Angel-Pre Buffered Preamplifier
The perfect compliment to the Angel Power amplifier, simple passive audio path for natural musicality.
The Angel-Pre is all about transparency and natural musical flow. Extensive listening tests led to a simple passive audio design. This couples with advanced integration with your source components and AV systems.
What Does This Mean For Your Music?
– An incredibly natural sound for instruments and vocals
– Fine detail resolution and transparency
– Very short audio path to avoid colouration
What Makes For The Astonishing Musical Performance Of The Angel Pre?
Alongside the simple audio signal path are more complex switching and integration options. High quality gold crosspoint relays are used to give low noise and musically transparent selection of inputs and outputs.
* 4 inputs for line level sources are available
* Tape loop output and monitoring input
* Line out for connecting to external headphone amp
* G=1 (Unity gain) input to integrate with A/V systems
A high quality ALPS volume control is used, with paralleled gangs for long life, quiet operation. Motorised of course, for operation from the remote control.
Soft Mute provides a ramp-down and ramp up without annoying clicks.
Quiet Mute (music continues at low level) or Silent Mute programmable options
Heavy machined aluminium panels of varying thicknesses clamped together provide a strong self-damping enclosure, preventing sound pressure and vibration from disturbing the musical transparency of the pre-amp.
High quality machined RCA connectors are used to provide low resistance, trouble-free cable termination for many years to come.
Independent supply feeds for the output buffers, plus our low-feedback analogue regulation circuits for the best possible sound quality.
Specifications
Inputs
- 4 Line level passive inputs
- 1 G=1 (Unity Gain) inputs for use with AV systems
- 1 Tape loop monitor input
Outputs
- L/R Outputs to power amp RCA single ended
- L/R Outputs to power amp XLR balanced
- Tape Loop output
- Line level output (e.g. Headphone amp out)
Volume Control
- High quality ALPS volume control
- Motorised for use with remote control
- Soft mute with quiet or silent options
Frequency Response
- 5Hz to 50kHz +/- 1dB
Low Power Standby
- Standby power less than 0.5W
- 2 standby outputs to power amplifiers
Measurements
Amplifier dimensions:
- Width 430mm x Depth 260mm x Height 65mm
- Weight 3kg
Packaged dimensions:
- Width 500mm x Depth 336mm x Height 120mm
- Weight 4kg
Mains Power
- IEC inlet cable for 230V AC 50Hz mains
- Optional 115V AC 60Hz version available
Power Consumption:
- Maximum 15VA
- Standby < 0.5W
£3600
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