Perhaps, more than with any affordable headphone amp we can recall, the sound just keeps you there listening after bedtime and you’ll find yourself enjoying familiar recordings as never before." - Hi-Fi Choice
Best headphone amplifier £300-£500, What Hifi Awards 2010. Lehmann's Rhinelander is one of the most sure-footed headphone amplifiers we've heard
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The popular Rhinelander headphone amplifier is based on the legendary Black Cube Linear by Lehmannaudio, which is used by well-known industry professionals such as A.J. van den Hul, Andreas Spreer (TACET) and Maarten de Boer (The Masters). Now you can experience a huge part of the Linear's transparency, tonal balance and micro-detail, and at only a fraction of the cost. The Rhinelander is placed in the highly-competitive sector of ambitioned, budget-conscious, audiophile listeners.
Moreover, with some mild tweaks the Rhinelander can also be used as a single source pre-amplifier, like the superior Linear model. The Rhinelander is equipped with two inputs and a relays source selection. If you don't need the second line input, you can reconfigure the input jack to a output. All you need to do is to replace two jumpers.
Even with entry-level devices, Lehmannaudio puts a lot of effort into details.
Its accomplished sense of neutrality is a great advantage and you really want to keep listening to the performance it gives. Give one of these an audition and you won't be disappointed." - What Hi-Fi
"An unusually classy little box which drives any headphones with the greatest panache, but also has the subtlety to bring out fine details." - Hi-Fi Choice
"The four dynamic headphones of the test panel were no problem for the Lehmann: With downright stoical determination it was keeping the diaphragms in a musically appropriate motion, producing an energetic, contoured and yet delicate sound." - Audio
"The Rhinelander is extremely good at the accurate structuring of rooms where the positions of the musicians are easily recognized. And it's powerful, too: it could even drive a 600 ohms headphone without sounding stressed." - Hifi & Records
Key Features:
Discrete Zero Global Feedback output stage with high quiescent current ready to drive most headphones or long cable runs
Audiophile voltage amplifier stage
Single source preamplifier reconfigurable to "headphone only" mode with two line source inputs by replacing just two jumpers
Relays source selection / mute operation
Only MKP caps in the signal path for perfect transient response and ambience reproduction
Gain jumper selectable 6dB/20dB
Hand selected potentiometer with very good channel tracking
Double sided audio board
External AC power supply
Ultra fast rectifying diodes
We only use low ESR electrolytic caps
Low-noise, regulated power supply
Gold plated RCA connectors
Original Neutrik headphone jack with gold plated contacts
Anodized aluminium faceplate and knob
Technical Data:
Input Impedance: 47kΩ
Maximum Gain:
6dB, 200dB
(Jumper Selectable Inside)
Frequency Response: 10Hz (-0.3dB) - 35kHz (-1dB)
Signal-to-Noise Ratio: >95dB at 0dB Gain
Channel Separation: >70dB / 10kHz
Output Power: 120mW
Output Impedance: 50Ω
Power Consumption: Appx. 3W, Via External A/C PSU
Audio Connectors:
Neutrik Headphone Jack 1/4" Plug
RCA Jacks With Gold Plates Contacts
Line Output Is Muted When Headphones In Use
Face Plate: Anodized Aluminium, Black or Silver
Engineered by a musician and manufactured in Germany; Lehmann Audio is one of the world’s best-kept audiophile secrets.
With a precision-engineered range of quality phono stages and headphone amplifiers including digital-USB models, all Lehmann products are designed to reproduce the original sound recording as perfectly as possible.
Reviewed well by the critics, and used by the rest of the industry as reference equipment, Lehmann Audio is a brand everyone interested in high-end sound should look out for.
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