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FL THREE S £2,495
AUDIA FLIGHT
FL THREE S £2,495 REVIEWS
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of detail and a sense of rhythmic rock song. The overall effect is great,
DETAILS assigned to bypass the preamp aluminium affair with nicely acting imperturbability. Music seems to flow but not strictly accurate – there’s
section; effectively making it a power buttons. A headphone socket out of this integrated amplifier in a a touch too much colouration,
PRODUCT
Audia Flight amp. There there’s an optional MC/ completes the front panel’s package. relaxed but undeniably enjoyable especially across the upper bass but
FL Three S MM board, which replaces the first The FL Three S is another case of a way, and it doesn’t matter what type it does extend all the way to the
and away…
ORIGIN analogue in for £330, while the sixth product feeling more than the sum of programme material you choose, treble. This gives the amp an almost
Italy input becomes a 24-bit/192kHz DAC of its parts, thanks to careful attention things are never less than satisfying. ‘valve-like’ quality that some will love,
TYPE when equipped with the optional to aesthetic and ergonomic detail – I like the fact that this isn’t an while others will feel that it’s a little
Integrated amplifier
£360 USB DAC board. In terms plus a little bit of Italian design flair.
in-your-face sounding design, trying too calorific for their taste.
WEIGHT
16.5kg of outputs, there are unbalanced Inside, it’s more of the same. Eight at every given moment to show you Feed the FL Three S with some jazz
DIMENSIONS preamp and record outs, plus a power rails run off the large main just how feisty and relentless it is – and it’s back in its element. Donald
576VA toroidal transformer, feeding Byrd’s Street Lady is a great post-bop
David Price takes flight as he enjoys the
(WxHxD) headphone socket alongside the this big Italian box takes a step back
450 x 110 x 430mm loudspeaker connections. In short, all amplifier stages, with 13,200µF and deals with the music in a more Blue Note recording that almost
S
tarted in 1996 by interesting – a long way from the potentiometer design with the usual 10mm-thick 1 USB Type-B port
l Optional MM/MC
electronics engineers generic blandness of many modern aluminium fascia and pressed steel 2 4mm loudspeaker
phono and USB binding posts
Massimiliano Marzi and boxes. This is despite the fact that it’s DAC boards casework, but the fascia’s feel is
Andrea Nardini, Audia Audia Flight’s entry-level integrated; DISTRIBUTOR
quirky and invested with character 3 Preamp outputs
Flight’s philosophy is to use solid those with deeper pockets might like Elite Audio and charm. The largest section of the 4 Balanced XLR
state in an interesting way, and the to peruse the mid-range Classic series, TELEPHONE curved recess has a crisp bright blue analogue inputs
company’s first product – the 100 or the Strumento high-end offerings. 01334 570666 dot-matrix OLED display. To the right 5 RCA line-level
power amplifier – sported current Being a modern machine, this WEBSITE is a subtly protruding volume knob analogue inputs
feedback design, something that’s integrated amplifier has pretty much audia.it with a nice slick action. There’s a row
shared by its distant descendent the everything except the proverbial of crisp-feeling metal push buttons
FL Three S. Being Italian, style is also kitchen sink. That means four to its left, beneath the display area,
a big thing – what would you expect unbalanced analogue inputs, one giving easy source selection, speaker 5 4 3 2 1
from the land of La Bella Figura? balanced analogue in, one monitor switching, muting and on/standby
All the company’s products look in and one analogue in that can be functions. The remote is a lovely
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