Source: Corporate website, Last Accessed: 2025/01/16

The HP-10 is Gold Note's new high-end headphone amplifier, featuring a Dual-Mono Class-A balanced design and supporting any type of headphones thanks to its 4 outputs, its extensive features and high power.
The audio path is designed entirely in the analogue domain and through high-quality discrete components. All settings applied in real-time, also in the analog domain. The HP-10 features a touchscreen display that allows for quick adjustments and a super easy user experience, the company says. The new amp offers four crossfeed modes for a natural 3D soundstage, Harman curve equalization, variable gain and damping factor, along with a 0/180° phase switch.
The unit is available in three different models with the additional digital inputs such as the Bluetooth 5.1 HD aptX (HP-10 BT) and a premium DAC with USB-C input (HP-10 Deluxe) to become a fully standalone unit.
The amp offers a bypass function, to leave the wiring of the system unchanged and use either the HP-10 or the preamp/integrated amp for loudspeakers listening. The bypass function is automatically activated by selecting one of the 4 headphone outputs (but not the rear output) and balance adjustment, a crucial feature since the headphones? drivers are hard to match perfectly.
All models feature balanced (XLR) and unbalanced (RCA) inputs, while the HP-10 BT features also Bluetooth 5.1 HD aptX and the HP-10 Deluxe additionally offers a USB-C digital input on top.
Output-wise, HP-10 features unbalanced TRS (3.5 mm, 6.3 mm) and balanced (4.4 mm/TRRS, 4-pin XLR) connectors on the front panel. You can also select the line outputs to send audio to the RCA/XLR outputs and use the HP-10 as your line preamp. For maximum flexibility, you can play stereo or mono audio, swap the L/R channels when in stereo and, in mono, you can choose to listen to sum of the channels (L+R), or just one of the channels (L or R).

For more information: https://www.goldnote.it/

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