Cyrus Audio has announced the arrival of the 40 Series, a new beginning in the story of Cyrus Audio. Focussed around four core models, the 40 series is optimised to provide the listener with a streamlined premium audio experience that will fit seamlessly into the home of today’s music lovers, while offering an exceptional audio performance.
Engineered from anodised aluminium and with all key components custom designed, the 40 series is proud to be made in Britain, the home of Cyrus.
The first thing users will notice about the 40 series is the all-new sleek design. The front panel is uncluttered, with a headphone connection and an edge to edge glass finish that hides a high-resolution TFT display, bringing full colour album art to streaming fans.
The main chassis is made from aluminium and finished in an anodised brushed black. The volume control has been custom designed from five separate elements and also engineered from solid aluminium.
Cyrus has also designed a brand-new remote control for the 40 series, which matches the finish. If the user prefers their hi-fi to blend into the background, they can auto turn-off the display which then comes to life when the unit is approached.
The changes aren’t only on the outside, with the 40 Series being treated to a brand-new DAC design from Cyrus. Based upon the latest offering from ESS, the Sabre ES9039Q2M chipset and HyperStream IV Dual DAC technology has been analysed by the brand’s engineering team and the board layout fully optimised to tune the DAC so that the 40 series can achieve the highest possible performance.
“Yes, we are celebrating our 40th anniversary this year, but the 40 Series demonstrates a new beginning at Cyrus under the leadership of Nick Clarke. This is just the beginning of some very exciting plans at Cyrus,” says Chris Hutcheson, Head of Marketing at Cyrus.
The team at Cyrus have been working on the 40 series for the past two years, which began with a 360° review of the brand’s sales trends over the past 10 years. Chris explains, “we are a small but very talented team here at Cyrus. We need to make sure that we have a clear and focused direction, so that we are designing and launching products that are in demand from our customers.”
Whether you are a digital or analogue fan, the 40 AMP was designed to be at the centre of home audio and provide the perfect partner regardless of your preferred playback source.
Encased in the sleek design of the 40 series aluminium casing with a 5” hi-resolution full colour TFT display, the 40 AMP has been designed to fit into today’s modern lifestyle. Sitting at the centre of this multi-functional amplifier is an electronic circuit that has been designed entirely by the R&D team at Cyrus. The DAC is based upon the latest chipset from ESS, the ES9039Q2M, and has been reworked to provide an audio signal that replicates the artist’s original recording to a level not seen in a Cyrus product before.
As well as multiple digital and analogue connections, the 40 AMP has a low noise MM phono stage which inherits many of its design features from the Classic PHONO.
The phono stage performs at a level way above its class, featuring low background noise and high dynamic range, providing the perfect complement for a quality vinyl turntable.
With the addition of the latest HDMI eARC input, this unit provides the opportunity to enjoy your films or TV series through chosen loudspeakers, putting the 40 AMP at the centre of home entertainment.
Meanwhile, the 40 ST, Cyrus’ highest performing network streamer, is powered by the user-friendly BluOS hi-res streaming platform and presented in the sleek design of the 40 series aluminium chassis, allowing users to experience music at up to 24-bit/192kHz at fast speeds across a home network with minimal lag and zero loss in sound quality.
The 40 ST is packaged with the new Cyrus remote but is ultimately controlled with the intuitive BluOS app, available for iOS, Android, Kindle, Mac or PC computers, providing direct access to over 20 natively integrated streaming services, thousands of radio stations from around the world, and a music library on a network drive. The 40 ST also supports Roon, Airplay 2 and allows for MQA decoding.
With the brand’s best performing DAC based on the ESS ES9039Q2M on board, the 40 ST becomes far more than just a streamer, allowing users to connect any digital device via the coaxial and optical inputs.
Cyrus is well known for designing award winning CD players, and one appears in this new range. Taking the brand-new 40 series DAC, Cyrus has also redesigned the 40 CD power supply to minimise interaction between the complex mix of signals which includes fast digital audio, sensitive analogue audio, high current servo and system controls.
By completely segmenting these circuits the digital control circuits run from a dedicated, high-efficiency supply, whilst other parts of the player are powered from an over-specified universal power supply. Nine individual stage regulators smooth and distribute power within the player according to demand, which Cyrus claims has taken CD playback to another level.
Cyrus has been designing external power supplies since the launch of the PSX back in the 80s, and the 40 PSU continues that strong tradition. Incorporating its own on-board micro-processor, the 40 PSU can be attached to all products available in the 40 series, communicating directly to provide the best configuration of power from a full range of voltage output levels.
Providing multiple supplies, all the output voltages from the 40 PSU are digitally controlled internally, so are extremely stable and virtually noise free. The 40 PSU and PSU-XR can be used across both ranges.
The brand is also working on a brand-new phono preamplifier which will be available in 2025.