Quad Platina Integrated Amplifier

The engine of the flagship series, the PLATINA INTEGRATED boasts a massive new power amplifier section, setting out its stall as a powerhouse of precision. A ‘dual mono’ class AB design offers 2 x 200W into 8 ohms (300W into 4 ohms) and delivers effortless authority with vast headroom and dynamic control. Engineered to drive even the most demanding loudspeakers, it combines muscular output with audiophile finesse, resolving the finest musical details with scale, grip, and composure.

A fully-fledged and truly modern amplifier solution; at the heart of the PLATINA INTEGRATED digital capabilities lies a state-of-the-art DAC featuring an ES 9038 PRO chip. A hallmark of high-end DAC design, the DAC section uses two high-precision master clocks, one for 44.1 kHz and one for 48 kHz families. Capitalising on QUAD’s rich history in analogue and digital audio solutions, this DAC chip implementation ensures astonishingly-low jitter levels with improved transparency and imaging for faithful reproduction of digital source material – source materials that can extend into PCM up to 768 kHz and DSD512, allowing for lifelike detail across a wide range of audio formats. Utilising the full strengths of the ES 9038 Pro, the PLATINA INTEGRATED also offers listeners the ability to upsample lower-resolution PCM streams to either 352.8kHz or 384kHz, unlocking greater detail and smoothness from compressed or legacy recordings. A choice of five user-selectable DAC reconstruction filter settings, allows subtle yet effective tailoring of the sound character to suit both the source material and listener preference. This level of fine-tuning is particularly valuable when navigating the variable quality often encountered across digital formats and streaming platforms.

Along with premium speaker terminals, the QUAD PLATINA INTEGRATED offers balanced XLR and RCA output options, which maintain the flexibility of integration into wider audiophile systems for use with subwoofers or even higher power amplifier solutions, for example, without compromising functionality.

In addition, a current-feedback headphone amplifier delivers exceptional bandwidth, ultra-low distortion, and lightning-fast transient response. Unlike traditional voltage-feedback designs, it reacts instantly to dynamic changes in the music, maintaining effortless clarity even with the most demanding headphones. The result is a sound that feels immediate, open, and alive, with astonishing grip, detail, and resolution across the frequency spectrum.