Nordic preamplitude – It's Electrocompaniet's new EC5 preamp [€22K], a fully balanced dual-mono class A proposition with 0.1dB x 1'000 steps for the electronically switched resistor-network attenuator. Relays or mechanical switches are eschewed elsewhere too, again in favour of electronic switching. Bandwidth is 0.5Hz-450kHz, THD+N 0.0002%. i/o execute on 4:2 XLR:RCA inputs, XLR/RCA outputs, a tape loop and trigger ports. The Ethernet jack is for app control and firmware updates. As a purist linestage, there is no phono, streaming or D/A conversion.
