Our expert team reviews products in dedicated test rooms, to help you make the best choice for your budget.Find out more about how we test. The new Technics SU-GX70 joins the likes ofBluesound,Cambridge Audio,MarantzandNaimin delivering one-box streaming amplifier systems that can do it (ne...
The SU-GX70 features a fully digital amplifier with Technics' advanced digital audio technology, processing signals digitally from input to output. This minimizes signal degradation from external noise, delivering precise, high-resolution sound while preserving the warmth of analogue recordings. Additionall...
Panasonic rates the SU-GX70 at a modest 40+40 watts into 8 ohms (80+80 at 4Ω), but this is specified, a bit unusually, as “1kHz, T.H.D 1.0%, 8Ω, 20kHz LPF.” (I take the LPF reference to mean the amp was measured with a 20 kHz “brickwall” filter in the test setup...
The discrete amp circuit used in the SU-GX70 was redesigned and adapted from the circuit used in the SU-R1000, and the same symmetrical layout has been used. Further, other high-quality audio parts of the same grade as those used in the SU-R1000 have also been adopted, such as low-no...