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They seems to get competition  

https://www.theabsolutesound.com/article...ntegrated/

https://audioxpress.com/news/boulder-ann...ed-options



he 866 Integrated is Boulder’s first integrated amplifier to feature the option of digital inputs. According to the company, a premium was placed on value in the 866 and greater effort was put into the efficiency and cost reduction of design and manufacturing than any previous product from Boulder. Cost savings include circuit board production (up to a 25% reduction for some boards), casework and power supply cost reductions, reduced loading and turns for metalwork machining, material efficiency, and the reduction of production and testing time.

(15-Jun-2020, 22:13)Petter Wrote: [ -> ]They seems to get competition  

https://www.theabsolutesound.com/article...ntegrated/

https://audioxpress.com/news/boulder-ann...ed-options



he 866 Integrated is Boulder’s first integrated amplifier to feature the option of digital inputs. According to the company, a premium was placed on value in the 866 and greater effort was put into the efficiency and cost reduction of design and manufacturing than any previous product from Boulder. Cost savings include circuit board production (up to a 25% reduction for some boards), casework and power supply cost reductions, reduced loading and turns for metalwork machining, material efficiency, and the reduction of production and testing time.

Are you sure that’s not a concertina? Horrible looking thing. Definitely doesn’t compete with Devialet with regard to looks.

yea what hi fi wrote about this : Boulder has certainly been bold with the front panel of the 866, because it slopes gently backwards. Very few audio equipment manufacturers have been brave enough to use sloping front panels, but it’s a great idea. It makes the controls on the front panel easier to see and easier to use. Not that the 866 has many controls on the front panel anyway – almost everything is done by using the huge (155 × 85mm) full-colour touch-screen display – but the slope still makes it easier to see and use this display.