Power amplification. Next Level.
The TIDAL x BUGATTI MA1 from our Royale collection represents the next evolution of our uncompromising approach to power amplification. As the successor to the TIDAL Assoluta Monobloc, it builds upon a reference that for years defined what we considered possible in control, transparency, and musical authority. The MA1 translates this philosophy into a new generation of technology, engineering, and execution. Its true monaural architecture and sophisticated active power regulation provide an extraordinary foundation of stability and precision, allowing it to drive virtually any loudspeaker with effortless authority.
The floating Bugatti logo on the top plate is more than a design detail. It is a powerful analogy for what to expect from this amplifier - simply by translating the halo associated with into the world of high-end audio, engineered and backed by everything TIDAL has achieved over more than two and a half decades. And, as icing on the cake, opening entirely new possibilities for creating a truly bespoke exterior design in close collaboration with its owner.
Yet sheer power has never been the objective: every aspect of the MA1 is dedicated to preserving the finest musical information, dynamics, and spatial integrity without imposing a character of its own. Its exceptional engineering is matched by the craftsmanship and virtually limitless individualization that define every creation within the TIDAL × BUGATTI collection. The result is not simply our most advanced power amplifier to date, but our new reference power amplifier.
Perhaps the closest we can come to perfection: execution as an expression of how much we care about every detail.
As with everything in the TIDAL x BUGATTI collection, the cabinet can be individually tailored to virtually any desire, from the choice of colors to the materials for the front-plate and top-plate inserts - shown here in high-gloss painted carbon fiber and high-gloss midnight blue.
SPECIFICATIONS
- true symmetrical topology reference power amplifier with linear power supply with a perfectly balanced architecture out of power, bandwidth and precision
- regulated active power supply with 3 x 1.000VA non-noise toriod transformers, magnetically shielded and mechanical decoupled
- linear voltage power supply for ripple-free voltage and current stabilization for the two amplifier modules
- 800.000 µF stabilisation capacity, ultra fast response with high-grade-long-life-capacitors
- elimination of deleterious resonances by all massive aluminum parts and braces inside, excellent torsional and longitudinal rigidity
- multilayer PCB (printed circuit board) with 105 µm copper per layer
- hand selected transistors, measured and matched with a precision better than 1%
- DC-coupled input circuit, without coupling capacitors or relay in the signal path from the input to the output
- ultralow impedance capacitors directly at the transistors for most shortest connection
- TIDAL proprietary APM system (amplifier protection management) is completely outside of the signal path to manage and control the power amps safety: output current in relation to output-voltage, short circuit current, DC- offset, under-voltage and over-voltage
- intelligent soft-start system, remote power on/off by TIDAL pre amplifiers via RJ45 ethernet cable
- rated power output at 8 ohm: 1 x 420 watts continuous power
- rated power output at 4 ohm: 1 x 840 watt continuous power
- rated power output at 2 ohm: 1 x 1.500 watt continuous power
- bandwith: 1Hz - > 250 kHz (- 0,5 dB / linear)
- available finish choices: all colors and color combinations, each device would be upfront configurated
- length, width, height: 69 cm x 52 cm x 41 cm
- power consumption: < 1 W in stand-by mode
- damping factor: ideal damping factor for life like music reproduction, perfectly even over the whole spectrum
- weight: 110 Kg / 242 lbs. (packaging excluded)
