An Inspiring Start Our Inspiration 2 Stereo and Mono amplifiers distill the power and passion of our original amplifiers into a more compact chassis. And now we’ve added C-SMPS, the best amplifier power supply ever created. The Inspiration 2 amplifiers use our Balanced Bridged technology: a musical, single-ended amplifier module. To achieve the desired output, we add modules rather than increasing circuit complexity. The result? Ample power to drive any speaker with the subtlety of a small amplifier. Click here for full description The Input Stage The Inspiration 2 Stereo and Mono use the same Line Stage Gain Module input stage found in our top amplifiers. Hand-matched, low-noise transistors combine with a servo circuit that corrects any signal balance inconsistencies. The Inspiration 2 amplifiers’ Constellation Link interface connects to Constellation amplifiers to remove one amplification stage from the signal path, resulting in less complexity and more musicality. The Circuit The Inspiration 2 Stereo and Mono employ a balanced configuration, with separate amplifier circuits for the positive and negative halves of the audio signal. Other balanced amps use N-type transistors for the positive half of the circuit and P-type transistors for the negative half. Our Balanced Bridged configuration uses only N-type transistors, so both signal halves pass through the same circuitry, and even the softest musical details are preserved. The Result We like to think of the Inspiration 2 amplifiers as distilled versions of our larger models because the circuits and the core design philosophy are the same. They’re a perfect example of why our approach to amplification works so well. We didn’t have to redesign the amps to make them smaller; we just reduced the number of modules and made the power supply well, let’s say, a bit less overbuilt. When you hear what the combination of our innovative audio circuits and revolutionary C-SMPS power supply achieves, we expect you’ll be as astonished as the reviewers and showgoers who experienced the debut of these designs. The Inspiration 2 amplifiers may be smaller in stature, but their musicality and emotion are undiminished.
