DACS HEADLITE III B Four Channel Headphone Amplifier with Balanced inputs

The DACS Clarity HeadLite 3 / DACS HEADLITE III like all of our products are professionally designed in the field by working engineers and developed by industrious boffins. It is scoring top marks in all of the above: Excellent Clarity and Sound Quality is being ensured by the design of the amplifier which is capable of producing a very low distortion and an extended and flat frequency range.

The Power of the output on the standard channels is more than sufficient for driving any headphone of any impedance. Special higher power channels is capable to be specified for driving multiple headphones without loss of volume.

Flexibility

In a studio you might use more than one set of headphones, without every listener wanting the same source. So a good headphone amplifier will be capable to provide multiple outputs along with individual amplifiers for each and a choice of inputs.

In the HeadLite 3 this is provided by four bussed inputs selectable in combination on each of the four stereo output amplifiers and eight physical outputs. The standard channel amplifiers of HeadLite 3 have power to spare. 125mW RMS into 150 Ohms – and each will easily and cleanly drive 400 Ohm headphones at possibly unwise maximum output levels. We can fit HeadLite 3 with high power channels for driving multiple headphones.  In tests six 400 Ohm headphones were powered with no loss of level (a number of channels can be specified with order or retro-fitted) – and has overall power output of over 200mW RMS into 600R.

Technical

Outputs for each channel appear on both the front and rear of the unit, and are able to drive long audio lines to remote headphone outlets such as in vocal booths or over-dub rooms. Users can select from the four inputs (A, B, C and D) to hear A and B, or C and D as stereo, and A, B, C or D as mono. This means you can send two different submixes to the HeadLite from the mixer aux-outs to suit two different purposes. For example, the drummer and the singer might well need to hear different balances in their headphone feeds.

HeadLite 3 offers excellent signal to noise ratios, low cross talk, very low distortion and a bass response that is flat well under 20Hz. The unit’s frequency response (-0.5dB at 3hz to 35kHz) is substantially flatter (within 0.1dB over the 22Hz to 22kHz band) than its predecessor. Because of the design of the amplifier’s output stage, its high frequency response does not suffer significantly, even down very long lines.

HeadLite 3 delivers all a recording professional needs in a rugged and reliable package that will last for many years.

Read reviews of the Clarity HeadLite 3.

The Clarity HeadLite 3 Manual is available here.