Schiit Valhalla 2 Tube Headphone Amplifier

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Unleash Pristine Sound with the pre-owned Schiit Audio Valhalla 2 Tube Headphone Amplifier

Experience proven sound performance at Len Wallis Audio’s Lane Cove showroom or enquire online.

Key Features

  • All-Triode Tube Design: Delivers flawless, neutral audio with minimal distortion.
  • Preamp Outputs: Enhances versatility for powered monitor integration.
  • High/Low Gain Switch: Optimises performance for various headphones.
  • Wide Impedance Range: Supports headphones from 32Ω to 600Ω.

Designed and built in California, this amplifier is praised by Head-Fi for its “clean, spacious presentation” and ability to drive high-impedance headphones . With its all-triode topology and preamp outputs, it delivers breathtaking clarity and dynamics.

Why Choose the Schiit Audio Valhalla 2 Tube Headphone Amplifier?

This amplifier stands out for its elite engineering, offering:

  • Unrivalled Clarity: All-triode design ensures pristine audio precision.
  • Neutral Sound: Low-noise circuitry delivers distortion-free audio.
  • Versatile Compatibility: Drives a wide range of headphones effortlessly.
  • Powerful Dynamics: Produces clean, expansive soundstaging.

Offering 800mW at 300Ω and 450mW at 600Ω, this amplifier excels with high-impedance headphones, delivering a wide soundstage and vivid transients, as praised in Head-Fi reviews. Its high/low gain switch (7dB/1.5dB) and preamp outputs enhance versatility, allowing connection to powered monitors.

Technical Specifications

  • Product Type: Pre-owned tube headphone amplifier with preamp outputs
  • Condition: Great, silver finish, includes tubes and original packaging
  • Inputs: 2 x RCA
  • Outputs: 1 x 6.3mm headphone jack, 2 x RCA preamp outputs
  • Headphone Impedance Range: 32Ω–600Ω
  • Maximum Power: 800mW at 300Ω, 450mW at 600Ω, 180mW at 50Ω
  • Gain: High: 7 (16.9dB); Low: 1.5 (3.5dB), rear switch
  • Output Impedance: High gain: 14Ω; Low gain: 3.5Ω
  • Frequency Response: 20Hz–20kHz (±0.1dB), 7Hz–200kHz (±3dB)
  • THD: <0.04% at 1V RMS, high gain (20Hz–20kHz)
  • SNR: >97dB, unweighted, referenced to 1V RMS, low gain
  • Crosstalk: <-71dB (20Hz–20kHz)
  • Tube Complement: 2 x 6N1P (input), 2 x 6N6P (output), rollable to 6DJ8, E88CC, 6922, 6BZ7
  • Power Supply: Two internal transformers, >2,000µF filter capacitance
  • Power Consumption: 40W
  • Dimensions: 229(W) x 152(D) x 83(H) mm
  • Weight: 3.18kg
  • Manufacturing: Made in California, USA by Schiit Audio

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