| Frequency response: | 8Hz-100kHz +/- 0.1dB |
| Maximum signal level: | 4V RMS 8Hz; 10V RMS 20Hz |
| Maximum DC offset : | 5mV. (For undistorted 8Hz) |
| Distortion: | Less than 0.01% at 400Hz, 10V (2nd and 3rd harmonic only) |
| Input impedance is dependent upon the load impedance and gain setting. So, with a power amplifier having 20kohm input impedance (typical) | |
| Impedance: | At 0dB, input impedance is 20kohm At -10dB (normal listening) input impedance is 200k |
| Inputs: | 6 pairs RCA phono sockets (gold plated) One 3.5mm stereo socket on front panel. |
| Outputs: | 2 pairs RCA phono sockets (gold plated) |
| Width: | 135mm (5.3in) |
| Height: | 53mm (2.1in) |
| Depth: | 326mm (12.8in) |
| Weight: | 2kg (4.4lb) |
“The Allegri+ is one of the most effortless and honest sounds you will ever hear, with a top end that is as crystal clear as fine cut diamonds and has a bandwidth that stretches on for days. Play any of your favourite music and try and work out where all the added bass comes from.”
Dominic Marsh – HiFi Pig
“The Townshend Audio Allegri+ Preamplifier’s U.S.A. premier opens a whole new category for audiophile line stage owners: exceptionally high-quality Passive System Control. With the use of outstanding new wire technology, the Allegri+ Preamplifier is the world’s first honest-to-goodness high-end audiophile passive line stage. You have no power cord to choose, no tubes, and no transistors. With no describable sonic weaknesses or colorations, it provides a flexible controller for your finest gear to produce their true musical excellence. “
Robert H. Levi – Positive feedback
The big revelation though was the sound quality. It was the sound of nothing getting in the way. And the important part of that was within a few bars, you realised that practically all the products you’ve heard that make that claim (and the products about which you have made that claim) are the sound of ‘almost’ nothing. There is nothing here; it’s like direct injecting the sound of your CD player or DAC into your amplifier, only without the brief shriek of loudspeaker cones dying…
…Stereo separation is first rate, and doesn’t fall into the trap of imposing its own sense of image size to the sound; what’s on the disc is what gets out of the loudspeakers. If it’s a wall of sound recording, it will sound like a wall of sound. If it’s a carefully preserved recording of an unamplified instrument in a live space, that’s what you get. If you move from disc to disc, you hear the change in recording environments, but this isn’t the kind of device that draws your attention to that sound, thus giving you a dose of audiophilia nervosa. You just sit and listen to your music, enrapt…
…Highly recommended? Hell, things like the Townshend Allegri don’t come along that often. If you like music, you will like the Allegri. It’s that simple.
ALAN SIRCOM – HIFI+ September 2014
“I initially set up the Allegri in between our Resolution Cantata Music Centre and the ATC Active 50s. These are both serious peices of equipment, so this is a great test for the £2000 Allegri. Its actually quite refreshing to not have to plug in a mains cable into the pre-amp, just makes set up that little bit easier. Once it was all ready, I hit play.
The sound is quite extraordinary; it was up there with the most transparent sounds that I have encountered. It has it has far less of the top end fizz that earmarks normal “hi-fi” sound, as opposed to natural un-amplified sound. There is a good bass presence with the Allegri, it shows a really impressive dynamic range.”
Adair Acoustic
Having happily owned a Django for many years, Maarten Van Casteren compares his cherished transformer pre amp with the Townshend Allegri, and surprises even himself.
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