Verdict: "With the Virtus A3, Canor has created a masterpiece. Everything comes together beautifully, delivering a musical performance of an exceptionally high standard for this price range. Its superb tuning renders individual components simply unnecessary."

Highlights

- The Virtus A3 is an all-in-one dual-mono Class A/AB hybrid amplifier with a full complement of digital and analog inputs, including a power amplifier, phono preamplifier, headphone amplifier, and DAC.

- Four devices in one enclosure: a Class A/AB hybrid power amplifier, a phono preamplifier, a headphone amplifier, and a DAC.

- The analog and digital signal paths are designed in a dual-mono configuration with fully independent, multi-stage regulated power supplies per channel.

- A fully discrete phono preamplifier supports both MM and MC cartridges.