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{ }The Preamp is one of the most important components in any system and often determines the way your system sounds overall. It must handle all of the switching and volume tracking. All of your music travels through the entire circuit before getting to the amplifier. So attention to detail is key if your main goal is faithful reproduction. Even though there's an 80wpc amplifier on board, the Nova is unique becaused we designed the preamp circuit to be a stand alone preamp.
Outputs: If you want to add a subwoofer or outboard
amplifier, the Nova features a “Class A” <30 ohm variable
preamp-output that will impedance match to almost any amplifier while
pushing up to 100 ft of cable.
Noise: Computers and other digital devices
are notorious for CPU and switching power supply noise. To eliminate
this, each digital input is transformer coupled to prevent any unwanted
interference from geting to a digital input.
The Sound: The Nova pre-amp section uses a 6922 tube with a Class A output stage. Why? Because we love the sound!
This is where art meets science and there's a certain magic that solid-state can't quite match. The tube maintains a high level of detail while taming harsh digital files. We strive for a musical presentation rather than questing for that Nth level of "in your face" extension. The quest for music reproduction shouldn't be a contest to attain the highest number, rather one to seek an emotional exerience while maintaining the musical intent of the artist. Our goal is for you to enjoy the music, not think about the box.
Having said that, we're also proud of the numbers... see spec sheet...
So do we feel we have a fantastic preamp in the Nova? Oh yes!
Switching (inputs): The Nova has 8 total inputs, 5 digital, 3 Analog.
A USB input for
your computer in addition to 2 coax, and 2 optical inputs for other
digital sources like Squeezebox®, Apple TV®, Wadia iTransport®,
Airport®, Sonos®, and XM or Sirius® tuners.
The Nova also has 3 analog inputs
for docking stations, CD players, tape decks or phono preamps.
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