Quad Artera Pre Stereo Pre Amplifier – Silver

• Silver
• Artera Series Pure Analogue Pre-Amplifier
  • Quad Artera Stereo Power Amplifier Would Make The Perfect Partner
• Artera’s Crisp, Clean Aesthetic Both Evokes Quad’s Past & Look Forward To The Future, With A Textured Aluminium Front Panel, Thick Glass Top & CNC-Routed Heat Sinks On Either Side
• The Artera Pre’s Electronic Design Team Was Led By Jan Ertner, Architect Of Many Acclaimed Audio Components. His Goal Was To Create A Preamplifier That Exemplifies State-Of-The-Art Design, Transparency Of Sound & Fidelity To The Source, Whilst Also Providing Those Classic, Expertly Engineered Sound Tailoring Options For An Ideal Balance Between Sonic Purity & Versatile Control
  • The Circuitry Is Exceptionally Well Specified, Including A Low-Noise Toroidal Transformer, Numerous Reservoir/Smoothing Capacitors & An Impressive Number Of Regulators
  • The Power Supply Incorporates 11 Regulated Supply Rails Including Multiple Ultra-Low Noise Regulators, With Extensive Measures Against Contamination & Cross-Coupling
  • The Core Signal Path Is Short & Direct To Preserve Signal Purity, & Volume Is Adjusted In The Analogue Domain Under Microprocessor Control
• Unique Quad Tilt Control
  • First Available In 1982 On The Classic Quad 34 Preamplifier, The Tilt Control Was Created By Quad Founder Peter Walker As An Audiophile-Quality Answer To Tone Adjustment. He Believed That In The Real World, The Ability To Adjust Tonal Balance On An Amplifier Was Useful To Cater For Different Rooms & Recordings, But That Typical Tone & EQ Controls Were Clumsy & Inadequate In Their Effect
  • While Conventional Tone Controls Adjust Bass or Treble Individually, The Tilt Control Adjusts Both Ends Of The Frequency Spectrum Together – Either Attenuating The Bass & Lifting The Treble, Or Lifting The Bass & Attenuating The Treble, In Steps Of 1dB. In Effect, It Rotates – or Tilts – The Audible Frequency Range On A 700Hz Axis. Adjusting The Overall Balance Of The Sound To Make It ‘Warmer’ or ‘Cooler’ Without Affecting The Apparent Volume or ‘Colouring’ The Sound
  • The Tilt Control Is Unique To Quad & Is A Subtle, Precise & Consistent Way To Adjust Sound To Compensate For Different Recordings & The Acoustic Anomalies Of Different Rooms. Though Much Acclaimed When It Was Introduced & Still Admired To This Day, It Hasn’t Featured On A New Quad Product For A Decade – The Artera Pre Is The Perfect Product Opportunity For Its Return
• The New Antera Preamp Ads Further Analogue Bass Filters To The Tilt Function For Additional Sound Tailoring, Which May Be Useful For A Variety Of Reasons
  • For Example, Optional Bass Lift (Of Up To +4.5dB Around 60Hz) May Be Used To Give Smaller Speakers A Little More Extension, While Bass Cut (-4.5dB Shelf Response) Can Help To Deal With Unwanted Room Resonances
  • These Filters Are Engineered For Precise & Refined Adjustment, & Their Effect Is Much More Sophisticated Than Typical Bass Controls
• The Tilt & Bass Filters Can Be Combined To Create Individual EQ Profiles To Assign To Each Source Input
  • In This Way, Each Input Can Be Configured To Suit The Connected Component, Be It Turntable, CD Player, Tuner, DAC or Streamer
  • Individual Adjustment May Also Be Made In Real Time, To Suit Whichever Recording Is Being Played
• All Inputs Can Be Run In Direct Mode If Preferred, Bypassing All Other Circuitry To Provide The Shortest Possible Signal Path From Input To Output
  • Unlike Many Preamps With Balanced Inputs, The Artera Pre’s Four-Channel Volume Control Enables The Audio Signal To Remain Fully Balanced Throughout
•  Connections;
  • Phono MM/MC Input
    • Low-Noise, Class A Phono Stage Is Configurable For Both Moving Magnet (MM) & Moving Coil (MC) Cartridges
  • 1 x Pair Balanced XLR Input
  • 3 x Stereo RCA Inputs
  • 1 x Pair Balanced XLR Output
  • 1 x Stereo RCA Output
  • 6.35mm Headphone Output
    • Features A Discrete, Class A Output Stage With Low Output Impedance To Drive Even The Toughest Of Loads
• IEC Mains Input
• Height: 105mm, Width: 320mm, Depth: 320mm
• Weight: 7.8Kg

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