Creek Evo 100 A Integrated Amplifier, Silver, DEMO.

To maintain a family resemblance with the lower-powered amplifier, the EVOLUTION 100A is housed in a similar slim case with an engraved front panel and solid metal control knobs as the EVOLUTION 50A. It is available with a Silver brushed aluminium front panel and uses the same ingenious soft push button design as the EVOLUTION 50 series, offering an excellent tactile feel and a backlit optical indication of functions for optimum user-friendliness. In addition to vastly increased performance, thanks to an ingenious new circuit design, the EVOLUTION 100A has two sets of high-quality loudspeaker binding posts, with local and remote switching for A & B outputs. Optional extras include plugging the Sequel mk2 Phono pre-amp inside and adding the AMBIT FM/AM radio or RUBY DAC/Bluetooth/FM radio module to the expansion slot on the rear panel. After testing several methods of building a high-performance and high-efficiency power amplifier suitable for this new model, David Gamble ­­ – Creek Audio’s Senior Engineer – created a unique Class G circuit, especially for the EVOLUTION 100A. David chose to use four Sanken STD03 complimentary power Darlington transistors per channel, as used in the EVOLUTION 50A, which feature built-in thermal compensation. Compared to the EVOLUTION 50A, he improved the performance of the voltage gain circuitry, which, in combination with the output stage, now achieves extremely high open-loop gain and exceptionally low distortion without sacrificing stability. The result is an exceptional power amplifier circuit with low output impedance and high output current capability. This combination provides superior speed and control suitable for driving most loudspeakers. To increase the power output of the smaller EVOLUTION 50A yet retain the same case size, David Gamble developed a cunning Class G circuit that usually runs at a lower voltage for power levels up to 25 Watts into 8 Ohms. When required to produce more than 25 Watts, the amp automatically swings to a higher secondary voltage to increase the output power capability to over 100 Watts into 8 Ohms. It is a modern listening trend for headphones to be fed from low-voltage sources, such as smartphones and portable music storage devices. This required the development of low-impedance headphones to draw the current needed to make them loud enough to satisfy the consumer. This trend has also necessitated a re-think of circuitry used in modern Hi-Fi amplifiers to drive such low-impedance headphones, together with the traditional medium to high-impedance versions. Creek Audio has taken the unusual step of driving the headphone output socket of their EVOLUTION amplifiers from a dedicated low-impedance source. Instead of the headphone output being sourced from the power amplifier, the headphone output is derived from a dedicated amplifier, with only a few Ohms in series for protection against short circuits. This dedicated HP amp is now located on the pre-amplifier circuit board. The EVOLUTION 100A can also be configured for vinyl fans for Vinyl Disc input, using Line input 1. A SEQUEL 2 (40, 48, or 54) module can be plugged into a dedicated connector on the pre-amp PCB. It doesn’t restrict the use of either the AMBIT or RUBY modules. Sequel 2 comes in three versions – 40dB MM, 48dB MC, and 54dB MC. The EVOLUTION 100A is the most sophisticated and reasonably priced amplifier Creek has ever made. It provides stunning audio performance and can outperform other amplifiers, costing many times the price.

POWER OUTPUT: >110 Watts into 8 Ohms

POWER OUTPUT: >170 Watts into 4 Ohms

CONTINUOUS CURRENT: >8.5 Amps (sine wave)

MAX CURRENT: +/-26 Amps, current burst into 0.5 Ohms

OUTPUT IMPEDANCE: <0.05 Ohms –20Hz to 20KHz

THD: < 0.002%

SNR: >102dB –Line Input

FREQUENCY RESPONSE: 10Hz –100KHz +/-2dB Line

GAIN: 33.3dB (x46) via power amp input

INPUT SENSITIVITY: 650mV

CROSSTALK: -80dB at 1Khz

DC OFFSET: < +/-10mV

PRE-AMP INPUTS: 5x RCA unbalanced –1x Balanced XLR

POWER-AMP INPUTS: Input 3 & 4via RCA or XLR

OPTIONAL TUNER: AMBIT FM/AM plug-in module

OPTIONAL DAC: RUBY DAC –USB, SPDIF, Toslink, Bluetooth & FM Tuner

OPTIONAL:  Sequel 2 Phono Stage, MM or MC

OUTPUTS: 2 Pairs

HEADPHONE OUTPUT: Dedicated low impedance amp (<50 Ohms)•

IR BUS: Powered output for IR repeater

OPERATING VOLTAGES: 110V/230V Switchable

CONSUMPTION (AT IDLE): <20 Watts (no standby)

CONSUMPTION (AT FULL POWER): 500 Watts

WEIGHT: 9Kgs

DIMENSIONS: 430x60x280mm W/H/D

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