The Novo inline headphone amplifier is what it says – it can be put inline between your source and amp, between your preamp and amp, or between your tape machine and tape input, thus enabling you to listen to your music on headphones as well.
The volume control can be set at any position to give comfortable listening. Unlike Hi-Fi amplifier volume controls, it can be set at any position and still give excellent performance. This is preferable to the contact resistance and wear of a gain switch, which would otherwise be required.
Headphones of impedance 8 – 2,000 Ohms may be used but best results will be obtained with impedances of 16 – 600 Ohms (most models).
The little Novo is supplied with an outboard basic power supply which automatically adjusts to your electricity supply voltage, but it can be upgraded later on by swapping to the PSU1 power supply
Novo Specifications
- Headphone impedance range: 16 to 600 Ohms preferred; 8 to 2,000 Ohms acceptable
- Power output (rms, both channels fully driven): 32 Ohms: 27mW/channel; 600 Ohms: 23mW/channel
- Distortion (THD plus noise, ref 1kHz): 0.02%
- Frequency response (-3dB): 32 Ohms load: 27Hz – 35kHz; 600 Ohms load: 10Hz – 39kHz
- Output noise (20Hz-20kHz, CCIR quasi-peak): -84dB
- Input sensitivity (for specified power output): 32 Ohms: 250mV rms; 600 Ohms: 775mV rms
- Channel balance: better than 1dB, “9 to 3 o’clock” positions
- Crosstalk: Left to Right -57dB; Input to Input -68dB
- Mute: Signal off mute, non-shorting
- Output Stage: Bipolar class AB
- Supply voltage: 24V DC
- Size (approx.): W: 107 x H: 50 x D: 125 (mm) inc. controls
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