NuForce IA-18

NuForce IA-18 Integrated Amplifier is a single-chassis
integrated stereo amplifier of unprecedented value and performance
capabilities. This remarkable unit incorporates components used in NuForce’s
celebrated Reference Series products. These include much of the same circuitry
as the P-20, our most recent flagship preamplifier, a Cross Matrix Array (CMA)
capacitor module, and two V3 output amplifier modules.

The IA-18 features five analog RCA inputs and the same stylish touch-strip
control panel as that of its reference sibling. Paramount among the IA-18’s
strengths is its volume control, which, like the P-20’s, consists of a
switched-resistor ladder network consisting of the latest advances in thin-film
technology. With near-perfect exactitude and a noise-floor approaching the
vanishing point, the volume control operates by way of a single thin-film,
ultra-low-noise resistor in the signal path for each of its 0.5dB gain
settings, allowing for precise volume adjustment for each channel in discrete,
0.5dB steps.

Following the preamplifier stage, the CMA capacitor bank’s pure DC power
enables the V3 amplifier modules to drive loudspeakers with absolute authority,
harmonic integrity, and a level of detail that, taken together, reveal a
recording’s innermost aspects. The listener will be especially impressed by the
IA-18’s crystalline, fatigue-free, holographic soundstage.

The amp is offered in a black or silver sand-blasted anodized aluminum case and
includes a custom-designed remote that permits operation of all of the unit’s
functions from listening position. Delivering a performance that closely
matches that of our Reference Series models, the IA-18 is equal to, or better
than, any integrated amplifier available today – or quite likely in the future.