AUDIONET HUMBOLDT
AUDIONET HUMBOLDT
Integrated Amplifier
AUDIONET HUMBOLDT
The machine:
Conceived and built by Audionet`s legendary scientists and engineers, HUMBOLDT shares all the unsurpassed qualities of his brethren STERN and HEISENBERG, winners of the most coveted high end awards during the last three years. The design by German industrial designer legend Hartmut Esslinger hiding the most advanced circuitry and technology money can buy in today`s highenddom, HUMBOLDT stands as an integrated amp unlike any other on this planet. Our HUMBOLDT is the namesake of famed polymath, geographer, naturalist and explorer Alexander v. Humboldt who resurrected the use of the word cosmos from the ancient Greek and assigned it to his multivolume treatise, Kosmos, in which he sought to unify diverse branches of scientific knowledge and culture. This important work also motivated a holistic perception of the universe as one interacting entity. Thus aptly named, Audionet`s HUMBOLDT explores the universe of music and leads us to discoveries unheard before. Enjoy the ride!
Special features HUMBOLDT
Double mono layout of all circuitry and power supply for maximum channel separation.
Magnetically and capacitively optimized circuit and device design without any ferro-magnetic materials.
Floating Pane Design for optimal resistance against microphonic effects and temperature stability.
The floating panels of the body are resonance-optimized by pads on an aluminum frame.
Mounting and bolted assembly of transformers made of stainless steel.
Air Flow Design circuit boards for an optimum of cooling and stable quiescent currents.
Galvanic separation of all analog circuits by opto couplers.
Rhodium RCA inputs and mains connector by Furutech.
Volume controller on a double ball-bearing axis and with magnetic ratchet and optical sensing.
DC coupled with no sound diminishing capacitors or coils, shortest signal paths.
Four power supplies for positive and negative power currents, separate for input & driver stage and power stage.
Two encapsulated und decoupled 100VA and two encapsulated and decoupled 850VA toroid transformers.
Low impedance-optimized power capacitors with a total capacitance of 312.000 µF.
Total capacitance 400.000 µF.
Newly developed contextual operating concept.
By-Pass mode for integration into home cinema systems..
Audionet Link outputs for the remote control of further Audionet ULTIMATE SERIES devices.
Microprocessor control with separate power supply monitor and control of all functions, informing the user on a high resolution display.
User definable names for each input, input levels adjustable for each input.
User selectable function to remove DC levels from signal sources.
Rhodium fuse.
PreAmp Outputs in RCA and XLR for connecting additional Power Amps.
Function
Microprocessor controlled Ultimate Linear Integrated Amplifier
In and Outputs
Outputs:
2x pair Cinch line, Rhodium (Furutech)
1x pair Cinch inverted, Rhodium (Furutech)
2x pair XLR balanced, gold plated (Neutrik)
2x Audionet Link, optical
1x connector, gold plated, for additional earth connection
Inputs:
4x pair Cinch line, Rhodium (Furutech)
2x pair XLR balanced, gold plated (Neutrik)
1x D Sub 9 serial port (control only)
1x SMA for WLAN (control only)
Technical Data
Mains: 220…240 V or 110…120 V, 50…60 Hz
Power consumption: < 0,5 W Stand By, max. 1800 W
Dimensions: Width: 450 mm, Height: 320 mm, Depth: 505 mm
Weight: 61 kg
Finish/Colours: Corpus: Aluminum, 9 mm, Silver or black Display light or dark Colour TFT
Display: Colour-TFT
Finish Corpus: Silver or black, Display: Light or dark colour TFT
Type: Ultimate Analog Integrated Stereo Amplifier
Output Power: 2 x 320 W into 8, 2 x 460 W into 4
Frequency response: 0-700.000 Hz (-3 dB), DC 0,3-700.000 Hz (-3 dB), AC
THD+N: <-100 dB @ 1 kHz
SNR: > 120 dB, (A-weighted)
Channel Separation: >140 dB, 20-20.000 Hz
Input impedance: Cinch (Line): 50 kl, Symmetrical (XLR): 35 kl
REVIEWS AND AWARDS
“It was a shocking experience to see how effortlessly Humboldt devoured his opponents.”
“A degree of resolution and transparency I’ve yet to hear from any other set of electronics.”
“HUMBOLDT should be treated in absolute terms – as a kind of obligatory reference point for all those who, searching for their dream and uncompromising reference, have decided, for more or less obvious reasons, to go for an integrated solution.”