtlety and strong rhythmic cohesion.
Creates an expansive soundstage with layered vocals presented with body and nuance.
Generous connectivity includes aptX Bluetooth, an MM phono stage, seven line-level inputs, pre-out and record-out.
Stylish, solid steel-and-acrylic build offers unusually upscale looks and value at its level.
Cons
Ultimate bass heft, dynamic reach and outright detail fall short of more powerful, costlier amplifiers.
The captive mains cable prevents swapping to aftermarket IEC power cables.
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What Reviewers Are Saying
SOUND QUALITY PERFORMANCE 92/100
The X-i50 BT is praised for a smooth, refined and notably natural presentation rather than attention-grabbing hi-fi effects. Reviewers found unforced detail, excellent tonal balance, convincing rhythmic cohesion and an expansive, layered presentation, although ultimate power and scale trail a more muscular rival.
Transparency Resolution
92/100
Hi-Fi Choice hears unforced detail and describes the amplifier as having sophisticated sonic skills that approach those of a considerably more expensive Electrocompaniet. The rival retains a slight edge in outright detail, but the Advance Paris is clearly highly revealing for its class.
Tonal Balance Musicality
94/100
Initial smoothness and refinement prove to be a lack of hype rather than an overly softened balance. The review particularly commends its natural life, texture, rhythmic cohesion and exquisite balance, with vocal body and tonal subtlety also standing out.
Dynamics
89/100
High Bias operation extends the Class A region to 8W, providing ample oomph with reasonably sensitive loudspeakers. The amplifier is said to deliver its musical assets with considerable elan, though it does not match the greater heft and dynamic reach of the more powerful Electrocompaniet ECI 80D.
Soundstage Imaging
91/100
With SVS standmounts, the X-i50 BT helped create an expansive soundstage that conveyed the ambience of a live venue. Layered vocals were presented with body and tonal nuance, suggesting a spacious and well-organised stereo picture.
Assessments of Build Quality, Usability, and Overall Propositions.
Build Quality
88/100
Hi-Fi Choice finds the crisp steel casework reassuringly solid, while the thick acrylic fascia and aluminium control give the amplifier a more upscale visual impression than expected at the price. The main reservation is that the lightly notched control's precision does not quite match the appearance, and the chassis is relatively light at 6kg.
Features Connectivity
86/100
Alongside its plentiful analogue inputs, the X-i50 BT includes Bluetooth with AAC and aptX support, an MM phono stage, pre-out and record-out connections, tone controls and a USB-A socket for MP3 playback or device charging. It is well equipped for analogue and Bluetooth-based systems, though it has no onboard DAC, network streaming or HDMI connection.
Value for Money
96/100
At around £500, Hi-Fi Choice calls the X-i50 BT an enticing entry point and a stone-cold affordable high-end hi-fi bargain. Its comparison with the far costlier Electrocompaniet ECI 80D is especially strong: the reviewer found the performance gap surprisingly narrow given the large price difference, while noting similarly useful Bluetooth and phono provisions.
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Specifications
- Output power 8Ω
- 2 x 50 W RMS
- Output power 4Ω
- 2 x 65 W RMS
- Bandwidth
- (-3dB): 10 Hz - 30 kHz
- Tone
- +/- 10 dB
- Distortion
- < 0.15%
- Signal-to-noise ratio
- > 85 dB
- Channel separation
- > 70 dB
- Input impedance
- 10 kΩ
- Phono input impedance
- 47KΩ
- Amplifier input level
- < 1.25 V
- Phono MM/MC input level
- 2.5mV
- Mains voltage
- 115-230V
- Transformer type
- Toroidal
- Height
- 110 mm
- Width
- 430 mm
- Depth
- 320 mm
- Net weight
- 6 Kg
- CD input
- 1
- Tuner input
- 1
- Auxiliary input
- 4
- Analog RCA input
- 1
- Amplifier-preamplifier
- Disconnectable
- Pair of speakers output
- 1
- Bluetooth
- AAC, aptX
Manufacturer's Description — Advance Paris
The X-i50BT, with its resolutely audiophile design, allows the connection of numerous analog sources, including the possibility of using a vinyl turntable.
The X-i50BT, with its resolutely audiophile design, allows the connection of numerous analog sources, including the possibility of using a vinyl turntable.
For users of dematerialized music contained in computers and other smartphones or tablets, it features a built-in Bluetooth receiver for wireless communication with the X-i50 BT.
The X-i50 BT integrated amplifier delivers 2 x 50 Watts RMS over 8Ω, and its High Bias operating mode will enable it to easily power most speakers on the market.
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