The Voyager Portable Headphone Amplifier creates its own trend: Rather than cramming-in "Whistles and Bells" features, it simply concentrates on the sound, giving you sufficient options to get the best performance out of your music, on the move, in the office or at home.
The Voyager is purely analogue. It has no digital clocks to veil the sound. By keeping the DAC where it belongs - in the source equipment - it can bring out the magic in the music, whatever format it comes from.
You can power this portable headphone amplifier from its 9 volt battery, a USB port, or its own AC adapter mains power supply.
Features:
* Powerful sound
* Fully portable - long battery life
* Pod player size match
* Lightweight - 180 gram (6.5 ounce)
* Street-wear contour boost switch
* USB powered for office desk top
* AC adapter for home amp use
* Drives Hi-Fi and Studio headphones
Features explained:
The powerful sound gives an average (noticeable) 10dB boost in sound pressure level above that of most portable players. The Voyager's fast wideband circuit assures all the sound quality of the source is delivered to the headphones, even when used with high performance sources up to studio standards.
It is fully portable, powered by its own replaceable standard issue 9 volt (MN1604; 6LR61) battery (supplied installed). If left playing into headphones from a continuously looping music source, the battery can last 50 hours or longer. Usually however, battery life will last a number of weeks if the power switch is set to its other positions when not in use, or when being powered by USB connection or by its AC adapter. It does not recharge the battery - a rechargeable 9 volt battery does not have the capacity of a disposable 9 volt battery.
A number of Pod type players will sit comfortably on top of the Voyager and many users hold them together with an elastic band and carry them in a pocket when out and about.
The Voyager is light weight, similar in feel to that of a "classic" pod player.
The street-wear contour switch is designed to improve the tonal range of street-wear headphones. For use from domestic and studio players using Hi-Fi or studio headphones, the "flat" position may be found more appropriate.
The Voyager can be used in the office taking its input from line-out sources like the 3,5mm jack on many computers. While in use at the desk top, it can be powered by a spare USB cord having a mini AB plug.
The Voyager is supplied with an AC adapter that can power it when used at home or in the office.
Hi-Fi and studio quality stereo headphones can be used with the Voyager. When using high impedance headphones at home (typically 300 Ohm types and above), it is best used with high output line-level sources like a CD player, amplifier line/tape out, or the output of a phono preamplifier, if required to reach high volumes. A 3,5 to 6,3mm jack plug adapter may be required for some Hi-Fi or studio headphones. A stereo phono to 3,5mm jack plug, or DIN to 3,5mm jack plug cable may also be required depending on your home equipment. It will not drive electrostatic headphones.
Headphones of 16 - 600 Ohms impedance can be used.
Specification:
Dimensions: L. 12.5 W. 6.7 H. 2.8 (cm)
Weight: 180 grams approx.
(700 grams with plug top PSU)
Case colour: Black
Case material: ABS and Polyester
Battery life: 50 hours continuous play (2-3 weeks average usage)
Output: 12mW rms into 32 Ohms / 10mW rms into 600 Ohms
Frequency Response:- Flat: 5Hz to 70kHz (-3dB)
Contour: +10dB at 45Hz and 20kHz
Channel Balance: 0.5dB*
Hum & Noise:- -94dB CCIR Q-pk 20Hz-20kHz <-100dB "A" curve weighted
Stereo Crosstalk: -52dB
Distortion (THD+Noise):- at 80Hz: 0.03%, at 1kHz: 0.03%, at 5.6kHz: 0.05%, at 16kHz: 0.13%
Power sources:- Battery, 9V (MN1604; 6LR61), USB 5V via "mini-B" (internal analogue voltage conversion to 9VDC), AC/DC mains adapter, 12-24V DC (polarity protection on each)
* = typical
The Voyager Headphone Amplifier is a truly portable headphone amplifier. It is small and light enough to be easily carried in a shirt pocket!
Powered from a single 9 volt battery (or USB or AC adapter), it has a powerful output that will drive conventional "head-worn" headphones of any impedance. It is also suitable for in-ear phones.
Those who have heard it are amazed with its musical performance. It achieves a powerful bass line - it delivers sweet but uncoloured midrange melodies - the highs are crystal clear. Far beyond the norm, it presents a stereo image that surrounds your head, and portrays music with the emotion with which it was laid-down. It sets a new standard for portable headphone amplification.
But what about street-wear headphones? The Voyager headphone amplifier features a contour switch to equalise them, emulating the sound you get from "big" headphones - putting back that missing bottom-end bass and replacing the usual scratchy highs with the whole clarity that makes this headphone amplifier "hard to switch-off".
Just like other Graham Slee designs the Voyager headphone amplifier is a "blank canvas" waiting for the vivid colours of the artists music to burst forth from it - it is capable!
This makes the Voyager headphone amplifier at home wherever you are: On the move under battery power; at your desk working from USB power; or in your audio system using its "battery eliminator" plug-top power supply.
Maybe the secret of its musical success is the use of specialised branded components developed for high resolution audio?
Or the fact that it uses conventional through-hole components? No surface-mount that could slow the harmonic response through capacitive coupling of cramped packaged components?
Or the elegant simplicity and purpose of its construction?
Or maybe it's because it's a Graham Slee design, and therefore has more secrets than these?
The Voyager portable headphone amplifier.
Complete with battery, plug-top power supply and 3.5mm jack to jack cable.