- Inputs: 2 x unbalanced (RCA), 3 x balanced (XLR)
- Input resistance: 10Kohm (RCA), 600ohm (XLR)
- Outputs: 1 x unbalanced (RCA), 2 x balanced (XLR)
- Output resistance: 75 ohms
- Maximum gain: High Gain 12dB
- Max output voltage: +/- 20V
- Bandwith: DC-600Khz
- S/N Ratio: -110dB
- Internal cabling: Andromeda by VA
- Dimensions: 135 x 435 x 402 mm (H x W x D)
- Remote controlled: YES
- Total weight: ~24 Kg
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SL-101 LINESTAGE SIGNATURE SERIES
The SL-101 is the outcome of many years of dedicated efforts by designer
Hans-Ole Vitus. From the very start, his aim has been to bring out the best in
musical recordings, using his experience as a musician.
The SL-101 is based on brand new circuitry, which uses only matched transistors
and super precision resistors to ensure optimal working conditions for the
different stages of each module. This combined with a special coupling of each
input stage, results in an ultra linear frequency response. The true balanced
design, together with the local shunt regulated power supply, ensures an
excellent signal to noise ratio, making it possible to reveal every micro detail
in the recordings.
The result is an exceptional preamplifier capable of exposing micro
details/dynamics never heard before without compromising the coherence of the
recording. As the design is true balanced, all non-balanced signals are
converted to true balanced straight at the first input stage. One of the
challenges of true balanced amplifiers is the volume control as even very small
tolerances easily translate into distortion. The current trend employed in many
other designs is mostly a digital volume control of some sort, however Hans-Ole
Vitus is not content with fashion.
The volume control of the SL-101 is unique in the industry because there is only
one (1) resistor in series with the signal at any volume level. Placing more
resistors in the signal path than actually needed (regardless of method; digital
or analogue) only creates room for more distortion. Vitus Audio believes this
approach yields the optimal performance for the SL-101, and the result is an
analogue relay based volume control, signified by an ultra short signal path
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