Acurus DIA150

The DIA-150 takes a great idea and makes it better. They added a full function remote control and beefed up the amplifier. At this point, I should decipher the model names. "DIA" stands for Direct Input Amplifier, i.e., an integrated amp with passive preamp section.

The DIA-150 features a steel chassis and brushed aluminum front panel. The front panel sports two dials for volume and balance control, and eight buttons for power, mute, and selecting from the six inputs. The rear panel features five- way binding posts for the left and right speakers; thankfully these are placed at opposite ends of the panel. There also are six line level inputs as well as a pre-out and tape out, and these are all of the gold plated RCA variety.

The remote control is very neat and easy to use. It offers power, mute, input selection, volume, and balance

The DIA-150 has a generous amplifier section, featuring a transformer rated at 1.0 kVA. Total capacitance is rated at 36,000 microfarads

Continuous power ratings per channel are 150W into 8 ohms, 200W into 4 ohms