Audiophilepure

https://www.soundstageultra.com/index.php/equipment-menu/1309-devialet-astra-streaming-integrated-amplifier

My biggest gripe involved connecting the amp to the rest of my system. The problem was caused by the very low height and the chassis overhang at the rear, which hides the cables from view but impedes access. There was no room for balanced analog inputs, so to play music from my EMM Labs DV2i DAC, I had to use unbalanced cables. More importantly, there was insufficient room to use my Nordost Valhalla 2 speaker cables; they are spade-terminated, and the cables ended up pointing down and hitting the rack. A solution might be to use banana-terminated cables, but I do not have any of comparable quality. Devialet gave me an awkward workaround. Following their advice, I positioned the Astra so that it protruded beyond the rear of my rack. I then inserted the spade prongs through the narrow holes at the base of the (non-removable) protective covers, allowing the cables to hang down off the end of the rack. It worked, but it looked weird.