HiFi Pre Amplifiers: NuForce 8

NuForce 8 Pre Amplifier

Black Silver

NuForce 9 Power Amplifier - £865.00, free delivery

With the success of the Reference series power amplifiers, NuForce have launched the P8 preamplifier to compliment the talents of its mono block range. With the speed, timing and purity of signal, the sound stage of this diminutive little pre is quite astonishing.

The P8 offers the style conscious user 3 RCA inputs, an Ipod input and a headphone socket, outputs are either single ended RCA or Balanced XLR. With remote control offering volume, mute and input selection, the functions are basic, but all the audiophile really needs to minimise interference with listening enjoyment.

With the elegant presentation and thoughtful styling this piece of hand crafted equipment will grace any living room with style. Thoughtful use of low brightness indicators on the front panel do not detract from this units overall presentation. With sound quality to match some o the finest pre amplifiers ever built this pre amp is truly worthy of your consideration.

The sound quality of this unit is without peer it produces a generously proportioned sound stage with all of the timing clues left intact. it will only reproduce the signal presented at the input stage. there are no frills on this pre amplifier, it is intended for audiophiles on a tight budget who want the best they can possible get. This piece of equipment fulfills all of these requirements.

Our Comments: An excellent pre-amp to accompany the choice of power amps from Nu-Force. This amp does not offer as many inputs as most amps but more than makes up for it when it comes to sound quality.

NuForce 8 Pre Amplifier Back view

 

Technical Specifications:

Analogue Input:

3 sets of RCA input (with 1 set as a pass-through), 1 3.5mm stereo jack input (for Ipod)

Analogue Output:

1 set of RCA and 1 set of XLR   1 3.5mm Headphone

Features:

Remote input selection, volume control, with memory retention, Mute and Sleep function.

Volume Control:

Digitally-controlled analogue

Gain: +31.5dB to –95.5dB with 0.5dB Step

Dynamic Range:

120dB

THD+N:

0.001% at 1kHz

Dimensions:

1.75” x 8.5” x 16”

Crosstalk:

–130dBFS

 

Manufacturer: NuForce

Warranty: 2 year