Tubes, schmubes. Who needs tubes when you have an insane, fully discrete, solid state preamp running on 64V railssomething so over the top that the likes of this havent been seen for 30 years. Welcome to Kara, the all-new do-all Nexus preamp from Schiit Audio.
Nexus, Elevated. Literally.
Yes, literally. Our exclusive differential Nexus stage usually runs on /-17V or so. Great stuff. But Karas /-32V rails are insanely over the top, giving it the capability of swinging near 100V on the differential output, and contributing to the best-performing, best-measuring preamp weve ever madenear -120dB THD N from balanced.
Smart Headphone Capability, Standard.
A headphone jack? On a Schiit preamp? Yes. Because you shouldnt have to buy a dedicated headphone amp if you only use headphones occasionally. But that also doesnt mean a cheapie op-amp headphone amp; it means the same discrete gain stage used for Karas outputs, coupled with a smart protection system that guards against headphone mishaps.
Still the Best Volume Control
Kara, like Freya , includes a 128-step relay-switched attenuator, rather than a traditional potentiometer. This means essentially perfect channel matching and near-unmeasurable distortion. You also have the opportunity to run the relay potentiometer purely as a passive attenuator, with no gain stage at all in the path. Its your choice.
Standard Remote Control
Did we forget something? Not at all. Kara comes with a standard remote control that gives you the convenience you want for all of its functionality. Whats more, the volume control syncs with the remote, so theres no confusion as to what volume youre at, and no endlessly spinning encoders.
Designed and Built in California
By designed and built in California" this is what we mean: the vast majority of the total production cost of Karachassis, boards, transformers, assembly, etcgoes to US companies manufacturing in the US. Our chassis are made minutes from our facility. Kara PCBs are done just over the hill from us.
