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A Performance focused benchmark setting performer
In the preamp stage, the music signal is still very weak and vulnerable to interference. At this stage, unclean power pollutes every note and distorts the purity of music. The PRE-160 is built with an emphasis on clean power supply. It makes music sound exactly like music is supposed to sound.
Clean power
The entire power supply network is custom designed for the PRE-160. It is a combination of two dual rail power supplies (total of 4) teamed with two custom-built low noise triode transformers. It has a wide bandwidth, a fast settling time, extremely low noise and impedance to ensure the cleanest power possible is used to reproduce every audio signal.
Features
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Measurement:
Input impedance: 47 KOhms
Frequency response: 5Hz (-0.3dB) to 35 kHz (-1dB)
Signal to noise ratio: >98dB at 0dB gain
THD: <0.001% at line level
Channel separation: >70dB/10kHz
Output impedance: line out 60 Ohms
Power dissipation: >50W, internal, regulated power supply
Inputs:
3 x gold plated RCA (line level input)
Outputs:
1 x pre -out with 12Db gain
General:
Weight: app. 9 kg
Colour: silver anodized aluminium
Dimensions:
430 x 100 x 360mm
Listening Impression
The PRE-160 strikes a new balance between musicality and precision. Like a maestro, it has every vibration under perfect control, but like a jazz pianist, it allows emotion to flow freely between each key. The sound stage is darker, the musicians are more solid and the experience is more intense.
In an industry full of products driven by commercialism, our PRE-160 will stand the test of time. Because the creation of PRE-160 was driven by our passion and our love for music.
The function of Opamps at the output stage is as important as the lens on a cinema projector. Regardless of the analytical capability of the audio gear, an inferior opamp will halve a machine's performance, and distort every dB of sonic imagery.
Just like our acclaimed HA160, the PRE-160 features our Burson HD audio opamp. It enables the PRE-160 to reproduce music in superior resolution and accuracy.
At the time when an audio signal is passing through the volume control, it is still at its weakest. At this stage, the audio signal is very vulnerable to noise pollution and interference. A major source of such distortion is the commonly used remote volume control adopted by most manufactures.
Just like an athlete needs clean air to perform at an optimum standard – audio equipment needs clean power to reproduce transparent and natural music.
The PRE-160 is housed in a 6mm case, constructed from high precision machined aluminium. This enclosure allows the PRE-160, to achieve a very high mechanical damping factor, which reduces any microphonic effects, that may degrade the clarity of sonic performance.