Excellent detailed and very thorough review of the SA30. Thank you

Thanks for the review, especially the DLNA discussions

Excellent review and very glad I bought one last year 👍

I got one on trail and ended up keeping it 😂. Thanks for the review Hans

Excellent review Hans

Theres only two "wrongs" with this amp. Its made for southpaws and it got a face reminiscing of Disneys, Qasimodo,, 😬😅. Iw got the SA20 and I looove its surefooted balancing in between warm musicality and non fatiguing airy details. It sounds like a really good valve amp. As usual Hans. Cheers and thanks for sharing your knowledge with us all. I wish you a excellent weekend,, 🍻😎👍‍‍👍 ‍‍

Hans is the best!

I had the SA30 for a few months but eventually had to get rid of it...too many issues. Truth is though is that I felt it sounded fantastic when it was working properly. The Arcam truly is an All-In One device. It has a better than average Dac and Phono input, a quality streamer and good Bluetooth for Apple and Android devices. HDMI is a very nice option for hooking to a TV. Has preout for subwoofer, the internal Class G amplifier is very powerful and refined sounding. Plus Dirac. The SA30 had everything I wanted in one chassis.. unfortunately mine had issues. I do miss it but I have gone back to separates. Great review!

I was just looking at the SA30. Thank you for this review. I might just purchase it.

I have this unit and love it

Very helpful review - I will definitely look to have a listen to this unit as it looks like it can function as a good modern 'one box' hifi solution with room to add inputs if desired.

I have the sa30 and love it. The eARC feature is fantastic for the new Apple TV which does not resample its audio. I highly recommend getting an Apple TV if you are using this arcam for your tv. Before I was using nvidia shield which sounded leagues worse when it came to audio over eARC. If you are just using it for music though, I will say that you can improve it with an external dac like a chord Hugo. I have the Hugo tt and it improves the timing and musical tone of the arcam quite significantly. I also found using dlna like mconnect on it a breeze - much better sound quality than the native arcam MusicLife app.

Danke!

I picked up the SA20. Hans is spot on... The sound quality is outstanding for the price. They're on sale now Good time to pick one up. I would love to find an upscale arcam sa 20, something that retains the warmth but provides more detail and depth of image. So something more upscale. Anyone had experience with higher-end arcam gear?

I would buy this at its current sale price of $1980 here in the US if it had a couple of dedicated sub outs along with the preouts it already has and the hdmi did dsd. Maybe in the future they will include these.

I have the older FMJ A 39 which pre-dates the SA-30 by somewhat, owners of the SA-30 seem to be well pleased with the unit and its features, mainly the sound quality. I cannot say the same for the A39...average performance for the price($3200) Aus...a little dull, soft and quite pedestrian, my Exposure 2010 compared to the Arc is a couple of notches up the chain, I think Arcams benefit from Floorstanders that offer up the Bass that the Arc's love...have owned Arc's for on 35yrs and the A39 would be the model I am most dissatisfied with !

Absolutely brilliant insight into a really good albeit expensive amplifier. I wonder how the SA30 compares to the NAD C399.

Love my SA30, managed to get one refurbished for £1k and I’m really happy at that price. Paired it with Neat Motive SX3’s which work well but thinking of moving over to some sealed boxes like some ATC’s

Hi Hans, great review! Are Focal Kanta 1 and Arcam SA30 a good pair? Im planning to get this set-up. Thank you and more power!

Nice video. Have you considered the Blusound Vault 2i as a streamer and CD solution? I love mine. Just ordered the SA20 and looking forward to hearing it.

i have the sa750 jbl, which is a reskinned sa30. i also own michi x3 and sound quality wise, this amplifier is a step above. only area the michi pulls ahead is in grunt and low end power, otherwise the arcam walks all over it.

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That’s cool it has MQA ,I’ve used MQA for years and love it despite the haters that trash it as a conspiracy despite never trying it legitimately themselves….. thanks Hans 🍻

Hi Hans, I hope you are well. Thanks for this video, I always respect your insights. You have never reviewed a Hegel integrated amp, I wonder if you have heard one and what you thought?

Great and informative video as always. You are in comparison then most youtube videos really wortwhile. That said i had almost bought the arcam as i liked it's easy sound from past experience with older arcam integtrated amps but bought a Audia Flight FL3S instead. Any experience with Audia Flight? Big thumbs up.

How is this amp. performing with heavier demanding 4 ohms speakers, that requires current like ATC or similar?

Hey hans. Would you go with the sa30 or yamaha n2000a?

El JBL SA 750 es el mismo ARCAM SA30, y a un precio de 2.000 euros en oferta. Estoy dudando si cambiarlo por mi Marantz 40n. Difícil decisión. Un saludo desde Madrid

Hello, would have enough power and current to sufficiently to drive Vandersteen 3A speakers?

Wordt deze versterker heet tijdens gebruik, zou u ook het verbruik per u kunnen aangeven? Had nad c700 deze muziek klonk oke, maar de temperatuur viel erg tegen 2u meer dan 48 graden, ondanks dat het verbruik wel erg mee viel 20Watt u.

I have a old Arcam A32 (2002). For your opinion with this new model there are improvement ? is it worth the upgrade?

Arcam sa30 or yamaha rn 2000?