near-ideal load on the input and confer that magic tube-like musicality. They also act as a “brick wall” filter against DC and RFI contamination. In addition, they allow the VRE-1 to be configured for voltage gain (up to +6dB) if it is needed. Thus, the VRE-1 is a “passive” preamp -- but with gain.
Finally, all of the parts and materials used to build your VRE-1 are the best available. A partial list includes parts from Lundahl Transformers, Jensen Transformers, Avel-Lindberg, Shallco Switch, Black Gate, Audio Note, Vishay, Van den Hul, Shunyata, Wonder Wire & solder, WBT, Neutrik, EAR Specialty Composites, Vibrapod, and DuPont Corian.
Your VRE-1 delivers the following performance attributes:
∙Perfectly coherent clarity: seamless character top-to-bottom, with no region emphasized or depreciated, with no sonic vagueness, muddiness, smearing, or veil.
∙Top-to-bottom transparency: that “see-through” quality that gives you the feeling of looking across the space and venue of the original recording.
∙Effortless dynamic expression: from the quietest passages to the loudest, the VRE-1 portrays music’s full dynamic power and subtlety -- from the thunderous strike of a drum to the nearly subliminal shift in a singer’s breath.
∙Pinpoint focus and localization of instruments and voices within a 3-D sound field – exquisitely clear individualization of musical lines.
∙Deep emotional connection with the music: perhaps the most elusive and important quality of all.
∙The ability to achieve all of the above at any volume level.
∙Elegant simplicity of design with intuitive control operation.
∙A beautiful, non-resonant chassis (solid-surface-technology) which makes an important contribution to its stunning performance.
∙Safe, reliable, low–voltage operation generates practically no heat.
∙Absolute reliability and stability of performance over time. The VRE-1 will always ready to deliver beautiful music, whether it is new or many years old.