Model Four Hundred

Upon first audition, the new model Four Hundred Control Room Amplifier immediately impresses with its incredibly well-balanced musicality and utter lack of signature. Far more transparent than the "industry standard" pro amplifiers currently aimed at the recording studio marketplace, the Four Hundred's extreme speed, wide bandwidth and ultra-low distortion allow it to reproduce the subtle textures of timbre and inner detail of acoustic instruments and environments at a level never before achieved in its modest price range. In fact, along with its larger High Resolution Series brethren, it stands head and shoulders above any so-called "professional amplifier" currently available at any price. Its highly stable design, extremely fast transient recovery capability with no overshoot on square waves, and its excellent clipping behavior all contribute to the Four Hundred's ability to faithfully reproduce highly dynamic transients with an ease that belies its small size. The custom-built high-current toroidal transformer with split-dual secondaries, providing complete galvanic isolation of the D.C. power supply between the two channels, guarantees excellent stereo separation and sound stage, while in conjunction with the quick-discharge low ESR filter caps it shares with the Six Hundred and One Thousand, delivers strong, clean, tight bottom end, almost shocking for its size. No trick power supplies here. No free lunch. Just the highest resolution professional near-field monitor amplifier ever created. Simple, elegant circuit design, high quality components, and a design and manufacturing team that actually listens for a living.

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