Denon’s ‘PMA’ model prefix stands for ‘pre-main amplifier’, and that’s just how the PMA-1600NE is designed: it’s a high-quality preamplifier, a superb digital-to-analogue converter able to handle ultra-high-resolution all the way up to 384kHz/32bit and DSD11.2MHz, and a powerful amplifier able to deliver 2x140W into 4ohms, all under one ‘roof’. What’s more, it uses Denon’s unique six-block construction to separate the various elements, ensuring noise transfer between them is eliminated, separate power supplies for its analogue and digital sections to ensure signal purity, and Direct Mechanical Ground Construction to minimise unwanted vibration.

2 x 140 W (4 ohm) output