Source: Press Release, Last Accessed: 2019/12/04

Rotel is re-introducing their Michi brand via a new flagship range of three hi-end audio components, each strive to offer outstanding audio performance with the highest build quality and an elegant and modern design – all delivered with exceptional value.
The new Michi models include the P5 preamplifier, the S5 stereo power amplifier and the M8 monoblock power amplifier. According to the press release, the products represent the pinnacle of 55 years of audio engineering excellence via an entirely new, no compromise and revolutionary system architecture designed to provide huge, effortless, continuous reliable power with total accuracy, musicality and ultra-low noise.
Rotel says that the new Michi range is the result of over three years of painstaking development, with every component specially selected following extended listening sessions by the dedicated engineering team. Bespoke components include in-house manufactured, custom oversized toroidal transformers mounted in dedicated, epoxy filled enclosures to guarantee minimal noise and vibration. Plus patented, British high efficiency, slit foil, bulk storage capacitors supporting up to 32 high-current output transistors. Build quality appears to be exemplary thanks to the dedicated Michi in-house manufacturing facility and all of the new models feature high resolution front panel graphic displays, IR remote control and RS232 and Ethernet connections for simplified integration.
The P5 Amplifier offers an extended complement of analog and digital source inputs including dual balanced input and output XLR's, high-quality MM and MC phono stage inputs and apt-X Bluetooth wireless connection. Dual AKM 32-bit DACs feed the Class-A preamplifier circuit, while all the circuits are supported by an array of 17 independent voltage regulators driven from 2 custom designed and factory built toroidal transformers with low ESR smoothing capacitors to deliver ripple free current to all critical circuits. The Michi P5 also supports MQA decoding.
The S5 and M8 are Class AB designs delivering 500 watts and 1080 watts respectively into 8 ohm loads (rising to 800W and to 1,800W into 4 ohms). Both amplifiers include twin matched, over-sized 2200VA, in-house manufactured toroidal transformers and a large array of 32 high-current output devices, supported from 188,000uF of patented bulk storage capacitors. Michi exclusive five-way Rhodium plated binding posts complete the high-quality specification and re-inforce the attention-to-detail found throughout the products.
All the Michi components are expected to be available from January onwards. Announced prices for the US market are $3,999.99 (P5), $6,999.99 (S5) and $6,999.99/each (M8).

For more information: http://www.rotel.com/

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