Fell Audio Fell Amp.
The Fell Amp delivers a lively, rhythmically agile sound with immediate vocals, taut bass and a surprisingly spacious stage. StereoNET United Kingdom highlights its musical detail and engaging flow, while The Ear admires its persuasive low-end weight. A British-built integrated with phono, DAC, Bluetooth and subwoofer output, it packs exceptional mixed-source versatility into a refined budget design.
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Nicely Roasted
Sound Quality
88/100
Build Quality
90/100
Features Connectivity
92/100
Value for Money
93/100
Pros
Engaging, detailed and rhythmically nimble presentation with particularly immediate, authentic vocals.
Taut, lively bass and a spacious, involving soundstage outperform expectations at the price.
Extensive connectivity includes MM phono, optical/coaxial digital inputs, Bluetooth, headphone output, pre-out and subwoofer output.
Excellent UK-built fit and finish, classy controls and strong overall value.
Cons
Limited outright power and bass authority; composure can diminish at very high volumes, especially with demanding music or speakers.
The headphone output is competent rather than class-leading, and the phono stage has relatively low gain with insensitive speakers.
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What Reviewers Are Saying
SOUND QUALITY PERFORMANCE 88/100
Reviewers find the Fell Amp unusually insightful and enjoyable for an affordable integrated, with strong vocal presence, crisp rhythmic instincts and an expansive presentation. Its character is slightly dark and civilised rather than fully neutral, while ultimate power and composure are limited when played very loudly.
Transparency Resolution
91/100
StereoNET praises a high level of detail and says the amplifier digs deeply into recordings in a surprisingly insightful way. The Ear also found no loss of detail or energy with dense instrumentation, and reports consistently capable performance through both analogue and digital inputs.
Tonal Balance Musicality
87/100
The overall voicing is described as civilised, cheerful and easy to relax into, with particularly immediate and authentic vocals. The Ear hears a darker balance that draws attention to the lower registers, while StereoNET notes a subtly processed quality with massed classical strings and would prefer a more organic tonality.
Dynamics
86/100
The Fell has fine rhythmic drive and handles small dynamic accents well, helping music sound lively and vibrant. It can harden slightly and lose composure only at antisocial levels, but reviewers agree it lacks the outright power and large-scale authority for heavily cranked electronic music.
Soundstage Imaging
88/100
StereoNET finds the soundstage surprisingly expansive for the price, with the analogue inputs offering a slightly less upfront but still engaging perspective than the DAC input. The reviews provide less detail on image precision and depth, but the presentation is clearly viewed as spacious and involving.
Assessments of Build Quality, Usability, and Overall Propositions.
Build Quality
90/100
StereoNET reports excellent casework and fascia fit and finish for the price, with classy-feeling controls and a decent supplied remote. The Ear notes UK manufacture, a toroidal-transformer supply and substantial smoothing capacitance, indicating thoughtful implementation rather than a stripped-down budget design.
Features Connectivity
92/100
The Fell is comprehensively equipped with three RCA line inputs, a moving-magnet phono stage, coaxial and optical digital inputs, Bluetooth 5.0, and an ESS Sabre DAC. It also includes a 6.35mm headphone socket, remote control, and separate preamp and subwoofer outputs, covering most conventional system needs.
Value for Money
93/100
At £599, both reviews regard the Fell Amp as highly compelling in a fiercely competitive budget market. The Ear calls its combination of price, facilities and performance impressive, while StereoNET says it is hard to argue with for the money and presents it as a serious contender among affordable integrated amplifiers.
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Specifications
- Power & Distortion
- Both channels @ 8 ohms 20 Hz-20 kHz: 89 watts Single channel @ 4 ohms 1 kHz: 79 watts Total harmonic distortion at 80% v.max 1 kHz: 0.07%
- MM Vinyl Input
- Input sensitivity: 2 mV Input Impedance/capacitance: 47 kOhms / 100 pf
- Line Inputs
- Input connections: 3x Stereo RCA Input impedance: 100 kOhms Frequency response: 10 Hz-20 kHz Input sensitivity: 700 mV
- Digital Inputs
- Digital inputs: 1x coaxial 1x optical Digital to analogue conversion: ESS Sabre 9018K2M
- Outputs
- Pre Output: 1x Stereo RCA Subwoofer Output: 1x Stereo RCA Headphone: 6.35 mm 1/4-inch jack
- General
- Mains voltage: 220 V-240 V AC Power consumption @ max output: 87 watts Standby Power Consumption: 0.5 watts Dimensions W X D x H (including feet): 440 x 300 x 75 mm Weight (net): 6 kg
- What's in the Box
- The Fell Amp Power cable Remote control (w/ 2 x AAA batteries) Bluetooth antenna Quick start guide
Manufacturer's Description — Fell Audio
Affordable, Sustainable & Incredible Sound.
Iconic Design
The Fell Amp brings a fresh, new approach to the world-renowned standard of British amplification, with a retro-modern design and eye-catching capacitive-touch input selection, contrasted by a tactile, light-up rotary volume control.
Twin digital inputs and three analogue inputs offer versatile connectivity, while high-quality phono and Bluetooth inputs ensure seamless vinyl playback and wireless streaming.
Technical Precision
Electronics Expertise
The Fell Amp is equally impressive under the hood, with class-leading components and performance. This entirely unique, UK-made amplifier boasts a powerful 89 W Class D core, supported by a substantial 170 VA toroidal transformer, delivering effortless power, control, and dynamics across all genres.
Its purpose-made PCBs are designed, populated, and finished in Great Britain and include the high-performance ESS ES9018K2M DAC for optimum digital-to-analogue conversion.
Capacitive Touch
Powerful amplification
British Built
Key Features
The Fell Amp is a British-designed and built integrated amplifier that combines affordability, sustainability, and superb sound performance. Drawing inspiration from the Cumbrian landscape, this product is meticulously crafted with British-made components, ensuring steadfast reliability and quality.
- 89 watts stereo performance,¯for detailed and powerful audio performance
- Class D amplification, for dynamic and efficient speaker control
- Digital inputs:¯optical and coaxial using an ESS Sabre ES9018K2M DAC
- Analogue inputs: three pairs of RCA connectors
- Turntable input with integrated MM phono preamp
- Bluetooth 5.0, for high-quality music streaming