Back tracking to the future

Malaysian-owned, Brit-based company returns to its roots with a full-width integrated inspired by the improved circuit design of its recent 5010 monoblock power amps

Nostalgia doesn’t come any better than this: an integrated amplifier that looks like it escaped from the Eighties, all minimalist and line-level and 440mm wide. But Exposure has been around for close to 50 years, so this isn’t just some exercise in retro from an arriviste brand with cod heritage. Rather, the 3510 is a device for reminding people of hi-fi life in simpler times.

Even its realistic price of £2,250 equates to around £440 in 1980 money, typical of a quality British integrated amplifier of a politically correct nature in decades gone by.

It’s part of a new range – with all models available in a choice of black or titanium finishes and sharing the same casework – which will ultimately comprise the 3510 stereo power amplifier (£1,590), 3510 mono power amplifier (£2,990 per pair), 3510 pre-amplifier (£1,590), and a selection of additional optional plug-in modules.

There are three forthcoming plug-ins – a USB/DSD64-compatible digital-to-analog converter (£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.