Dynamic headphones
are much more different
than most people realize. For the same sound
pressure level the power needed with different
headphone models can vary up to a factor of
about 500! Impedances can be different to a
factor of more than 20!
This is the reason why different headphone
models have very individual requirements to the
headphone amplifier driving them in terms of
voltage and current. Everybody who once has
connected a high quality headphone to any given
standard headphone output knows about this
problem.
With the launch of the Black Cube Linear there
is now a high end headphone amplifier to realize
even the highest demands to reference quality
headphone music reproduction.
The selectable gain (0dB, 10dB, 20dB)
of the
Black Cube Linear effectively optimizes the
output level of the zero global feedback Class A
output stage. Practically all high quality dynamic
headphones available will show their best possible
performance, no matter if you have an easy to
drive low impedance pair of headphones or an
ineffective pair of 600 Ohms studio cans.
Carefully selected top notch components and a
highly sophisticated circuit design guarantee top
performance listening pleasure. Now you can hear
that ultra transparent sound and the explosive
dynamics formerly known only from electrostatic
headphones. An overdimensioned power supply
with a huge magnetically and statically shielded
toroidal transformer is included internally allowing
a power cable of your choice to be directly
connected to the unit.
For stereo setups with just one source like
a CD
player or a turntable with a phono stage the
Black Cube Linear is the simplest and most
effective active preamp one can think of. All audio
connectors including the two Neutrik phone jacks
come with gold plated contacts. No external Y-adapter
is needed!
The faceplate and the massive milled aluminium
knob for the smooth running 27mm ALPS high
grade volume control are available in anodized
black or silver.
To to get the best out of your headphone you will
have to try the Black Cube Linear. |
