RebelAmp - class A headphone amplifier & preamp

Vendor: Rebel Audio
Regular price: $660.00
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Sale price: $660.00
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RebelAmp by Rebel Audio is for people who love music. Simple and minimalistic.

It's a class A amplifier with a discrete output stage. Thanks to low noise floor and smart ground topology RebelAmp easily handles IEMs or sensitive headphones.

Triple gain

Allows driving high impedance headphones like Audeze LCDs and many others.

H-L-M. It’s done that way to avoid switching from Low to High gain by mistake.

Output switch

With it you can switch outputs between headphones or power amplifier and powered speakers without disconnecting cables.

Preamp output

Use it to control the volume of powered speakers/power amplifier.

Competent circuit design

Eliminates pops and thumps when turning on/off amplifier.

Quality

Only high quality electronic components are used in RebelAmp.

Power supply

35VA toroidal transformer. 4 power rails and total 80000uf (yes, you got that right - eighty thousand) of filter capacitance.

2 year warranty

RebelAmp is covered by an outstanding 2-year limited warranty that includes parts and labor.

If you don't like your RebelAmp you can send it back to us within 15 days of receiving it. Restocking fee will be applied.

What in the box? RebelAmp.

RebelAmp is based on AMB Laboratories technology published
by Ti Kan (www.amb.org), and is used with permission.

Measurements done by GoldenSound.audio.

Specifications

Analog inputs	single-ended RCA
Analog outputs	1/4 jack
	single-ended RCA preamp
Frequency Response	1Hz-1.2MHz, -3dB
Output power	32 ohm: ~0.95W RMS per channel 50 ohm: ~0.65W RMS per channel 300 ohm: ~130mW RMS per channel 600 ohm: ~60mW RMS per channel
THD	0.00018%
SNR	114.8dB
Crosstalk	<60dB, 20 Hz-20KHz
Output Impedance	0.1Ohm
Input Impedance	50kOhm
Gain	1.0x, 5.2x, 11.0x
Output Resistance Preamp	RCA 0.1Ohm
Power Consumption	35W
Dimensions	13.39 * 9.15 * 2.28 in (340 * 233 * 62 mm)
Weight	6.6lbs (3kg)

Still pretty much unbeatable under £1k

I've had this amp for probably three years now, purchased used on eBay and as always we get the urge to upgrade don't we... 😊 so first of all a year or so ago I tried the all singing and acclaimed Aune S17, was happy with my upgrade for at least 4 or 5 months and then, just before I put the Rebel up for sale I put her back in the system and... oh dear, what had I been missing, depth of bass, soundstage, musicality and sheer listenable fun!! So off the Aune went to eBay.

Then just a few weeks ago the Schiit Lyr+ waved it's £700 hand at me and I fell in love, but only for about 10 days and two tubes later off it went back to Schiit land (the stepped volume control was awful and the sound was, well, uninteresting).

So my message to anyone who can get one of these on the used market, you won't better it for under £1,000 and I'm not sure you will above that amount for quite a way - terrific class A sound, no gadgets or displays or silly stepped potentiometer that warble the music as you use it, just immensely enjoyable extremely detailed and engaging high fidelity audio! My best wishes to the team, keep safe and I look forward to your next project perhaps one day... make it an upgrade, say £1500 or so and absolutely unbeatable! 🤩👍

Monstrous performance and value

This thing has a beguiling sound... smooth, refined, almost tubey, and very lifelike overall. It's an effortless and full sound, not harsh or bright or thin at all. Also, unlike my Bravo Audio Ocean, there is no loud pop sound thru my headphones on start-up. Another interesting note is that it's one of only two amps that I own where there is no noise when the volume is at max and no music is playing. All my other amps besides the legendary Objective2 make faint hiss and hash sounds in this scenario. So this thing is very well-designed. The owner of Rebel was a pleasure to email with, though he didn't have any RebelAmps available, so I had to wait and get one thru the used market. Very happy I did, and I hope for new products soon from Rebel. This, along with my Bottlehead Crackatwoa, are my two best headphone amps. I'm now making my exit from the gear obsession, I got all I need. Cheers.

Wonderful Class A

Love this amp! The sound, the looks, and of course the maker. Great stuff!

Fantastic

Amazing and Affordable Class A Amplifier

The sound is amazing, running Audeze LCD 2.2, on Qobuz the medium gain setting is the highest I can go, using Wasapi exclusive, low gain is enough for 70% of songs. Plenty of power, and no hissing or buzzing with iems too! Sounds creamy and for 600 it's a no brainer.

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