Key Features
- Fully balanced, studio design, purist headphone amplifier
- Incredible technical performance
- Will drive any headphone with ease
- Wide bandwidth: 10Hz-40kHz at +0, -3dB
- Very low noise
- Very low distortion: < 0.003%, 20Hz to 20kHz
- Outstanding channel separation
- Powerful, muscular, output into 32 ohms
- Beautiful aesthetics and build quality
Years of experience in making high-quality headphone amps have been distilled into the design of the MX-HPA. As a result, this fully-balanced headphone amp offers an awe-inspiring listening experience.
The MX-HPA’s technical performance is stunning. Typically, distortion from 20 Hz to 40 kHz is less than 0.005%. Signal-to-noise ratio is better than 120dB (‘A’ weighted). The frequency response is ruler flat from 10 Hz to 20 kHz (-0.1dB).
The MX-HPA is capable of a short-term peak of 10 watts (for one cycle) and has two gain positions: 18dB (8X) and 24dB (15X). Inputs are either balanced or single-ended. The MX-HPA will automatically convert single-ended inputs to balanced. The MX-HPA is genuinely fully balanced from beginning to end.
Press Reviews
"A truly natural, satisfying sound, with a deep and richly populated soundstage"
- STEVE HARRIS - HI-FI NEWS
"Well thought out device with decent dynamics"
- STEFAN SCHICKEDANZ - AUDIO
"Allows you to dive deeply into music"
- MARTIN MERTENS - EARIN
"It puts music in the first row and doesn’t hide it behind technical qualities"
- SEBASTIAN EILZER - FAIRAUDIO
Power: |
1.8 Watts per channel into 8 Ω (27dBW) |
Maximum output voltage: |
19 Volts RMS, 20Hz to 20 kHz |
Onset of clipping: |
(54 Volts peak-to-peak) balanced |
THD+N: |
>0.005% typical, 20Hz to 20 kHz |
Signal / noise ratio: |
>120dB ‘A’-weighted |
Input impedance: |
50k Ω |
Frequency response: |
+0, –0.1dB, 10Hz to 20 kHz |
Gain: |
LO position (volume max) 18db (8x) |
Gain: |
HI position (volume max) 24dB (15x) |
Line level inputs: |
1 pair line level XLR (balanced) connectors 1 pair line level RCA connectors |
Headphone outputs: |
1 pair 3-pin XLR/¼” stereo Jack combined sockets |
Mains voltages: |
90-250VAC 50-60Hz universal worldwide supply |
Consumption: |
>0.25 Watts standby (Orange LED lit) 15 Watts maximum (Blue LED lit, full power output) |
Dimensions (W x H x D): |
220 x 53 x 240mm |
Weight: |
2.2kg |