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The most advanced preamplifier ever designed.
With its groundbreaking signal path technology, battery power supply, and unrivaled phono stages, the NHB-18NS is still the benchmark for preamplifiers.
The NHB-18NS is peerless in terms of clarity and musicality. Designed to control NHB-series power amplifiers, it offers state-of-the-art preamplification and control.
50-ohm darT-to-Zeel connection cables complete this exquisite offering.
Simple and efficient
Machined from a solid block and held comfortably in your hand, the NHB-18NS remote control provides access to its key functional features.
Inside view
darTZeel has always developed the most rapid audio circuits.
The NHB-18NS's unique circuit board layout allows each optical input to be activated separately.
The absence of global negative feedback ensures an ideal and uncompromising listening experience.
Visible differences
darTZeel's NHB series represents the pinnacle of musical reproduction. Its products are designed and built like works of art.
Peerless workmanship
For the NHB series, each aluminum component is milled from a solid block, hand-finished, brushed, and anodized.
This underlines the uniqueness and exclusivity of the NHB series.
Specifications
Line Gain
Up to + 11 dB
Phono Gain
54 to 72 dB (up to 83 dB gain at output)
Analog Input Impedances
Zeel BNC 50 ohms from 1Hz to 1 MHz
RCA line > 30k ohms, from 5 Hz to 50 kHz
XLR Line > 15k ohms, from 5 Hz to 50 kHz
Phono MC: User selects from 43 ohms up to 47K ohms
Line Output impedances
RCA = 75 ohms, darT BNC = 50 ohms, XLR < 600 ohms, REC OUT < 150 ohms
Frequency Response
5 Hz - 500 kHz, +0, -1 dB
Rise Time
< 0.5 µs
Slew Rate
> 24 V/µs, peak-peak
Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)
< 1 % from 10 Hz to 100 kHz within the output dynamic range
Temporal Distortion
None, at any level and load, as specified above
Crosstalk
< - 80 dB from 20Hz to 20kHz
Signal-to-noise ratio
> 92 dB (A), Line; > 70dB (A), Phono w/factory settings
Power consumption
7 - 77 watts depending on working conditions
Size in mm
440 x 335 x 170 (WxDxH). Total deep with handles: 415mm
Size in inches
17.32 x 13.2 x 6.7 (WxDxH). Total deep with handles: 16.4 inches
Net weight
24 kg, power supply 3 kg, total 27 kg
Fuse ratings
115 volts: 1.0A (T) or slow blow
230 volts: 0.5A (T) or slow blow
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