Primare Audio I35 – Modular Integrated Amplifier

…] We were particularly impressed by its breathtaking speed. The amplifier organised the complex sound in a lively and tight manner, skillfully distributing its almost endless reserves and achieving maximum dynamics, while the CD player brought the finest details to light. What a successful combination! ” Stereoplay Highlight View/download full review as PDF HiFi News, UK, May 2019 I35 + CD35 Prisma: Primare CD35/I35 Prisma Network/CD Player & Amp “Cool Velvet – There’s something very alluring about the sound of this CD player/integrated amplifier. Working as a pair, with the CD35 acting as a digital disc transport for the I35 – one is immediately struck by the smoothness of the music. Indeed, they serve up an almost velvety rendition of whatever recording you choose to play. It’s an easy-going presentation yet one that’s authoritative, the combination rising to any challenge without sounding flustered.” View full review Vietnam AV Magazine, Viet Nam, December 2021 Vietnam Audio & Visual Magazine 2021 Editors’ Choice Award Primare I35 Prisma I35: Editor’s Choice Award 2021 Best Buy All-In-One Integrated Amplifier Primare I35 Prisma is one of those rare hi-end devices that can satisfy many needs in a single device, with comprehensive connectivity and streaming, high amplification efficiency, and natural, rich and emotional sound quality. Not only worthy of the honor of the Editors’ Choice Award 2021 in the category “Best All-in-One Integrated Amplifier”, we consider that the Primare I35 Prisma is the amplifier design that leads the trend in the industry for the coming years. View full review HiFi+, UK, December 2021 I35 Prisma: 2021 HiFi+ Integrated Amplifier of the Year (up to £10,000) “If ever there was a product that exhibits the notion that ‘the whole is greater than the sum of the parts’ it’s the Primare I35 Prisma… Perhaps it’s the absence of nonsense, the way it makes everything sound musically entertaining and enjoyable, or perhaps it’s the sheer ease of use. I’m pleased on a number of levels to have stepped from I35 to I35 Prisma, even though I suspect in today’s world most people will just opt for the full-fat Prisma version. But that insight into how we relate to streaming and how it changes our perception for the better will stay with me. Thanks!” View/download full review as PDF HiFi+, UK, October 2021 HiFi+ Innovation Award 2021 Primare have received an Innovation award from HiFi+ with the following citation: “First founded in 1985 by industrial designer Bo Christensen, Primare’s is perhaps one of the most recognisably Scandinavian brands in audio. Its combination of minimalism and good performance all point to a Swedish brand. So, when Primare uses a Swedish word to describe its ethos, perhaps we shouldn’t be too surprised. That word is ‘Lagom’ (pronounced ‘laah-goam’) and roughly translates to ‘just the right amount.’ In Primare’s world this means keeping everything in balance, harmony and proportion, and that the music – rather than the technology or the box in which it comes – should be the focus of audio. To this end, Primare employs a very modular approach to its product design, such as its latest Ultra Fast Power Device module (used throughout the range), which shows what Class D can do in the hands of very competent design engineers.“ Link to announcement: HiFi+200 Innovation Award View/download full review as PDF Salon AudioVideo. Russia, March 2021 I35 and CD35 “But the most interesting thing is that, choosing an intermediate solution (I35 only with DAC, and CD35 – in the full version, with a network board), but while having to pay a bit extra, you get the most flexible option. First, the system has two different DAC characteristics… Secondly, with additional digital inputs, it is possible to use not only more sources, but also alternative signal paths between the amplifier and the universal network CD player (one of them can be configured by cables specifically for some musical genre). After all, the SM35 Prisma streaming board can be moved from source to integrated if you want to try out a different configuration or part with the CD player altogether.” View full review Audio Stereo, Poland, March 2020 Primare I35 + DD35: The victory of the heart over reason “Equipment not only worth listening to, definitely worth having as proof that music can be different. To quote Piotr Wierzbicki, “I hate Tchaikovsky and Mahler because they were too tearful, unmanly.” Primare will not spare some of your music choices, but it will give you great pleasure with other albums. definitely worth having as proof that music can be different.” View full review EISA, International, August 2019 EISA STEREO SYSTEM 2019-2020 PRIMARE CD35/I35 PRISMA “Recipient of a previous EISA Award, Primare continues its winning ways with this I35 amplifier and CD35 Prisma CD/network player. The amplifier is a simple, but fabulous- sounding, all-analogue design that delivers plenty of power using the company’s UFPD 2 amplification. Its modular design means you can add Primare’s DAC stage, and the Prisma network/multi-room module, when required. The CD35 Prisma CD player is also fully networked, offering wired and wireless connectivity for AirPlay, Bluetooth and Spotify Connect, as well as Chromecast built-in to access thousands of streaming services. This is so much more than a simple CD player/amp system: It’s the future of hi-resolution home hi-fi.” HiFi+, UK, March 2020 I35: HiFi+ 2020 Editor’s Choice Award “In fact, at no time and with no combination of bits and pieces I have to hand (and there are a lot of them) did it exhibit any do not like it properties or characteristics. Tonally, the I35 is rich and satisfying rather than bright and breezy, and yet it comes over as both energetic and dynamic sounding.” View/download full review as PDF HiFi Musik, Sweden, April 2019 Effortless streaming – Primare’s new talents “I have myself never heard a amplifier in this price class that sounds so explosive and powerful in the low end, yet sounding so subtle and detailed with precision.” View/download full review as PDF HiFi+, UK, May 2019 I35: HiFi+ 10th Anniversary Top 100 “The latest Primare platform is a highly modular amplifier system, but even as just an amplifier the I35 integrated is one of those products that you just love to enjoy!” View/download full review as PDF SUPPORTS Manuals and documents 📄 I35 Integrated Amplifier User Guide 📄 Primare I35 DM36 Modular Inte