VTL TL 2.5 mk 2 Preamplifier

R48,000.00

NEW at this price ? Amazing buy!! 

The TL-2.5i  all-tube preamplifier is designed for performance – giving you music that is direct from the source, in the most realistic, colorless and truthful way we know how. This preamp is packed with features to give you the maximum control over all the audio and video sources in your system. With 6 line inputs, an optional internally retro-fittable phono stage, two pairs of outputs, a tape loop, and external processor loop (for home theater), you can rest assured that this preamp will plug and play into your existing system in no time at all. Silver or black cosmetics, and remote volume control and mute come standard.

In this new and improved version of our long-standing TL-2.5 Performance Preamplifier, both the line stage and the phono stage have been updated sonically with audiophile-grade parts, resulting in improved resolution, greater harmonic richness in the mid and highs, with the speed and dynamics that have become the hallmark of the VTL family sound.

A pair of user-selectable Gain Switches have been added to the Line Stage to allow the user to select between Normal Gain and Low Gain. Similar to the design of the TP-2.5 Series II Phono Preamplifier, the TL-2.5i’s internal phono stage supports both MM and MC cartridges, and offers user-adjustable Load and Gain settings that makes cartridge optimization an easy task for vinyl lovers.

Above all, you’ll be pleasantly surprised when you find out how little the TL2.5i costs. This sturdily made unit hand-built in the VTL factory in California, with proven-quality parts, will take your breath away with its clear, musically involving sound.

Visit your nearest dealer and listen to one now. We’re confident that if you’re not already a member of the VTL family, you will be one very soon.


VTL Amplifiers, Inc. introduced the $3000 TL-2.5i Performance Preamplifier at CES 2016. It features 6 line inputs, an optional $2000, internally retrofitable phono stage, two pairs of outputs, and a tape loop.

Released as a new and improved version of a previous model, both line stage and phono stages have been upgraded with audiophile parts. Its internal phono stage supports both MM and MC cartridges, and features a low-noise hybrid JFET design and a user-selectable MC step-up transformer option for lowest noise. Alternatively, the user can use an active gain stage for MC cartridges. The preamp features user selectable load and gain settings.

VTL’s Luke Manley demonstrated the preamplifier, comparing the more cost-effective system (TL2.5i plus ST-150 stereo amplifier, total $11,000) versus the VTL Flagship System (TL6.5 Series II preamplifier, TP6.5 Signature Phono Stage and an S-400 Series II Reference Stereo Amplifier, total $57,000) driving Wilson Sabrina loudspeakers. He used a wonderful vinyl recording, Martha Argerich playing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.20, K503, with Claudio Abbado conducting. The flagship system was qualitatively different, but not five times better! The Sabrina speakers made very clear distinction between the two sets of electronics. Overall, the VTL room had some of the best sound I heard at CES2016.


Description

TL2.5i Line Stage
Vacuum Tube Complement 2 x 12AU72, 2 x 12AT7
Total Harmonic Distortion 20Hz – 20kHz, 0.02%
Signal to Noise Ratio 90dB
Maximum Output Voltage 30 V RMS
Gain 8dB or 14dB (user selectable)
Input Impedance 50kΩ
Input Impedance 200kΩ
Channel Separation 75dB @ 1kHz
Power Consumption 100 Watts (line) 150 Watts (with phono)
Primary Mains Fuse Rating 100/120V = 1A Ceramic Slo Blo, 220/240V = 0.5A Ceramic Slo Blo
Dimensions W x D x H 19 x 15 x 4″ / 48.3 x 38.1 x 10.2 cm
Weight 25 lbs (11.34 kg) packed q