Exposure 3510

Specs-wise the 3510 could have been plucked from the pages of the 1980 Hi-Fi Choice Yearbook although obviously key areas have evolved and improved over the decades. The conservative factory power rating is quoted as 110W into 8ohm loads and it provides line inputs labelled Aux/ Phono, CD, Aux 2, AV with fixed gain for switchable home theatre bypass, a tape in/out loop and two preamp outs - the latter useful for subwoofers or connecting other power amplifiers.

It boasts a selection of additional optional plug-in modules: a USB/ DSD64-compatible DAC (£410) and a moving-magnet or moving-coil phono board (£300 each), but the 3510 can only house one. Both phono modules will offer two sensitivity/gain settings combined with 47kohm loading for moving-magnet and 100, 110, 130, 160, 210, 310 and 470ohm for the moving-coil board. In the spirit of the price category, here we've opted to review our line-only 3510 without any of the boards.

Sound quality

Kicking off with an SACD of Harry Nilsson's Nilsson Schmilsson, the ballad Without You demands plenty of finesse, which the 3510 exhibits by the bushel but it is the bass run that opens Jump Into The Fire that highlights this isn't just another run-of-the-mill integrated.