Headphone amplifier and preamplifier with D/A converter

The SPL Phonitor x is both a headphone amplifier and a preamplifier and can drive power amplifiers or active speakers directly. This version comes with the optional DAC768xs D/A converter installed.

• Up to five stereo sources: analog via XLR and RCA, digital via the DAC768xs: USB, coaxial and optical
• DAC768xs with AKM AK4490: USB with PCM up to 768 kHz / 32 bit and DSD up to DSD256 (DoP); coaxial up to 192 kHz, optical up to 96 kHz (up to 192 kHz with fiber cable shorter than 1 m)
• Headphone outputs: 6.35 mm jack (2 x 5 W into 250 ohms) and balanced 4-pin XLR (2 x 3.5 W into 250 ohms)
• Preamp outputs on XLR and RCA; OUTPUT switch for headphones, speakers or mute
• Phonitor Matrix with crossfeed and angle settings for speaker-like listening on headphones
• Motorized Alps RK27 "Big Blue" potentiometer, controllable with any infrared remote control (learning function)
• Two mechanical VU meters, finely resolved laterality control and mono switch
• AMP CTL for switching power amplifiers with a 12 V trigger input on and off
• VOLTAiR technology with +/- 60 V, max. input and output level 32.5 dBu, dynamic range 135 dB
• Dimensions 278 x 100 x 300 mm (W x H x D), color red