Anthem P5
The Anthem P5 amplifier is a 5-channel power amplifier from the prestigious Statement line of Anthem series. It simply exceeds all other amplifiers of its race by an appealing overall performance covering all aspects of an AV performance at once such as, sound quality, picture quality, tremendous power output, room correction, flexibility and control.
Anthem P5 Power Amplifier
Performance From The Heart
In life we admire “heart.” When we say someone has heart we mean passion, spirit, fortitude. And we applaud it. While the amplifier is the brawn behind every successful music and movie presentation, it is also the heart! Its role is as crucial as that of the speakers in its ability to render delicate musical detail one moment and deliver room-shaking explosions the next. The most exquisite piece of music falls flat without clean, quiet power to sustain it through to its natural, musical ebb. Movie special effects require an inordinate supply of stable, high current power to give visceral credibility to the “special” aspect of each effect! In fact, all truly successful sound reproduction requires “heart.” The heart of an amplifier rests with its design and it is here that P2 and P5 amplifiers reveal their high-end lineage: multi-layered, hand-designed circuit boards with thick copper traces; rugged, independent power supplies with tuned toroidal power transformers for each amplifier channel; fourteen rugged bipolar output devices per channel; custom-designed convection-cooled heatsinks with serrated fins; a “no-fuse” design strategy. And the list goes on.
5 Single-Ended, 5 Balanced, 1 Relay Trigger (3.5 mm Mono Jack)
5 Pairs Speaker Binding Posts, 1 Relay Trigger (3.5 mm Mono Jack)
0.0007% at 1 kHz, 0.008% at 20 kHz
0.00019% (CCIF, 325 W into 8 Ω)
10 Hz to 150 kHz
(+0 -3 dB, 325 W into 8 Ω)
20 Hz to 20 kHz (+0 -0.15 dB),
5 Hz to 100 kHz (+0 -2 dB)
1 Vrms in for 28.3 Vrms out
(100 W into 8 Ω)
18 kΩ (RCA), 22 kΩ (XLR)
>600 at 20 Hz, 400 at 1 kHz (ref. 8 Ω)
125 dB, A-weighted (ref. 325 W)
-140 dB (20 Hz), -80 dB (20 kHz)
29 dB
40 V/µs
Power (On/Off)
On/Off Modes (Trigger, Manual, Auto), Inputs (RCA, XLR, XLR -6dB)
8Ω/4Ω/2Ω
105 to 130 V, 60 Hz
2 x 1800 W
9-3/8 inches (23.8 cm) including feet
Faceplate 19-1/4 inches (49 cm)
Chassis 17-1/4 inches (43.8 cm)
22-1/2 inches (57.2 cm) including handles
130 lb (59 kg)
Edge-Of-The-Art Multi-Mono Design
By design, P2 and P5 amplifiers are powerful independent “monoblock” amplifiers. Each channel is self-contained on its own glass-epoxy circuit board and heatsink and benefits from an independent power supply. Since there is no common audio path between channels there is a complete absence of crosstalk.
Cascoded Complementary Feedback Input Stage
P2 and P5 amplifiers benefit from our proprietary input topology—a unique departure from the classical differential input stage. Eight low-noise bipolar input devices, hand-matched for superior balance, are configured in a complementary active-load cascoded feedback arrangement. Heat shrink tubing applied around each critical input pair ensures superior thermal tracking.
Independent Power Supplies
P Series amplifiers are the cleanest, quietest amplifiers in the industry. Each amplifier channel features two separate and autonomous power supplies fed from separate transformer windings. The amplifiers are thus able to deliver stable, continuous power at maximum output, regardless of the number of channels being driven.
Massive Toroidal Transformers
Conservatively rated, in a low-profile design, these low-impedance toroidal power supplies—one per amplifier channel—make no sacrifices when it comes to delivering a continuous supply of pure, clean low noise power.
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