491 Lecteur réseau / Préamplificateur

I moved from a stack of separates to this one box and the noise floor dropped noticeably — the phono stage alone is quieter than the dedicated preamp it replaced. Having the headphone amp built in sealed it for me, since I can listen late without waking anyone.

I swapped my separate DAC and headphone amp out for this and the headphone output drives my HD800s with way more grip than I expected. Four inputs plus streaming in one box means way less cable clutter on my rack. Two months in and I haven't touched the old stack once.

Swapped my separate DAC and headphone amp for this one box and the noise floor dropped noticeably — my planars finally sound dead silent between tracks. The built-in headphone amp drives them with way more authority than I expected from a unit this size.