The pre amplifier is the hub in an audio system; the device that all sources and the power amplifier are connected to. Furthermore, it is the interface to the user. Great attention to details have been paid during the design process of the  Sybarite Audio No 1622 – from the precision machined faceplate to the volume/gain control, based on an optical, industrial grade rotary encoder. The infrared remote control is not left to chance, but machined from aluminum alloy by our partner in Germany.​

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The Sybarite Audio No 1622 is a cost-no-object all discrete solid state design operating in class A, employing a relay based R-2R-ladder gain control. As transparency and accuracy are words of honor for us; the main design objectives have been: ultralow noise and distortion, wide bandwidth, large overload margin, accurate RIAA-tracking in the phonograph section among many other aspects of performance.

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Features

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• Six single ended line level inputs

• One phonograph input (MM and MC)

• Two single ended main outputs

• One single ended recorder output (unity gain)

• Cinema bypass (unity gain) option on LINE 6

• IR remote control, machined from an aluminum billet with turned aluminum buttons

• 12 V trigger output

• All discrete class A circuitry, comprising ultralow noise JFET and bipolar devices

• DC-servos to keep output offset negligible