Reloaded, next generation The original iTube became the 'go to' tube buffer for any and every home audio system. The iTube2 with trickle-down from the flagship 'Pro' series has been redesigned with new parts and new circuitry. Only the GE5670 tube remains.
The iTube2 is a tubed output stage; tube preamp; tube buffer and an impedance-matching device. There is nothing like it. Put the iTube2 before a solid-state preamp with another iTube2 after it, creating the effect of tubing the whole audio chain. Or simply use the iTube2 as a very high-quality preamp by itself.
The iTube2 sounds by and far, like a tube amplifier 'done right with the inimitable magic of tubes':
1. Tube+ circuit for SET/Push-Pull/Classic tube amplifier signature
2. 3D Holographic+ for Loudspeakers matrix system
3. XBass+ for Loudspeakers matrix system
Product Details
- High-end Direct Tube Buffer/High-End Direct Pre-amplifier
- Selectable tube sound signature (SET / Push-Pull / Classic)
- All-new 3D Holographic+ for Loudspeakers matrix system
- All-new XBass+ for Loudspeakers matrix system
- Pure analogue volume control
- Ultra-low Total Harmonic Distortion (THD): <0.009% (Tube+ off)
- 0dB or 9dB selectable gain
- Reference class parts quality from ELNA Silmic to C0G capacitors
- iPower (15V) included, 'quieter than battery' power supply
Technical Specifications
- Max output - >+20dBu (>7.75v)
- Freq response - 20Hz-20kHz (+/-3dB); <10Hz->200kHz (-1dB)
- Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) - <0.009% (Tube+ off)
- Signal-to-Noise ratio - 119dB(A) re. 2V
- Dynamic Range - 131dB(A) re 20dB Bu
- Input impedance - 1M ohm Direct Tube Buffer; 100k ohm Pre-Amplifier with Volume Control
- Output stage output impedance - <1 ohm
- Corrected output impedance - <150 ohm
- Input Voltage iPOWER - AC 100 - 240V, 50/60Hz (iPower 15V included ? do NOT use any other power supply)
- Power Consumption - < 4W idle, 10W max
- Dimensions - 175(l) x 67(w) x 28(h) mm / 6.2" x 2.3" x 1.1
- Weight - 278g / 0.61 lbs.
