Manley Labs Absolute Headphone Amplifier Black Copper
Drawing on no fewer than thirty years of industry experience, Manley Labs' Absolute Headphone Amplifier is a multi-talented headphone and line amplifier offering impeccable performance combined with swathes of sonic flexibility.
Features
- Tube HiFi headphone and line amplifier
- Available in BLACK, COPPER, or SILVER finishes with carbon fiber accents
- 6AQ5/EL90 Triode Vacuum Tube Output Stage
- Switchable Topology (Single-Ended or Push-Pull)
- Baxandall high and low frequency tone filters
- MONO and MUTE buttons
- Center detented BALANCE pot
- Precision stepped relay volume attenuator with 0.5dB per step
- Variable Feedback control
- Switchable Output Impedance Ranges Hi-Lo
- Switchable RCA inputs plus BYPASS mode
- 1/4" Jack, Balanced 4-pin XLR, and RCA selectable outputs
- Supplied with Remora RF remote control
Powered by components meticulously chosen through three years of development, the Absolute Headphone Amplifier delivers fast, dynamic sound with superior headroom and delightfully punchy bass.
Manley's unique Variable Feedback control also allows users to alter the amount of negative feedback or ’tightness’ applied to the amplifier's output. Fully orchestrated arrangements with numerous instruments and aural elements may thrive in higher feedback settings, while a lone vocal uninhibited by percussive transients can enjoy listening intimacy with feedback rolled off.
The Absolute Headphone Amplifier features custom hand-wound air-gapped dual-mode IRON output transformers developed and manufactured in-house by the Californian manufacturer.
Catering to a wide and varied headphone market, the Absolute Headphone Amplifier’s transformers can also be switched across three output loads to satisfy headphones with impedances from 12 to 600 Ohms and even beyond.
Headphone listening is not new to us; we have been producing personal headphone playback systems aka 'Cue Mixers' for recording studios around the globe for well over twenty years. In the HiFi world, our legendary Manley Neo-Classic 300B Preamplifier has become a total cult classic with headphone listeners since the mid-1990’s. Reaching forward, we wanted to produce an extraordinary sounding headphone amplifier chock-full of features and sonic variety for the audiophile, at a price that wouldn’t break the bank either. I know you’re going to Absolutely LOVE this exciting creation of ours - EveAnna Manley (President, Manley Labs)
The Manley Absolute Headphone Amplifier is available in three colors, silver, copper, or black all with carbon fiber accents. The arched top chassis member is designed for resting ear pads and headband assemblies when headphones are not in use.
Specifications
- Tubes: 2 x 12AX7 (ECC83), 4 x 6AQ5A (EL90)
- Inputs: 2 x RCA
- Outputs: 4-pin XLR (balanced), RCA and TRS (unbalanced)
- Input Impedance: 50 kOhms (Pass-Thru= 300 kOhms)
- Max Input Level: 7.7 VAC RMS (+20 dBu)
- Gain: 17 dB (Min FB), 8 dB (Max FB) @ 62 Ohm
- Sensitivity: 600 mV AC RMS for 100 mW, 1.9 VAC RMS for 1W output
- Output Impedance: Low 12-50 Ohm, Mid 50-200 Ohm, High 200-600 Ohms
- Max Output Power: 1W into 12 Ohms BW 22Hz-22kHz
- Variable Feedback: 0dB min, 10dB max
- Signal to Noise: 83 dB (1kHz, 100mW output, BW 22Hz-22kHz)
- Noise Floor: -80 dBu BW 22Hz-22kHz, -85 dBu A-Weighted
- Crosstalk: -71 dB left, -72 dB right (1kHz, 100mW output, BW 22Hz-22kHz)
- Frequency Response: 10Hz – 20 kHz flat (-1dB @ 40 kHz) push-pull
- Distortion: 0.16% THD+N (BW 20Hz-22kHz) push-pull
- Dimensions: 292 x 140 x 209mm (LxWxH), 5.4kg
