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SW1x AMP V “Titan” Integrated Amplifier
SW1X Audio Design™ AMP V “Titan”
300B DHT Integrated Amplifier
AMP V is a 3 gain stage Power Amplifier coupled with a High Quality Pre-amplifier using our in house designed and in house made stepped attenuator volume control
It is extremely musical, powerful and the most refined sounding Integrated Amplifier.
The Directly Heated 300B Triodes at the output need no introduction. They are driven by equally powerful 6N6P/5687/E182CC driver tubes or by popular 6SN7 input/driver tubes to produce a seamlessly linear and balanced sound.
SW1X Audio Design™ AMPV Features:
- Performance Level 4/5
- Specially Selected and Harmonically Matched Component & Material Quality
- Single Ended, absolutely Zero NFB, Class A, Directly Heated Triode Valve Power Amplifier
- 2 x 6N6P/5687/E182CC or 6SN7 Triode driver/input Stage Valves driving the 2 x 300B DHT Valves
- 3 Amplification Gain Stage Design
- Hybrid Point 2 Point Hardwiring Technique for the most consistent production results
- Internally wired exclusively with our SW1X Magnum, Genesis and Opus conductors
- SW1X Audio DesignCustom Designed Copper wound Super HiB DC Core (50 Watt) Signal Output Transformers
- Quasi Mono, Directly Heated Double Diode Valve Rectified B+ Power Supply
- SW1X Custom Design 24 Step Discrete Attentuator Volume Control
- Orient grain M6 EI core mains Transformers & Chokes
- Valve rectified Fixed Bias Power Supply
Versions
AMP V Titan is available in 4 Versions with either Satin Silver or Matte Black front Panels with a following output transformer (OPTs) specifications:
Standard : SW1X Audio Design all Copper wound, orient grain M6 EI Core OPTs
Special : SW1X Audio Designall Copper wound Super HiB DC Core OPTs
Classic : SW1X Audio DesignCopper/Silver Windings, Super HiB DC Core OPTs
Signature : SW1X Audio DesignSilver/Silver Windings, Super HiB DC Core OPTs
“The Titan imparted class-leading differentiation of dynamics and tonalities between instruments from the four woofers and the field-coil main driver, and the consistency with which the integrated amplifier did so with different recordings highlighted an engineering feat so thorough in forging a signal path of the purest as to be fanatical.”
Constantine Soo – Dagogo.com
Tube Compliment
2 x 6J5 2 x 6SN7 2 x 300B 1 x 5U4GB 1 x 5Y3
Optional Extras
- Silver wound SW1X Audio DesignCustom Designed Super HiB or Ultra HiB DC core Signal Output Transformers
- Fully Hardwired Tube Output Stage on the Bakelite Board
- Fine Silver wiring on the Input, Bakelite Board and Output
- Black Gate VK capacitors in the B+ power supply
- AN 2W non-magnetic Niobium resistors on a Hardwired Bakelite Board
- Super HiB double C-Core mains transformers
- Inter-stage signal decoupling capacitors: 1. Copper Foil in Oil or 2. Silver Foil capacitors
- AN 2W silver, non-magnetic, Tantalum resistors
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Professional Reviews 84/100
Nicely Roasted
Sound Quality
88/100
Build Quality
75/100
Features Connectivity
80/100
Value for Money
85/100
The AMP V “Titan” brings exceptional transparency and delicate tonal texture to the 300B ideal, revealing string and woodwind detail even in dry-sounding digital recordings. Audiophilepure heard a notably pure, refined presentation and outstanding quality from each low-powered watt—an engrossing specialist amplifier for efficient loudspeakers.
What Reviewers Are Saying
Pros
Uncovers unusually fine string and woodwind textures, including in dry-sounding digital recordings.
Delivers a delicate, pure and refined sonic presentation.
Its low-power output was judged exceptionally high in quality with a sensitive loudspeaker system.
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Cons
The 8-watt output makes it best suited to efficient loudspeakers rather than demanding loads or high-volume use.
SOUND QUALITY PERFORMANCE 88/100
The available review describes an unusually delicate, pure and highly revealing presentation through a sensitive Voxativ field-coil loudspeaker. It particularly praises the amplifier’s ability to uncover instrumental texture, while offering little direct comment on stereo imaging or performance with more demanding speakers.
Transparency Resolution
95/100
Audiophilepure found that even characteristically dry digital recordings revealed string and woodwind textures to an unprecedented degree. The reviewer also describes those recordings as sounding purer through the Titan, pointing to exceptional clarity and low-level retrieval.
Tonal Balance Musicality
92/100
The review repeatedly characterizes the sound as delicate and pure rather than merely analytical. Its comments suggest a refined, natural handling of acoustic tone and texture, especially with strings and woodwinds.
Dynamics
88/100
Audiophilepure says the quality of every watt from the amplifier cannot be overstated, and found even a few watts sufficient with the high-efficiency Voxativ system used. With only 8 watts available, this is best suited to sensitive loudspeakers; the review does not assess high-volume control with difficult loads.
Soundstage Imaging
75/100
The available review focuses on tonal delicacy and instrumental texture rather than soundstage width, depth, or image placement. It provides little direct evidence about the Titan’s stereo imaging performance.
Assessments of Build Quality, Usability, and Overall Propositions.
Build Quality
75/100
The supplied review does not offer meaningful commentary on chassis construction, internal execution, transformer quality, or long-term reliability. The specifications describe a substantial 25 kg, tube-based Class A design, but they do not establish how reviewers judged its workmanship.
Features Connectivity
80/100
This is a focused, analogue single-ended 300B integrated amplifier with 4- and 8-ohm speaker connections. No DAC, streaming provision, phono stage, headphone output, digital inputs, balanced connectivity, or remote-control functions are specified.
Value for Money
85/100
At $22,295, the Titan is positioned firmly in the specialist high-end valve-amplifier market. The review offers striking praise for its resolution and the quality of its low-power output, but does not directly compare its value with competing integrated amplifiers at this price.
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- Audio Gallery — online and in-store — Las Rozas de Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain (website)
- gestalt FINE AUDIO — in-store — Nashville, Tennessee, United States (website)
- Live Fidelity — in-store — Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands (website)
- Mimic Audio — online and in-store — Chicago, Illinois, United States (website)
- Perfect sense Audio — in-store — Stockholms län, Sweden (website)
- Super HiFi by Audiostudio — in-store — Olomoucký kraj, Czech Republic (website)