{"id":171393,"date":"2023-10-17T18:52:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T17:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=171393"},"modified":"2023-10-18T05:53:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T04:53:39","slug":"flow-one-new-integrated-amplifier-from-hungary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/flow-one-new-integrated-amplifier-from-hungary\/","title":{"rendered":"FLOW ONE: New integrated amplifier from Hungary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The young Hungarian brand\u00a0FLOW\u00a0by\u00a0Allegro\u00a0, based in Budapest, began like many audio manufacturers by distributing products from other companies.\u00a0In this role, the company (then called Agria Audio) has been operating on the market since 1998, representing brands such as Chario, Rega and WBT.\u00a0FLOW by Allegro has been around as a brand since 2017, when the carefully designed line of amplifiers took its current, final form after much research, experimentation and testing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/105_techweek.webp\" alt=\"FLOW ONE integrated amplifier\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The integrated amplifier\u00a0FLOW\u00a0ONE\u00a0heads the brand&#8217;s lineup.\u00a0The amplifier features a hand-polished Brazilian walnut front panel with wavy lines.\u00a0Allegro Audio emphasizes: \u201cBy creating the FLOW family of amplifiers, we intended to evoke in the listener\u2019s soul that magical phenomenon of flow that high-quality music can create.\u201d\u00a0As an option, you can order a glossy panel or a black piano lacquer finish.<\/p>\n<p>The only detail that enlivens the facade of the FLOW ONE amplifier is the round information display, which displays the volume level and the active input.\u00a0You can turn it off if you wish.\u00a0Interestingly, there is no volume control knob, no buttons or input selector knob &#8211; these operations are performed only from the remote control.\u00a0The input selector and volume control (63 steps of 1 dB) are implemented through a relay, which, as is known, affects the sound quality in the most favorable way.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/106_techweek.webp\" alt=\"FLOW ONE integrated amplifier\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The switching arsenal of the FLOW ONE amplifier is completely asymmetrical.\u00a0There are four analog line inputs on high-quality gold-plated RCA connectors.\u00a0To connect speakers, two pairs of WBT NextGen acoustic terminals are provided.\u00a0All internal wiring is made with monocrystalline UP-OCC cable.<\/p>\n<p>The output stages of the FLOW ONE amplifier are made of discrete elements and operate in class A\/B, providing a power of 80 W when operating into a load with a nominal resistance of 8 Ohms and 140 W for a load of 4 Ohms.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/107_techweek.webp\" alt=\"\u00a0 FLOW ONE integrated amplifier\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The integrated transistor amplifier\u00a0FLOW\u00a0ONE can be purchased in Europe at a recommended retail price of $13.000.<\/p>\n<h3>FLOW ONE Specifications:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Output Power:\u00a080W (8 ohms) \/ 140W (4 ohms)<\/li>\n<li>Frequency response:\u00a020 Hz \u2013 20 kHz<\/li>\n<li>THD:\u00a0&lt;0.06%<\/li>\n<li>Signal-to-noise ratio:\u00a096 dB<\/li>\n<li>Audio inputs:\u00a0analog line RCA (x4)<\/li>\n<li>Power consumption:\u00a0400 W<\/li>\n<li>Dimensions (W\u00a0x\u00a0H\u00a0x\u00a0D):\u00a0440 x 200 x 430 mm<\/li>\n<li>Weight:\u00a025 kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The young Hungarian brand\u00a0FLOW\u00a0by\u00a0Allegro\u00a0, based in Budapest, began like many audio manufacturers by distributing products from other companies.\u00a0In this role, the company (then called Agria Audio) has been operating on the market since 1998, representing brands such as Chario, Rega and WBT.\u00a0FLOW by Allegro has been around as a brand since 2017, when the carefully [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/flow-one-new-integrated-amplifier-from-hungary\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":171394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-171393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hi-fi","tag-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}