The HSE Preamp Masterline 8 (ML-8) represents the pinnacle of Audio Engineering, shown here on its antivibration support stand. Engineered for a life expectancy of at least 30 years, only the highest quality handmade Swiss components are utilized.
12 HSE discrete Class A Gain-stage and 2 Zero-ohm Class A ultra-low noise head-amps guarantee best possible audio performance. The Audio pass is fully balanced, discrete and high voltage.
ML-8 case is milled from aluminum, glass-bead blasted, anodized printing with a 20mm strong face plate and several 24-carat-hard-gold plated parts.
Each device passes a 2-week continuous hardening and maturing test to reach the finest sound quality.
All electronic components are hand-selected and matched up to 0.1% maximum variance. To reach the ultimate uncompromising sound, only the industries best components, from ELMA, Goldpoint, NKK, Panasonic, WIMA, Neutrik, Schurter
are being used.
The audio signal passes our proprietary HSE silver-teflon wiring and the external toroidal transformer featuring static and magnetic shielding.
Options include the IR remote including servo motor driven ELMA rotary switches. A customized DAC with AES/SPDIF/USB inputs from WEISS is also available as option.
TECHNICAL DATA
- INPUTS 8 balanced Stereo XLR
- OUTPUT 2 balanced Stereo (max. 32dBu) XLR , Stereo Headphone Jack
- GAIN Each Input adjustable 6..35 dB
- Volume 47 step ELMA Rotary switch, + 10db .. – infinite, balanced
- Equalizer Balanced high and low shelf filter +-15dB, 1.5 dB step, each channel
- NOISE EIN -144 dB BW 22Hz .. 22kHz (49.8 nV)
- THD not measurable
- FREQ. RESPONSE 1.5 Hz .. 1MHz
- CROSSTALK >120dB
- HEADROOM >24dB
- FUNCTIONS Out LSA on, LSB on, phase, overload and DC error Indication, ext. MUTE, high andlow Shelf Filter, Volume, Balance
- ARCHITECHTURE fully balanced Class A, discrete, high voltage, dual mono
- CASE aluminum milled, glass-bead blasted, anodized printing, champagne,
- 24-carat-hard-gold plated earth connector, side parts, volume and selector knob
- POWER 100/115/230V 65 Watt
- W/D BRUTTO flight case: 27kg / 780 x 560 x 240 mm
- W/D NETTO ML-8: 14 kg / 446 x 88 x 410 mm
- ext. PSU: 2.5kg / 110 x 115 x 280 mm
- Remote option Servo motor driven ELMA rotary switches for volume and input selector and Mute
- DAC option Customized Weiss DAC (AES/EBU, SPDIF, USB) wired to Input 8