Its generously specified heatsink creates the best possible conditions for perfect longlife performance.

‘..score a point if you noticed that power output from the power amplifier is claimed to almost double into 4 ohm loads. This is what usually happens with high class stereo amplifiers. It almost never happens with multichannel AV amps, but very few are built like this one, with separate transformers and power supplies for each channel.’
Hi Fi Choice January 2001
“No doubt, the beats pulsed –the pressure on my chest was palpable. This amp feels strong beyond its power rating.”
Home Theater September 2003
“This package” (SP31 & A30.5) “has the same smooth, elegant voicing we have now come to expect from this brand, and is great for audiophiles who would like to broaden their horizons without lowering their expectations”
Hi Fi Choice February 2003, Best Buy
A30.5/PRE30
‘Both these films showed the Primare’s ability not just to drive images around the soundstage, but to create a large image space within which the action happens. The Primare ‘breathes’, and most don’t. …there were moments that truly made the hairs on the back of the neck stand on end. There was a very real, very palpable sense of presence that had nothing to do with a forward midband or anything so crassly mechanistic, and the music had a solidity and drive that made for an almost uncomfortable realism.’
Hi Fi Choice January 2001