SPL Phonitor SE Headphone Amplifier Black

The SPL Phonitor SE is the perfect entry into the world of VOLTAiR headphone amplifiers. Phonitor SE has the same audio signal amplification as its bigger brothers Phonitor x and Phonitor xe offersing the same sound experience with streamlined features. 

Precision crafted in Germany, the Phonitor se also has the same impeccable build quality, operational feel, and elegant visuals that will look amazing in your studio or home entertainment system.

Main features of the SPL Phonitor SE Headphone Amplifier Black include:

Under the hood, the groundbreaking headphone playback technology you’re about to experience is the Phonitor Matrix, which makes monitoring on headphones sound like you’re monitoring on speakers. This is important because most music is mixed for playback on speakers, not headphones. SPL’s proprietary Phonitor Matrix makes Pro-Fi Series headphone amps unlike any other, sidestepping the tiresome “super stereo” effect and the hyped reproduction of reverberation and effects to deliver music exactly as it should be heard.

Speakers and headphones present music very differently. That’s why music mixed on headphones doesn’t “sound right” on speakers (and vice versa). The Phonitor Matrix evens the playing field with three parameters: Crossfeed, Speaker Angle, and Center Level. In Phonitor se the Center Level is preset to -1dB and the Speaker Angle to 30 degrees — values that SPL has determined to reflect the most common real-world conditions. The Crossfeed setting determines the crosstalk between left and right channels, the so-called inter-aural level difference. You can select the intensity of the Crossfeed via two front-panel switch positions, C1 and C2.

The goal is unerring headphone monitoring accuracy, and SPL equipped Phonitor se with an elegant, uncluttered interface that gets the job done. For analog input, you have two gold-plated RCA connectors. If you need digital input, the Phonitor se + DAC adds the optional DAC768xs module for three additional digital sources: USB, Coax, and Optical. On output, the The Phonitor se’s powerful amplification stage provides ample power to drive even the most demanding electrostatic headphones. The SPL Phonitor se, like every SPL product, uses only the highest-grade parts. You’ll savor the “spoon-in-honey” feel as you turn the big milled aluminum Volume knob that’s connected to a genuine Alps RK27 Big Blue potentiometer. If you’ve been on the fence about getting a proper headphone amplifier, now’s the time: pick up an SPL Phonitor se or Phonitor se + DAC from Sweetwater, and hear what you’ve been missing.