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Fell Audio Fell Amp.
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
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Fell Audio Fell Amp.
The Fell Amp is a compact, British-built integrated that delivers a musical, detailed presentation and an unusually complete feature set for its price. Reviewers from David Price and The Ear Editor highlight a taut, nimble low end, immediate midband vocals and a surprisingly expansive soundstage driven by an STMicro Class D module and an ESS ES9018K2M DAC. The amp pairs UK-sourced toroidal power and thoughtful ergonomics with modern conveniences: moving‑mag phono, Bluetooth 5.0, optical/coax inputs, pre/sub outs and a 6.35mm headphone jack. Its strengths are microdynamic timing, clear imaging and solid build quality, making it ideal for newcomers, vinyl fans and owners of reasonably efficient speakers. In short, the Fell Amp punches above its weight as a well-rounded, value-focused all-rounder.
Pros
- Musical, detailed sound with strong midrange clarity and expansive imaging for the segment.
- Rich feature set — MM phono, ESS ES9018K2M DAC, Bluetooth 5.0, optical/coax digital inputs, pre and sub outputs and headphone jack.
- Notable build and component choices for the price: UK assembly, toroidal transformer and quality smoothing capacitors produce good fit-and-finish.
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Cons
- Limited headroom — dynamics and control are excellent at moderate levels but the amp hardens up and runs out of grunt when driven very hard.
- Volume control mutes at start-up (requires raising after power-on), which can be an occasional usability annoyance.
- Slightly less organic bloom on very large-scale classical passages — can sound a touch processed compared with more expensive, more neutral amplifiers.
Sound Quality
87/100
Dynamics
86/100
Built around an STMicroelectronics Class D power module, reviewers report very good microdynamic timing, taut rhythm and punch for a budget Class D amp, but also warn the amp hardens up and shows limits when driven extremely hard. Given the topology and the consistent comments that it handles microdynamics well but lacks vast headroom when cranked, the dynamics are strong for its class but not limitless.
Soundstage Imaging
88/100
Both reviews describe an unexpectedly expansive, well-focused soundstage with good imaging and a coherent sense of space; vocals are rendered immediate and instruments are well separated for the price. The presentation is slightly less forward on DAC input versus analogue but overall gives a pleasing, three-dimensional performance.
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Build Quality
90/100
Construction is notably good for the price: a toroidal transformer power supply (not SMPS), healthy smoothing capacitors and UK assembly are explicitly mentioned, and reviewers praise the fit, finish and tactile controls. The use of a quality ESS DAC with its dedicated filtered supply also supports the impression of solid component choices for the money.
Features Connectivity
95/100
Baseline 80 plus strong additions produce a top-tier feature set for the segment: moving-magnet phono input (+2), high-quality ESS ES9018K2M DAC (+5), optical + coax digital inputs (+2), Bluetooth 5.0 support (+2), 6.35mm headphone output (+2), subwoofer output (+1) and pre-out (+1) = +15. That arithmetic yields 95 and the score is capped at the rubric maximum (95); reviewers call out the full complement of analogue, digital, phono, Bluetooth, headphone and sub/pre outputs as a standout for the price.
Value for Money
90/100
At ~£599 reviewers repeatedly describe the Fell Amp as "hard to argue with" and "a very impressive new arrival," praising the balance of price, features and performance and noting it holds its head high against tough competition. The language indicates a justified-premium assessment — excellent value in its segment rather than a bargain-priced outlier.
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