Description
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Featuring impressive double-height dimensions, the ULTIMA Eight Input Preamplifier preamp has been created to perfectly complement the flagship ULTIMA mono power amplifier, also the most advanced in the company’s 30-year history. With wide-ranging inputs and outputs, including balanced connectivity, ULTIMA Eight Input Preamplifier offers complete flexibility for high-performance partnering equipment, enhanced further by the fascia-mounted separate frequency EQ adjust controls for the left and right channels. Headphone outputs offer further flexibility for late-night and personal listening in style.
Each ULTIMA Eight Input Preamplifier is hand-made in the Kent factory, with the various stages of build and production carefully overseen by one highly skilled technician. Sensitive internal circuit features are protected by solid milled aluminium shielding to prevent RF interference and Chord Electronics’ legendary UK-produced aircraft-grade aluminium provides a solid and resonance-eliminating enclosure for the electronics within, complemented by the famous Integra Leg System.
ULTIMA Eight Input Preamplifier is the ultimate expression of the finest high-performance, ultra-fast, ultra-high-power amplifier technology available today.
Inputs & Outputs: 8 Stereo Inputs and 3 Stereo Outputs
- 4x Stereo Balanced XLR Inputs – Line In 1, Line In 2, Line In 3, and Line In 4
- 4x Stereo Unbalanced RCA Inputs – Line In 5, Line In 6, Tape 1, and Tape 2
- 3x Stereo Outputs – Selectable – Either via Balanced XLR or Unbalanced RCA
- 1x Stereo Balanced XLR AV Bypass Input
FEATURES
- HF Switch Mode Power Supply
- Blue Velvet ALPS Potentiometer
- -125dB Signal to Noise Ratio
- Advanced Shielding Technology
- Fully Balanced Circuitry
- Analogue Signal Path
- Input/Output Buffering
- 4x Stereo RCA Inputs
- 4x Stereo XLR Inputss
- 3x Stereo RCA Outputs
- 3x Stereo XLR Outputs
- Convection Cooled
- Included Top Light Ring
- 12v Trigger On/Off Input/Output
- Solid Aluminium Chassis
SPECIFICATIONS
Frequency Range: 2.5Hz – 200kHz +/- 3dB
Total Harmonic Distortion: 0.002% 20Hz – 20kHz
Intermodulation Distortion: -125dB on all inputs
Signal to Noise Ratio: -117dB on all inputs
Channel Separation: 20Hz @ 110dB, 1kHz @ 105dB, 10kHz @ 100dB, 20kHz @ 95dB
Channel Balance: 0.01dB
Input Max Voltage: 17v RMS Balanced – 8.5v RMS Unbalanced
Output Max Voltage: 17v RMS Balanced – 8.5v RMS Unbalanced
Output Offset: 0mV (Both Channels)
Potentiometer Performance: 0dB 0.5dB, -20dB 0.2dB, -60dB 0.24dB (13seconds Full Travel)
Nominal Gain: All inputs subject to six levels of switchable gain (x0.5, x1, x1.5, x2, x2.5, x3)
Input Impedance: 100 kΩ Balanced – 50 kΩ Unbalanced
Output Impedance: 100Ω (Short Circuit Protected)
Operating Voltage: 85v – 270v AC (50Hz – 60Hz) Auto Switching
Power Consumption: 60w
Dimensions Without Integra Legs: 420mm (w) x 355mm (d) x 310mm (h)
Dimensions With Included Integra Legs: 480mm (w) x 355mm (d) x 350mm (h)
Weight: 30kG
