by Central Scrutiniser » Sat Jun 04, 2016 8:11 pm
I have one of these units. I first came across them when I used to use one of these in the hi-fi store I worked in. It is 9-way a CD comparator device which permits nine CD or other line level units to be hooked up and compared quickly. It is of simple design using high-spec components. It is also a passive pre-amplifier fitted with a top quality ALPS blue potentiometer so is ideal for feeding your components directly into a power amplifier; it works particularly well with valve (tube) power amplifiers and many older solid state power amps from the likes of Leak and Quad.
If used as a passive pre-amp it has the advantage of nine inputs whereas many only have one for a CD,so you can hook up a CD,analogue tuner, DAB tuner and an input from an mp3 palyer / iPod etc.
This unit also works very well in reverse-wired mode, so instead of having nine CD players feeding a single amp you could have one input feeding up to nine amps or other devices. This is precisely how I am now using mine. I take a feed from my TV and other devices then route the signal to my main hi-fi stereo and also to the 5.1 home cinema and to satellite amps in other rooms in the house. They are a well-manufactured, rock solid piece of kit.