Manley Headphone amp
 

Looks like they are working on a new headphone amp.

The Manley Headphone Amplifier | Manley Labs

Serge.......This is an attractive and feature rich headphone amplifier.


•Vacuum Tube design, 2 x 12AT7A Drivers, 4 x 6AQ5 Triode Strapped output tubes
•Single-Ended or Push-Pull amplifier operation
•Precision Stepped Relay Volume Control with Thumb Wheel
•Selectable headphone load settings: 12-50 Ohms, 50-200 Ohms, 200-600 Ohms
•Variable Feedback Control: 0–10dB of negative feedback
•Balance, Treble and Bass Controls use silent conductive plastic potentiometers
•Tone Bypass for purist signal path
•All switching via high-grade gold-contact relays
•3 x Stereo Outputs: Balanced XLR headphone outs, Unbalanced standard ¼” TRS headphone jack, RCA Preamplifier Outputs
•2 x Analog line-level RCA inputs
•Mono / Stereo function
•Mute Switch
•User adjustable Headphone Overload Protection System
•MANLEY IRONⓇ hand-wound wide bandwidth air-gapped output transformers
•Preamplifier Direct output routes Input 1 direct to output when unit is in standby
•Soft Start, mute-controlled power-up sequence
•High Speed, Low Impedance, Low Noise custom switching PSU
•Operating Mains Voltage: 90~250VAC universal works worldwide
•Mains Voltage Frequency: 50~ 60Hz
•Solid Aluminum Billet Chassis
•Real Wood Walnut Burl Trim
•Maximum Output Power: 1W
•Unit Dimensions: 11.5 x 5.5 x 8.2” (LxWxH)
•Unit Weight: 12 lbs.
•MSRP: $2950

Dan, I still prefer Output Transformer-less Single Ended for headphone listening as that creates some serious magic from my previous experience but this one does allow for quite a variety of different impedance headphones to be used with it. Depending on the quality of the transformer, it may not take much away from the sonic beauty though. So I would be curious to hear it. :yes:

If the nameplate was blank, I never would have guessed it was a Manley. Is this the beginning of a new direction in styling for Manley?

That's a cool looing amp!!

PHC1, remember that Manley manufacture their own iron in-house so I expect the transformers would be purpose designed for this particular headphone amplifier. If their own design & manufactured output transformers on my neoclassical 250 power amps are anything to go by then I'm sure the transformers used in their headphone amplifier will be equally superb.

Very cool looking. Anyone own one? If so, what do ya think of it?

Is this out, or did this get canned? Disappeared from their website.....

It was great while it lasted.