DACS HEADLITE 3+ Four Channel Headphone Amplifier with Balanced inputs

Vendor: DACS
DACS HEADLITE 3+ Four Channel Headphone Amplifier with Balanced inputs Headphones have become increasingly crucial in various aspects of audio production. With headphone design and manufacturing quality at an all-time high, newer technologies...
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DACS HEADLITE 3+ Four Channel Headphone Amplifier with Balanced inputs

Headphones have become increasingly crucial in various aspects of audio production. With headphone design and manufacturing quality at an all-time high, newer technologies are demanding significantly more power from headphones than traditional designs. To ensure optimal performance from these headphones, a dedicated headphone amplifier is essential. Relying on the headphone socket from the mixing board or DAW is no longer sufficient, especially when multiple individuals need to listen in. The HeadLite 3+ addresses this need with its 4 input, 4 output amplifier featuring input selection for each amplifier. It can drive headphones of any impedance to their maximum output level, if necessary, without introducing distortion. Additionally, it now incorporates the new +Power plug-in module on channel 1, specifically designed to effortlessly deliver ample power to the latest generation of planar magnetic headphones or multiple standard headphones with clarity and precision. For increased versatility, the +Power module can also be installed on the other channels upon request.

Headphones have become increasingly crucial in various aspects of audio production. With headphone design and manufacturing quality at an all-time high, newer technologies are demanding significantly more power from headphones than traditional designs. To ensure optimal performance from these headphones, a dedicated headphone amplifier is essential. Relying on the headphone socket from the mixing board or DAW is no longer sufficient, especially when multiple individuals need to listen in. The HeadLite 3+ addresses this need with its 4 input, 4 output amplifier featuring input selection for each amplifier. It can drive headphones of any impedance to their maximum output level, if necessary, without introducing distortion. Additionally, it now incorporates the new +Power plug-in module on channel 1, specifically designed to effortlessly deliver ample power to the latest generation of planar magnetic headphones or multiple standard headphones with clarity and precision. For increased versatility, the +Power module can also be installed on the other channels upon request.

Clarity, Flexibility, +Power

Clarity and Sound Quality

The quality of the final result starts with what the artist hears, regardless of the headphone task. The entire audible frequency range must be reproduced accurately, clearly, and in detail; any errors will unavoidably have an impact on the overview and the overdub. The clarity and precision that have made the HeadLite series famous worldwide is upheld by HeadLite 3+.

Optimum Drive

You can adjust the input levels to their optimal values using the metering on the four busses that supply the amplifiers, ensuring that the amplifier's input produces the best possible output for headphones.

+Power

The most power-hungry headphones may get all the ultra-clean drive they want from +Power, an analog plug-in module. +Power is installed as standard in Channel 1 and can be retrofitted or added at the time of ordering to the remaining channels.

Power and drive

Amplifier power isn't solely about volume (sound pressure level); it's also about clean volume (sonically pure volume). A low-quality headphone amplifier, when pushed beyond its limited capacity, can start to distort before your headphones or your ears, compromising sound quality and potentially causing hearing damage. A quality headphone amplifier should operate smoothly throughout its usable range, consistently delivering a clean output signal as per its technical specifications. The standard channels of the amplifier already offer ample power to drive virtually any headphone, regardless of impedance, cleanly and loudly. The +Power feature provides additional power to drive low-impedance, high-power headphones to their maximum performance levels, and it can also handle driving multiple higher-impedance headphones simultaneously.

  • Noise floor: <-90dBu (110dB below peak)
  • Dynamic range: >114dB
  • THD+N 20Hz to 22kHz, +10dBu into 600R: .00045%
  • Input Impedance: 10k ohms
  • Output Impedance: Zero ohms
  • Frequency response: 5Hz to 40kHz ± .5dB
  • CMRR: >84dB 50Hz to 20kHz
  • Slew rate: Greater than required for 40kHz
  • Max phase rotation (inter channel phase difference): 100Hz .01 deg, 1kHz .03 deg, 10kHz .36 deg, 20kHz .72 deg
  • Crosstalk: < -90dB
  • Power output: Standard Channel >200mW/ch into 600R     +Power Channel >1.5W/ch (TBC)
  • Dimensions (Boxed): 54cm x 43cm x 14cm
  • Dimensions (Unit): 1U Rack – 480mm x 45mm x 200mm