Musical Fidelity M1-HPA

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  If you've only ever heard your headphones plugged into an everyday amp, or a computer, the M1-HPA will be a revelation.

  It's a dedicated headphone amplifier capable of driving any set of cans to unprecedented levels of performance.  Whatever your source, you'll hear the music open up, revealing greater scale, extension and detail.  

The M1 HPA has already received much acclaim:  the Hi-Fi Choice review stated "you might have to pay fives times the HPA's asking price to significantly better its performance", while the Hi-Fi News group test concluded: "on excellent sound, facilities and value for money, the M1 HPA is a clear winner."

Operating in pure Class A, the HPA's technical performance is outstanding. Distortion is incredibly low at less than .0005% across the band, frequency response is ruler flat, and noise ratio is exceptional. It has very low output impedance below 1 ohm. A headphone amp's output impedance is a usually ignored but very important measurement. The HPA's extraordinarily low output impedance means that it can drive any headphone with complete linearity and low distortion. The vast majority of competitive headphone amplifiers cannot do this because they have much higher output impedance. The M1HPA has two inputs, line and USB. It has two headphone jacks on the front panel and a loop-out facility. Importantly, the M1-HPA also has a variable line output so that it can be used as a very high quality simple line preamplifier.

  1x Line Level RCA / Phono

  USB type 'B' connector for computer/PDA

  Power Output - 1.1W into 32 Ohms

  Impedance - less than 1 Ohms

  Output level - 5.2V rms max

  Frequency response - 15Hz to 75 kHz -3dB max

- THD – less than 0.008%

- SNR – greater than 109dB

The last M1-HPA sold on Audiogon for $455.00.