Description

CD/SACD Player and Network Streamer. Supported CD formats: SACD/CD-A/CD-R/CD-RW. Supported network files: FLAC, WAV, AAC, AIFF, OGG, MP3, WMA. Wi-Fi and Ethernet. USB input. DAC 32bit/192KHz. Coaxial and optical digital inputs and outputs. RCA and balanced XLR analogue output. Arcam MusicLife App. RS-232. Trigger and IR in. Dot matrix display. Remote control. Dimensions (WxHxD) 433x87x283mm. Weight: 5,3kg.

Specifications

PCM max	192
Integrated DAC	sì
Digital outputs	coaxial, optical
CD mechanics	CD/SACD
Weight	5,3 kg
Trim	Black
Digital inputs	USB, coaxial, optical
Integrated streaming	sì
Bluetooth	sì
Dimensioni	W 43,3 × H 8,7 × D 28,3 cm

About the brand

Arcam is one of the best-known British high-fidelity audio electronics brands, founded in 1976 in Cambridge, England, by John Dawson and Chris Evans, then students at Cambridge University. The name derives from Amplification & Recording Cambridge, abbreviated to A&R Cambridge and, in the 1980s, to Arcam (stylized as ARCAM on products). Over five decades, the company has established itself in the hi-fi sector with mid- to high-end equipment characterized by understated musicality and rigorous construction. Since July 2017, Arcam has been part of Harman, a Samsung Electronics group company, within the Harman Luxury Audio division.
The brand's first product was the A60 integrated amplifier in 1976, which quickly became a classic of British hi-fi. With the Delta 70, Arcam created the first CD player entirely designed and built in the UK. The Alpha and Delta series of the 1980s and 1990s, and later the FMJ series (short for Full Metal Jacket, later reinterpreted as Faithful Musical Joy), won over entire generations of audiophiles, alongside firsts such as the first external home DAC (the famous Black Box), the first home DAB tuner (the Alpha 10), and the 1992 Delta 100, the only British-built cassette deck with Dolby S audio.
Arcam's flagship technology is Class G amplification, which switches to higher-voltage power rails only when the signal requires it, offering greater headroom and lower heat dissipation. In the PA240 power amplifier, for example, the first 50W are delivered in pure Class A. The AV receivers integrate Dirac Live room correction. The new Arcam speakers use MCC (Micro Ceramic Composite) woofers, DCC (Deep Ceramic Composite) midrange drivers in the three-way floorstanding models, and 25mm aluminum dome tweeters on an Acoustic Lens waveguide.
The series Radia represents the heart of stereophonic hi-fi production and, in the version Radia+ from 2025, includes three integrated transistor amplifiers: the A5+ (50 W per channel, MM phono stage), the A15+ (80 W per channel, MM phono stage and HDMI eARC input) and the A25+ (100 W per channel in Class G, with HDMI eARC input, USB-C input and MM phono stage). All three feature Bluetooth 5.4 with Snapdragon Sound and Auracast. For more ambitious systems, the PA240 stereo power amplifier is available, in Class G, with 225 W per channel into 8 ohms and 380 W into 4 ohms.
On the source front, the CD5 player continues Arcam's long tradition of playing optical media, while the ST5 and ST25 streamers offer high-resolution network playback. The speaker series Radia, launched in 2026, the brand's fiftieth anniversary year, marks Arcam's return to loudspeakers: it includes the two bookshelf models R15 (130mm woofer) and R25 (165mm woofer), the two three-way floorstanders R35 and R45, the R35C centre channel and the R25B active subwoofer with 750W amplifier. For home cinema, Arcam offers the AVR11, AVR21 and AVR31 AV receivers, with Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, Auro-3D, IMAX Enhanced and HDMI 2.1 with 8K passthrough, and the new Radia AV line with the AVA15, AVA25 and AVA35 models and the 16-channel AVP45 processor.
Awards from the specialist press confirm the brand's authority: the Radia A5 integrated amplifier won the What Hi-Fi? Award in the stereo amplifier category in 2023 and 2024, and its successor, the A5+, also received an award in 2025.
Arcam's target audience is the advanced audiophile looking for a high-end stereo or home cinema system without going to the extremes of esoteric high-end.