The Linear II Pro belongs to the league of first-class headphone amplifiers designed for professional studio applications. Based upon our best-selling Linear model, this device manufactured in small numbers is tailored to the needs of recording and mastering studios, convincing not only in numerous broadcasting companies and recording studios by its performance and reliability.
"What I hear with it, is on the record – and that is, what I want."
— Maarten de Boer, Mastering engineer
If you often do recordings under difficult spatial conditions and need a reliable tool for an untiringly precise headphone work, the Linear II Pro will perform at its best. The pro-audio version of our best-known and most popular headphone amp will support you with your daily studio routine and let you judge your recordings in a precise and dependable manner – irrespective of loudspeakers, room acoustics and ambience noises. Thus you can concentrate solely and tirelessly to the essentials: your recording.
"The linear is phenomenal. A whole new world of headphone work!"
— Friedemann Tischmeyer, Mastering engineer
Due to its superb circuit design and selected components, the Linear II Pro meets all requirements of professional users who are convinced by its low-artefact linear reproduction, its downright realistic spatial imaging and high transient accuracy. Furthermore, even headphones with a critical impedance are easily spurred on to absolute top performance. The Linear II Pro’s balanced high headroom stereo input is equipped with Neutrik combo sockets which allow to connect both balanced and unbalanced signal sources.
The impressing technical details of the Linear II Pro.
| Linear II Pro | |
| Input impedance | 18 kohm, balanced |
| Gain settings | 0 dB/10 dB/18 dB/20 dB |
| Frequency response | 10 Hz (-0.3 dB) to 35 kHz (-1 dB) |
| Signal to noise ratio (RMS unweighted) | > 98 dB at gain 0 dB |
| THD | > 0.003 % at 13 mW/300 ohms |
| Channel separation | > 70 dB at 10 kHz |
| Channel mismatch | < 0.3 dB at maximum volume |
| Output power | 200 mW/300 ohms 400 mW/60 ohms |
| Output impedance | 5 ohms |
| Maximum output level | +20 dBu |
| Connectors audio | In: Neutrik XLR combo jacks with gold plated contacts Out: Neutrik 6.35 jacks with gold plated contacts |
| Power consumption | app. 10 W |
| Outer dimensions W x D x H | 110 mm x 280 mm x 50 mm |
| Weight | 1.5 kg netto |
| Input impedance | |
| 18 kohm, balanced | |
| Gain settings | |
| 0 dB/10 dB/18 dB/20 dB | |
| Frequency response | |
| 10 Hz (-0.3 dB) to 35 kHz (-1 dB) | |
| Signal to noise ratio (RMS unweighted) | |
| > 98 dB at gain 0 dB | |
| THD | |
| > 0.003 % at 13 mW/300 ohms | |
| Channel separation | |
| > 70 dB at 10 kHz | |
| Channel mismatch | |
| < 0.3 dB at maximum volume | |
| Output power | |
| 200 mW/300 ohms 400 mW/60 ohms |
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| Output impedance | |
| 5 ohms | |
| Maximum output level | |
| +20 dBu | |
| Connectors audio | |
| In: Neutrik XLR combo jacks with gold plated contacts Out: Neutrik 6.35 jacks with gold plated contacts |
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| Power consumption | |
| app. 10 W | |
| Outer dimensions W x D x H | |
| 110 mm x 280 mm x 50 mm | |
| Weight | |
| 1.5 kg netto | |
The Linear II Pro is available with two faceplate finishes.
Aluminium (silver)
Available upgrade options for the Linear II Pro
The new Linear II mainboard is equipped with the improved components of the Linear SE board and built using a special low-impedance technology (low-Z copper) which raises the price of the naked PCBs by a factor of about 10. But the effort is worthwhile. This technology results in even better dynamic values, but above all it produces once again a significant increase of the sonic performance: transient response and spatial imaging are even closer to the original.
Download the order form. Print it out and send the filled out form together with your device to the given address. Within a few weeks you’ll get your modified device back and can pay conveniently by invoice.
Upgrade with the new low-Z copper analogue board starting from 499 EUR
Optional extra: installation of 3S device feet plus 99 EUR
Shipping via UPS within Europe included
Payment method: invoice
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