{"id":144408,"date":"2022-05-05T12:44:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T11:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=144408"},"modified":"2022-05-05T12:44:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T11:44:48","slug":"chord-electronics-ultima-pre-3-the-latest-preamplifier-from-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/chord-electronics-ultima-pre-3-the-latest-preamplifier-from-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"Chord Electronics ULTIMA PRE 3: The latest preamplifier from Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chord Electronics<\/b>\u00a0has released a new model of analog preamplifier\u00a0ULTIMA PRE 3<\/b>\u00a0.<\/p>\n

The preamplifier is designed from the ground up using the latest solutions in the field of low-noise power supplies. The preamp has\u00a0five analog inputs<\/b>\u00a0, three balanced and two unbalanced, as well as a loop through for connection to a home theater system.\u00a0Switching of inputs is carried out by sealed relays controlled by a microprocessor.<\/p>\n

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Chord Electronics ULTIMA PRE 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All elements of the body of the device are machined from solid aluminum blanks, including branded\u00a0Integra<\/b>\u00a0supports .\u00a0The weight of the preamplifier is\u00a012.7 kg<\/b>\u00a0.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Chord Electronics ULTIMA PRE 3<\/b><\/a>\u00a0will premiere at the Munich show with a retail price of\u00a0\u00a36,000<\/b>\u00a0.<\/p>\n

Specifications:<\/h3>\n

Frequency response<\/strong><\/p>\n

10 Hz-200 kHz +\/- 3 dB<\/p>\n

THD<\/strong><\/p>\n

0.002 % 20Hz-20 kHz<\/p>\n

Signal to noise ratio<\/strong><\/p>\n

-105 dB on all inputs<\/p>\n

Input impedance<\/strong><\/p>\n

100 k\u03a9<\/p>\n

Output impedance<\/strong><\/p>\n

560 \u03a9<\/p>\n

Input maximum voltage<\/strong><\/p>\n

10 V RMS<\/p>\n

Output maximum voltage<\/strong><\/p>\n

17 V RMS<\/p>\n

Gain<\/strong><\/p>\n

x1<\/p>\n

Channel separation<\/strong><\/p>\n

100 dB<\/p>\n

Operation voltage<\/strong><\/p>\n

80-250 V AC auto-switching<\/p>\n

Power consumption<\/strong><\/p>\n

40 W<\/p>\n

Dimensions with legs:<\/strong><\/p>\n

485 mm (w) x 355 mm (d) x 130 mm (h)<\/p>\n

Weight:<\/strong><\/p>\n

12.7 kg<\/p>\n

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Chord Electronics\u00a0has released a new model of analog preamplifier\u00a0ULTIMA PRE 3\u00a0. The preamplifier is designed from the ground up using the latest solutions in the field of low-noise power supplies. The preamp has\u00a0five analog inputs\u00a0, three balanced and two unbalanced, as well as a loop through for connection to a home theater system.\u00a0Switching of inputs […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":144411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-144408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}