The long-awaited successor to the legendary 8000A is here

OK, we admit it: this is the joker in the pack. Not, however, that either we or Audiolab are having a laugh. We just thought it would be interesting to find out whether an AV-oriented, multichannel, pre/power combination can cut it when playing music in the company of dedicated stereo-only kit.

The revived Audiolab name has also seen a revival of some familiar-looking model names, but the most famous of those, the 8000A, is replaced by the 8000S. The new model is basically a fully traditional integrated amplifier in almost every respect