Advance Paris launches NOVA integrated amplifier range

The range adds two modular integrated amplifiers to the French brand’s two-channel line-up. It is positioned for systems that need analogue sources, digital playback and subwoofer integration without making streaming hardware part of the base amplifier.

Georg S. Kuklick

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Apr 16, 2026

Advance Paris has added the NOVA range to its integrated amplifier line-up, with the A-i130 NOVA and A-i190 NOVA as the named models. The launch extends the company’s hybrid integrated amplifier platform into a modular format for two-channel systems with digital-source and subwoofer-management requirements.

Both models share the same broad architecture and can be expanded through slots for Advance Paris’s A-NTC streaming cartridge and A-BTC bidirectional Bluetooth dongle. The platform is built around system integration rather than a single source category, with onboard processing for main speakers and one or two subwoofers.

The A-i190 NOVA is the higher-output model in the range and adds a more flexible phono stage, additional power-supply hardware and balanced preamp options. Advance Paris showed the NOVA range at AXPONA 2026, where Playback Distribution presented the line for the North American market.

Key specifications

Models	A-i130 NOVA and A-i190 NOVA
Amplification	ECC81 tube preamplifier stage with Class AB transistor amplification
DAC and DSP	ESS9017S DAC in Quad mode; 4-channel ADAU1452 DSP
A-i130 power supply	380 VA toroidal transformer
A-i190 output	2 x 190 W into 8 ohms; 2 x 297 W into 4 ohms
Inputs	HDMI eARC, USB Audio up to 24-bit/192 kHz with DSD64/DSD128, optical and coaxial digital inputs, RCA line inputs, MM phono
A-i190 additions	Dual toroidal power supplies, MM/MC phono support, balanced XLR input and balanced XLR preamp output
Outputs	Pre-out, record out, dual subwoofer outputs and 6.35 mm headphone jack
Expansion	A-NTC streaming cartridge and A-BTC bidirectional Bluetooth dongle slots