CANS - Discrete Stereo Headphone Amp and Control Room Preamplifier
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A discrete stereo headphone amp that doubles as a control room preamplifier. Designed to work in standard "500" racks. Uses a KDJ3 opamp for mono and a KDJ5 opamps for output.
Features:
* Discrete signal path
* Capable of driving the most demanding phones
* 10k Ohm Transformer balanced input
* Hi-Z input will not load sources when multing
* 15dBu Gain
* Individual channel cuts
* Channel swap
* Channel sum to mono
* Precision matched stereo level control
* Ships with XLRF to XLRF adaptor for stereo input
* Unbalanced stereo front panel 1/4" TRS output
* Second unbalanced stereo output on rear XLR in Purple
Sweet Ten rack
* Current consumption: 70mA
* Over Current Resettable Fused (prevents any module
problem from affecting your rack)
* ROHS - Lead Free
For easy serviceability and tweaking, the Purple discrete
opamps can be replaced with any standard discrete
opamp or a DIP-8 IC. The output amp stages in the
Cans are modular, but cannot be replaced with any
other opamp.
Retail Price $500 USD. Buy factory direct or through select dealers




