Cyrus Audio will give visitors their first public opportunity to hear its forthcoming 80 PRE streaming preamplifier and 80 PWR power amplifier together at the North West Audio Show 2026. The pair will be demonstrated ahead of its official launch in the Doug Brady HiFi room at De Vere Cranage Estate in Cheshire on June 27 and 28.
Cyrus has spent more than four decades building its reputation around compact half width components, so the 80 Series is not a subtle change of direction. It is the company’s first full width range, aimed at listeners who want the convenience of BluOS streaming, HDMI eARC, vinyl playback, balanced connections, and real Class A/B power without assembling a rack full of unrelated boxes. Cyrus first unveiled the 80 Series during High End Munich 2025, showing the new full-width components at Motorworld Munich.
Cyrus has never quite received the attention it deserves from North American listeners. That is not because the Cambridgeshire manufacturer lacks engineering chops or musical credibility. eCoustics has spent the past several years covering and reviewing Cyrus components, including the One HD, i7-XR, CDi-XR, 40 Series, and now the 80 Series, and the pattern has been rather consistent: thoughtfully engineered products with real sonic authority, strong phono stages, and a design language that has always been more distinctive than universally embraced.
In a market where Naim, Rega, Cambridge Audio, and Linn command far more dealer-floor oxygen, Cyrus has remained something of a cult favorite. The 80 PRE and 80 PWR may finally give the brand a more obvious path into larger North American systems and conversations.
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Cyrus 80 PRE Brings Streaming, Vinyl and TV Into One Box
The 80 PRE is far more than a conventional line stage. Cyrus has built BluOS streaming directly into the preamplifier, along with an ESS Sabre ES9039Q2M DAC and support for lossless playback up to 24 bit/192 kHz. It is also Roon Ready, supports AirPlay 2 and MQA decoding, and uses a five inch color TFT display rather than the tiny windows and ancient button arrays that still plague more than a few upscale components.
Connectivity is properly comprehensive. The 80 PRE includes four analog inputs, MM and MC phono inputs, two optical and two coaxial digital inputs, asynchronous USB B, HDMI eARC, balanced XLR input and output, plus both standard and balanced headphone outputs. That makes it a legitimate control center for a mixed system with a turntable, television, computer, streamer, and power amplifier all under one roof.
For Cyrus, the larger chassis is the story. The company has finally given its engineers more physical space to work with, while still allowing the 80 Series to pair with its smaller 40 Series components. That means owners could use the 80 PRE with the 40 CD, 40 PPA phono stage, or TTP turntable rather than being forced into a single all or nothing ecosystem.
Cyrus 80 PWR Adds 200 Watts of Class A/B Power
The matching 80 PWR is a Class A/B power amplifier rated at 200 watts in stereo mode and 300 watts when bridged for mono operation. It uses balanced XLR inputs and can be run as a stereo amplifier initially, with a second unit added later for a monoblock system. That is a sensible upgrade path for listeners with difficult loudspeakers or rooms that require more headroom than an integrated amplifier can comfortably provide.
Cyrus has not yet published the usual deeper measurements that serious buyers will want to see, including the impedance at which those power ratings are measured, damping factor, distortion, and dynamic output into lower loads. The published specifications confirm the basic architecture and headline power, but not the full engineering autopsy.
The Bottom Line
The 80 PRE and 80 PWR are significant because they represent Cyrus’s first serious full width separates platform, combining BluOS streaming, HDMI eARC, MM/MC phono, balanced connectivity, and Class A/B power in a system designed to grow with the owner.
What we still do not know is just as important: final pricing, release timing, 4 ohm output, distortion and damping figures, power supply details, and whether the new larger format delivers the authority Cyrus is promising. Cranage will reveal whether this is a proper Yorkshire pudding or merely a well dressed soufflé that collapses the moment the DALI speakers get demanding.
Demo System & Availability
Doug Brady HiFi will demonstrate the 80 PRE and 80 PWR with the Cyrus TTP turntable, Cyrus 40 Series phono preamplifier, and DALI Epikore 3 standmount loudspeakers in the Stephenson 2 room. The setup is clearly intended to show that Cyrus sees the 40 and 80 Series as complementary rather than competing ranges.
Cyrus’s product pages currently list no pricing or formal retail date. UK retailer listings, however, show the 80 PRE at $5,995 (£4,499) and the 80 PWR at $5,295 (£3,999), with availability expected in August 2026. Those figures should be treated as dealer information until Cyrus confirms final pricing and availability market by market.
For more information: cyrusaudio.com
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