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The 40 AMP is an amplifier that is easy to love. With state-of-the-art inputs and controls, combined with first-class build quality and functionality that covers all the needs of a modern audio system. For listeners who value precision and naturalness over raw power and who want an amplifier that can serve as the heart of a complete, modern sound system, the Cyrus 40 AMP is an excellent choice. This is British hi-fi at its best – refined, rich in detail and with a musicality that invites long listening sessions.

What results is an amplifier that is still very much a Cyrus, but one that feels as much of an evolution on the inside as it does externally. Without a single retrograde step over things that the company has long done so well, the 40 AMP is more spacious, refined and confident. 

The Cyrus Audio CD40 is an impressive CD player that manages to extract the pure essence of what makes music so good; rhythm, pace, and timing are all of the highest order. Add to this the excellent dynamics, clarity and stunning bass that this player can produce, and this is most certainly Cyrus Audio’s best CD player to date.

The Cyrus Phono Classic may have been a tough act to follow but the 40 PPA does so effortlessly, delivering a step change in design and usability while nailing sonic improvements where they count most and where you’d have to spend heaps more to witness any meaningful improvement. A good phono stage? In all the best ways.

To sum up, the 40 PPA is a great performer! Provided the rest of your system is talented enough, its blend of excellent detail resolution, articulation and expressive dynamics is sure to please. This is also a well-made and well-featured unit. Add it all up, and we have no choice but to highly recommend this Cyrus phono stage.

The Cyrus Audio 40 Amplifier is most certainly one of the most competent and highly spec’d Integrated amplifiers that I have had here for review. It really is the Swiss Army knife of amplifiers, being able to do it all and do it all so well, no matter what the source is, it is not fussed delivering music with all the musicality and energy that I have known and loved from the Cyrus Audio brand for so many years now. 

The 40 PPA takes the fundamental greatness of the original Phono Signature and updated Classic PHONO, and manages to extract a small but meaningful amount more from the design while bringing the interface and aesthetic bang up to date.

The team down at AV Forums have released the first review of the 40 PPA phono preamplifier, and we could not be happier with the outcome. A solid 10/10 and ‘Best in Class’ award has put a massive smile on the whole team at Cyrus!

The Cyrus Classic AMP is an excellent amplifier at its price; it sounds just about as good as anything else you can buy for this money – and has the benefit of lovely build quality, slick and compact packaging, a great MM phono stage and a decent remote control.