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Novo
Graham Slee Novo Headphone Amplifier
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A note about availability and shippingNovo Headphone Amplifier Scores Hat-Trick
Because the budget Novo headphone amplifier has a delightfully lively sound What Hi-Fi? Sound & Vision gave it a best headphone amplifier award three years in a row - this is a hi-fi amplifier for headphones!
As reviewed, 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.
Graham Slee Novo Headphone Amplifier - Discretely InspiredDiscrete? Surely we meant to say discreet? The Novo is both: it's discreetly small - a definite miniature in a world full of behemoths; and it's discrete because that's the circuitry it uses - discrete transistors. Discrete transistors? Yes, you heard right! Most budget headphone amplifiers let an op-amp do all the work. We wanted to show that we're capable of more than that. The result is a very capable headphone amplifier, so capable that headphone manufacturer Shure bought some and Sennheiser featured it in a promotional video driving its flagship headphone. You may never have heard of the Novo headphone amplifier before today, but now you have. It's definitely worth your consideration if you're after a budget headphone amp - a hi-fi amp for headphones!
Novo rear panel 'daisy-chained' input/output sockets plus aux ground Reviews Best headphone amplifier Awards 2011. The Novo is an involving and addictive listen. After settling down from a bright sound during its running in, the Novo gives the listener a well-balanced audio with a crisp, clear treble that's quite brightly lit but holds no hint of stridency, a warm midrange that enhances emotion in music, and a springy, active bass that's well-formed and underpins everything nicely.  In a group which showed subtle, but consistent character differentiation between the contenders, this was very much the beguiling one. . . That's not to say that it is perceptibly short of detail or any other particular quality, but it does seem to specialise in a very attractive vocal register in such a way as to seduce the listener, particularly with ballads, gentle instrumental pieces and anything at all sentimental or smoochy. . . On the other hand, given something lively like a Mozart symphony or some upbeat jazz, it bops along most cheerfully, with perhaps a little subjective highlighting of middling-range instruments, but also plenty of extension in both bass and treble, the latter being admirably open and 'airy'.
Specification
Specifications subject to alteration without notice in keeping with the manufacturer's continuous improvement policy.
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| EAN | 8438529891458 |
|---|---|
| Product Weight | 0.60kg |
| Brand | Graham Slee |
| Model | Novo Headphone Amplifier |
| Colour/Finish | silver |
| Product Width | 107cm |
| Product Depth | 185cm |
| Product Height | 50cm |
| Warranty | 1 Year Manufacturers Warranty |
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