Moon pronounces its North Assortment of high-end hi-fi separates

If you happen to’re somebody with a love of high-end hi-f merchandise, we’d counsel you look ‘North’ to Moon’s newest assortment of hi-fi separates.

The North Assortment sees the Canadian based mostly audio model revamp its high-end catalogue of merchandise, and is the results of a number of years of analysis and improvement into the fields of audio, electronics, supplies and manufacturing processes.

It’s made up of six merchandise, a listing that features the 681 Community Participant / DAC: 641 Built-in amplifier, 761 Energy amplifier, 791 Community Participant / Preamplifier, 861 Energy amplifier, and 891 Community Participant / Preamplifier.

New applied sciences embrace the Moon Distortion Cancelling Amplifier (MDCA) circuit that’s mentioned to cut back distortion and noise to “beforehand unattainable” ranges. The Moon Damping Base (MDB) is described as elevating the bar on mechanical isolation and quantity management has been up to date for even finer and extra actual management over operation.

Different applied sciences inside the new vary embrace the Moon Digital Engine that heightens “each digital efficiency” together with MoonLink that permits units to attach with each other over a community hyperlink.

4 of the units within the new vary function new OLED color screens that show artist names, observe listings and album cowl artwork. Customers may even have the ability management quantity through the brand new luxurious BRM-1 distant that replicates the identical really feel of turning the dial as it’s on the product itself and likewise includes a display within the center that gives data corresponding to quantity and enter choice.

And naturally, all of the merchandise adhere to Moon’s time honoured aesthetic, a mix of silver and black styling, with each mannequin within the North Assortment that includes contoured vertical heatsinks to provide them a barely slender look at an angle.

Availability of the Moon North Assortment begins in October 2023 beginning with the 761 / 791, and adopted by the 641 / 681 fashions and by the top of the 12 months the 861 / 891 will likely be on sale. Costs begin at £11,000 so that you’ll need to begin saving further penny forward of their launch later this 12 months.

Moon 641

The ‘entry-level’ built-in amplifier within the collection, the 641 mannequin is described as having the ability to “drive even essentially the most demanding of loudspeakers”.

• Value: £11,000
• Output Energy: 125W into 8ohms, 240W into 4ohms
• Impedance: 22Ω
• Frequency Response: 2Hz to 90kHz
• Whole Harmonic Distortion + Noise (@ 1 W): 0.008%
• Weight: 26kg
• Dimensions: 48.1 x 10.2 x 46.5cm (WHD)

Moon 681

The 681 Community Participant is designed to companion the 641 built-in amp. You may entry music libraries over your individual community or music streaming companies with the 681, with help for Bluetooth, AirPlay 2, Spotify Join, and TIDAL Join, Qobuz, Deezer, in addition to Roon Prepared integration (like all of the units within the assortment). File help contains MQA and DSD, and there’s HDMI ARC to plug right into a TV or projector.

• Value: £12,000
• Impedance: 50Ω
• Frequency Response: 2Hz to 100kHz
• Whole Harmonic Distortion + Noise (@ 0 dBFS): 0.0003%
• Weight: 18kg
• Dimensions: 48.1 x 10.2 x 42.7cm (WHD)

Moon 761

Moon’s said purpose for the 761 Energy Amplifier is to ship audio alerts from a preamplifier to loudspeakers “with completely transparency and finesse”. Inside there are two customized low-noise 700 VA transformers to ensure a constant efficiency, whereas it’s a step up from the 641 when it comes to energy output, in a position to 200W into 8ohms and 400W into 4ohms for extra thrust to your loudspeaker efficiency.

• Value: £14,000
• Output Energy: 200W into 8ohms, 400W into 4ohms, 600W into 80hms (mono)
• Impedance: 47Ω
• Frequency Response: 2Hz to 100kHz
• Whole Harmonic Distortion + Noise (@ 1 W):
• Weight: 36kg
• Dimensions: 48.1 x 14 x 44.5cm (WHD)

Moon 791

With the 791 we’ve related options to the 681 when it comes to wi-fi connectivity and bodily inputs. Audio resolutions are supported as much as 32-bit/384kHz and DSD256; and the onboard high-performance phono preamp helps each moving-magnet and moving-coil cartridges with turntables.

• Value: £16,000
• Phono enter acquire: 40 dB / 54 dB / 60 dB / 66 dB
• Impedance: 50Ω
• Frequency Response: 2Hz to 200kHz
• Whole Harmonic Distortion + Noise: 0.0004%
• Weight: 19kg
• Dimensions: 48.1 x 10.2 x 44.9cm (WHD)

Moon 861

Considered because the keystone of the North Assortment, this large of a flagship preamplifier contains of a streaming DAC and phono stage. All of the wi-fi connectivity choices in the remainder of the vary are current right here by way of the MiND2 streaming platform. The OLED color display is barely greater than on different fashions (5-inches), and when it comes to the design there’s the Moon Damping Base that suppresses “parasitic vibrations” that trigger microphonic noise. It’s designed to be partnered with the 861 energy amplifier for best-in-class efficiency within the North Assortment.

• Value: TBC
• Output Energy: 300W into 8ohms, 600W into 4ohms, 800W into 8ohm (mono)
• Enter impedance: 47kΩ
• Achieve: 31dB
• Frequency Response: 2Hz to 100kHz
• Whole Harmonic Distortion + Noise (@ 1 W): 0.002%
• Weight: 58kg
• Dimensions: 48.1 x 21 x 60.9cm (WHD)

Moon 891

The higher tier the North Assortment’s energy amplifiers, each function is turned as much as the max with the 891 with its twin mono design in a position to output 300W per channel into 8-ohm stereo masses, which is doubled to 600W with 4-ohm masses.

• Value: TBC
• Output Energy: 300W into 8ohm, 600W into 4ohms, 800W into 4ohm mono
• Impedance: 47Ω
• Achieve: 31dB
• Frequency Response: 2Hz – 100kHz
• Whole Harmonic Distortion + Noise (@ 1 W): 0.002%
• Weight: 58kg
• Dimensions: 48.1 x 21 x 60.9cm (WHD)