{"id":176075,"date":"2023-12-04T18:54:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T18:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=176075"},"modified":"2023-12-04T19:03:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T19:03:12","slug":"totaldac-d1-driver-sublime-preamplifier-without-volume-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/totaldac-d1-driver-sublime-preamplifier-without-volume-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Totaldac D1-Driver-sublime: Preamplifier without volume control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just recently we\u00a0told\u00a0you that the French company\u00a0<b>Totaldac<\/b>\u00a0introduced\u00a0<b>the Amp-1-sublime<\/b>\u00a0power amplifier .\u00a0Especially for working in one mono-brand system, the company released a pre-amplifier\u00a0<b>Totaldac\u00a0<\/b><b>D\u00a0<\/b><b>1-\u00a0<\/b><b>D\u00a0<\/b><b>river-sublime<\/b>\u00a0, which, according to the manufacturer, is an ideal partner for the new \u201cpower\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/4_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Preamplifier Totaldac D1-Driver-sublime\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Totaldac D1-Driver-sublime preamplifier does not have a volume control &#8211; this function is performed by the DAC volume control, however, in case the overall system gain is too high (DAC + amplifier + speakers + room), the analogue attenuation -15 can be activated in the preamplifier .5 dB via rear panel switch.\u00a0This attenuator uses 12 Bulk Metal\u00ae resistors with 0.01% resistance accuracy from Vishay.<\/p>\n<p>The Totaldac D1-Driver-sublime preamplifier is offered in two versions: a stereo version in one housing with unbalanced RCA inputs and outputs, and a monoblock version with an external power supply, unbalanced RCA inputs and outputs and balanced XLR inputs and outputs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/5_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Preamplifier Totaldac D1-Driver-sublime\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Totaldac D1-Driver-sublime specifications:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8211; High Class A bias current for naturally low output impedance and low distortion<\/li>\n<li>\u2014 high-quality components and no capacitors in the signal path<\/li>\n<li>Extremely low noise level thanks to discrete circuitry and external power supply<\/li>\n<li><b>Voltage gain:<\/b>\u00a00 dB (factor x1) or attenuation -15.5 dB \u2013 selectable via rear panel switch<\/li>\n<li><b>Input impedance:<\/b>\u00a012 kOhm<\/li>\n<li><b>THD:<\/b>\u00a00.0025%<\/li>\n<li><b>Main unit dimensions (W\u00a0<\/b><b>x\u00a0<\/b><b>H\u00a0<\/b><b>x\u00a0<\/b><b>D):<\/b>\u00a0360 x 110 x 290 mm<b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Power supply dimensions (W\u00a0<\/b><b>x\u00a0<\/b><b>H\u00a0<\/b><b>x\u00a0<\/b><b>D):<\/b>\u00a0122 x 65 x 180 mm<b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Weight:<\/b>\u00a07 kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Price<\/strong>: $7200<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just recently we\u00a0told\u00a0you that the French company\u00a0Totaldac\u00a0introduced\u00a0the Amp-1-sublime\u00a0power amplifier .\u00a0Especially for working in one mono-brand system, the company released a pre-amplifier\u00a0Totaldac\u00a0D\u00a01-\u00a0D\u00a0river-sublime\u00a0, which, according to the manufacturer, is an ideal partner for the new \u201cpower\u201d. The Totaldac D1-Driver-sublime preamplifier does not have a volume control &#8211; this function is performed by the DAC volume control, however, [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/totaldac-d1-driver-sublime-preamplifier-without-volume-control\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":176076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-176075","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\/176075","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=176075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}