ARCAM celebrates 50 years with A50 Signature and unveils CD25

Cambridgeshire maker marks its fiftieth 12 months with a signature Class G built-in amplifier
and a brand new, premium CD participant for the Radia Sequence

Vienna, Austria, 04 June 2026 – ARCAM is celebrating 50 years of audio design and manufacturing with the launch of two new merchandise: the A50 Signature built-in amplifier and the CD25 CD participant. Each make their international debut at HIGH END Vienna 2026, forward of availability from authorised sellers from Q3 2026.

The A50 Signature sits on the high of ARCAM’s Radia Sequence amplification and represents its most full expression but of its Class G platform. The CD25 extends the Radia Sequence with a brand new reference CD participant designed to combine inside ARCAM’s wider system method.

A50 Signature: ARCAM’s most refined Class G built-in amplifier

The A50 Signature is probably the most full built-in amplifier ARCAM has produced, and a defining product in its fiftieth anniversary 12 months. Slightly than being a heritage or nostalgia-driven product, the design displays 5 a long time of amplifier growth in Cambridge – a continuity that started when the corporate was based as A&R Cambridge in 1976 and shortened to ARCAM within the Eighties, with the “A” all the time standing for amplification and remaining central to its design philosophy immediately.

Created in collaboration with ARCAM co-founder John Dawson, the A50 Signature displays that continuity whereas wanting firmly ahead. His involvement within the mission was guided by a transparent precept: to not revisit previous designs, however to make sure that ARCAM’s amplifier philosophy stays related to how individuals pay attention immediately. His signature on the rear cowl and the PCBs acknowledges that connection, whereas the amplifier itself represents ARCAM’s newest expression of Class G design.

It’s also the primary ARCAM built-in amplifier to implement a completely twin mono Class G structure, with every channel constructed as a very discrete amplifier part. Either side makes use of its personal PCB, output stage, Class G lifter levels, energy regulation, and transformer windings, designed to maximise channel separation and minimise crosstalk.

This structure is bodily expressed contained in the chassis, with a centrally situated energy provide and punctiliously separated sign paths for analogue, digital, and energy domains. The rear panel structure additionally mirrors this method, with speaker terminals positioned at reverse ends of the chassis.

Energy output is rated at 2 × 150W (8Ω), delivering management and headroom throughout a variety of loudspeakers.

Digital conversion is dealt with by an ESS ES9039Q2M DAC working in a completely differential configuration, supported by an ESS reference voltage regulator.

Connectivity for contemporary methods

The A50 Signature is designed as a central hub for contemporary listening methods, integrating digital, analogue and wi-fi sources in a single chassis.

Digital inputs embody HDMI eARC/ARC, USB-C audio, optical and coaxial S/PDIF, and two-way Bluetooth with Snapdragon Sound (lossless-capable) and Auracast help.

Analogue connectivity consists of three RCA inputs, a balanced XLR enter pair and a completely built-in Class A MM/MC phono stage.

Management connectivity consists of RS232, set off enter/output and USB service entry.

CD25: a brand new reference CD participant for Radia

Alongside the A50 Signature, ARCAM introduces the CD25, a brand new flagship CD participant for the Radia Sequence. It continues ARCAM’s long-standing work in disc playback, with the CD25 being the primary ARCAM design because the FMJ D33 DAC to undertake a twin mono DAC structure, and the primary to implement ESS Hyperstream 4 DAC expertise.

A linear toroidal energy provide underpins the design, supporting steady, low-noise operation and constant analogue efficiency, whereas a vibration-damped inside construction ensures correct disc studying. Balanced XLR and RCA outputs permit direct connection to high-performance amplifiers, together with the A50 Signature, SA45, SA35 and A25+.

Visually, the CD25 follows the Radia design language, with a glass entrance panel, OLED show, and a metallic chassis in step with the broader vary.

CD playback, refined

The CD25 helps CD, CD-R and CD-RW playback, with balanced XLR and RCA outputs and a linear toroidal energy provide underpinning its efficiency. Its twin mono DAC structure makes use of ESS Hyperstream 4 expertise to enhance separation, element and dynamic management from Compact Disc.

Radia Sequence growth

The A50 Signature and CD25 signify the fourth part of ARCAM’s Radia platform, extending it into flagship amplification and premium CD playback. Each are designed to operate as a part of a wider system method, reflecting ARCAM’s give attention to element synergy quite than remoted product statements. That philosophy is rooted in a long time of engineering in Cambridge, supported by the extra assets of HARMAN Luxurious Audio.

Pricing and availability

The ARCAM A50 Signature and CD25 will make their international debut at HIGH END Vienna 2026.

Each merchandise can be out there from authorised ARCAM sellers from Q3 2026.

ARCAM Radia A50 Signature: MSRP 2,999.95 USD/ 2,799,00 EUR/ 2,499,00 GBP

ARCAM Radia CD25: MSRP 1,799.95 USD/ 1,599,00 EUR/ 1,499,00 GBP

See the merchandise HIGH END

Journalists are invited to ebook press appointments with ARCAM throughout HIGH END Vienna (4–5 June) for briefings and first entry to new product introductions. Classes will happen in HARMAN Luxurious rooms 3.29 and three.30 (Stage 3), Austria Heart Vienna. Please contact: murdo@gingerdogcomms.com.

About ARCAM

ARCAM is predicated simply exterior the historic college metropolis of Cambridge. Its story started in traditional vogue: two mates with a shared ardour for music and electronics met whereas learning engineering on the College of Cambridge and, in 1976, based Amplification and Recording Cambridge.

The model has now been growing and refining digital audio merchandise for many years, alongside the continual evolution of the amplifiers that first established its status in client electronics. From the mid-Nineteen Nineties, ARCAM expanded into residence cinema, incomes a world-class status for producing AV electronics with a distinctly musical efficiency.

ARCAM has additionally developed its disc gamers within the UK, from CD by means of to DVD and Blu-ray, making use of its deep expertise in digital audio to make sure they carry out with equal assurance for each music and movie.

Laborious-won experience in preserving and dealing with delicate audio indicators – and in reproducing music with all its subtlety, nuance and power intact – is central to ARCAM’s design philosophy. As audio continues to evolve into higher-resolution codecs, the corporate stays centered on faithfully serving the supply and delivering most enjoyment to the listener.

ARCAM is a part of the HARMAN Luxurious Audio Group, a life-style division of HARMAN Worldwide, a completely owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics.

www.arcam.co.uk

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