Buffalo, N.Y. – B&K
Components will expand its selection of digital Class D amplifiers, all brick-shaped
two-channel models suitable for local amplification in custom-installed
systems.
About two months ago, the company shipped its first-ever digital
amp, the $398-suggested 2×30-watt (8 ohm) AV 30.2, said national sales manager
Todd Westfall. In about a month, the company plans to ship the $498 2×60-watt
AV 60.2, followed sometime later by the $598 2×100 AV 100.2, he said. Power
output doubles into 4-ohm loads.
Because of their cool-running 92 percent efficiency, the amps can
be mounted almost anywhere, including in an in-wall recess behind a
wall-mounted flat-screen TV to power TV-connected in-wall speakers, he said.
Each amp features RCA low-level inputs, speaker-level outputs, and an RJ45 input/output, which is designed to daisy-chain
multiple AV series amps via CAT-5
cable for multichannel home theater or multizone use.
The amps feature Bang & Olufsen’s ICEpower Class D
amplification. Not only are they B&K’s first digital amps, but they’re the
company’s first local custom amps, Westfall said.
Sizes are 2.5 inches by 5.44 inches by 9.25 inches, 2.5 by 5.44
by 11.25 inches, and 2.5 by 5.44 by 12.76 inches.
